英语词源

• schwa 英文词源 schwa (n.) 1895, from German Schwa , ultimately from Hebrew shewa "a neutral vowel quality," literally "emptiness." 中文词源 schwa ：非重读央元音 来自德语 Schwa,非重读元音，来自希伯来语 shewa,中元音，中性元音。如 about 的首字母“a” 所发的“ə”音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： schwa 词源， schwa 含义。
• schooner 英文词源 schooner (n.) fore-and-aft rigged vessel, originally with only two masts, 1716, perhaps from a New England verb related to Scottish scon "to send over water, to skip stones." Skeat relates this dialectal verb to shunt . Spelling probably influenced by Dutch, but Dutch schoener is a loan-word from English, as are German Schoner , French schooner , Swedish skonert . Said to have origina
• schoolmarm 英文词源 schoolmarm (n.) also school-marm , "female school teacher," 1834, American English colloquial, in countrified humor writing of "Major Jack Downing" of Maine (Seba Smith); variant of school-ma'am (1828), American English, from school (n.1) + ma'am . See R . Used figuratively from 1887 in reference to patronizing and priggish instruction. 中文词源 schoolmarm ：古板的女教师 来自
• scholasticism 英文词源 Scholasticism (n.) 1732, from scholastic + -ism . 中文词源 scholasticism ：经院哲学，墨守成规 来自 scholastic,学派的，-ism,主义，思想。即学派主义，引申词义经院哲学，墨守成规等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scholasticism 词源， scholasticism 含义。
• scholastic 英文词源 scholastic (adj.) 1590s, "of or pertaining to Scholastic theologians" (Churchmen in the Middle Ages whose theology and philosophy was based on Church Fathers and Aristotle), from Middle French scholastique (14c.), from Latin scholasticus "of a school," from Greek skholastikos "enjoying leisure; devoting one's leisure to learning," hence, as a noun, "a scholar," also in a bad sense, "a
• schnozz 英文词源 schnozz (n.) "nose," 1942, from Yiddish shnoitsl , from German Schnauze "snout" (see schnauzer ). 中文词源 schnozz ：鼻子 来自依地语 shnoitsl,鼻子，来自德语 Schnauze,鼻子，词源同 snooze,打鼾声，打盹，拟声词， 模仿鼻子发出的声音。字母-s-在德语和依地语音变为-sch-. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： schnozz 词源
• schnauzer 英文词源 schnauzer (n.) breed of terrier, 1923, from German Schnauzer , literally "growler," from schnauzen "to snarl, growl," from Schnauze "snout, muzzle," which is related to Middle English snute , snoute "snout" (see snout ). 中文词源 schnauzer ：髯狗 来自德语 Schnauzer,字面意思即嚎叫者，来自 Schnauze,鼻子，词源同 snooze,打鼾声，打盹， 拟声词，模仿鼻
• schnapps 英文词源 schnapps (n.) 1818, kind of Holland gin, from German Schnaps , literally "a mouthful, gulp," from Low German snaps , from snappen "to snap" (see snap (v.)). For sense, compare nip for "alcoholic drink quickly taken." 中文词源 schnapps ：荷兰杜松子酒，烈酒 一种荷兰产的杜松子酒，来自德语 Schnaps,字面意思即一口闷，一口干，词源同 snap,猛抓，
• schmooze 英文词源 schmooze schmooze: [19] To ‘schmooze’ is to chat or gossip. The word came into colloquial American English towards the end of the 19th century from Yiddish shmuesn ‘to talk, chat’, which in turn was based on Hebrew shemū’ah ‘rumour’. schmooze (v.) also shmooze , "to chat intimately," 1897, from Yiddish shmuesn "to chat," from shmues "idle talk, chat," from Hebrew shemu'
• schmaltz 英文词源 schmaltz schmaltz: see enamel schmaltz (n.) "banal or excessive sentimentalism," 1935, from Yiddish shmalts , literally "melted fat," from Middle High German smalz , from Old High German smalz "animal fat," related to smelzan "to melt" (see smelt (v.)). Modern German Schmalz "fat, grease" has the same figurative meaning. First mentioned in English as "a derogatory term used to describ
• schlock 英文词源 schlock schlock: see shemozzle schlock (n.) "trash," 1915, from American Yiddish shlak , from German Schlacke "dregs, scum, dross" (see slag (n.)). Alternative etymology [OED] is from Yiddish shlogn "to strike" (cognate with German schlagen; see slay ). Derived form schlockmeister "purveyor of cheap merchandise" is from 1965. Adjectival form schlocky is attested from 1968; schlock was
• schlep 英文词源 schlep schlep: see shemozzle schlep (v.) "to carry or drag," 1922 (in Joyce's "Ulysses"), from Yiddish shlepen "to drag," from Middle High German sleppen, related to Old High German sleifen "to drag," and slifan "to slide, slip" (cognate with Middle English slippen ; see slip (v.)). Related: Schlepped ; schlepping . schlep (n.) "stupid person, loser," 1939, short for schlepper "person
• schizophrenic 英文词源 schizophrenic (adj.) 1912; see schizophrenia + -ic . Also from 1912 as a noun, "schizophrenic person." Transferred adjectival sense of "contradictory, inconsistent" is by 1955. 中文词源 schizophrenic ：患精神分裂症的 schizophrenia,精神分裂症，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： schizophrenic 词源， schizophrenic 含义。
• schizophrenia 英文词源 schizophrenia schizophrenia: [20] Schizophrenia means literally ‘split mind’. It is a Latinized version of German schizophrenie , coined in 1910 by E Bleuler from Greek skhízein ‘split’ (source of English schism and schist ) and phrén ‘mind’ (source of English frantic and phrenology ). = frantic , phrenology , schism schizophrenia (n.) 1912, from Modern Latin, literally
• schizoid 英文词源 schizoid (adj.) "resembling schizophrenia," 1925, from German schizoid (1921), from front part of schizophrenia + Greek -oeides "like," from eidos "form, shape" (see -oid ). 中文词源 schizoid ：类精神分裂的 缩写自 schizophrenia,精神分裂症，-oid,类。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： schizoid 词源， schizoid 含义。
• schizo- 英文词源 schizo- word-forming element meaning "division; split, cleavage," from Latinized form of Greek skhizo- , comb. form of skhizein "to split, cleave, part, separate," from PIE root *skei- "to cut, separate, divide, part, split" (see shed (v.)). 中文词源 schizo- ：分开，分裂 来自希腊语 skhizein,分开，裂开，来自 PIE*skei,切，分，词源同 shed,scythe,schedule. 该词
• schist 英文词源 schist (n.) type of layered metamorphic rock, 1795 (earlier schistus , c. 1600), from French schiste (16c.), from Latin schistos lapis "stone that splits easily" (Pliny), from Greek skhistos "divided, separated," from skhizein "to split" (see shed (v.)). The rock splits easily in layers. Liddell Scott say Greek skhistos lithos was "probably talc." 中文词源 schist ：片岩 来自法
• schism 英文词源 schism schism: [14] The Greek verb skhízein meant ‘split’ (it has given English schizophrenia , and a common source lies behind English schist [18], etymologically a ‘split rock’, and shit ). From it was derived the noun skhísma , literally ‘split, division’, which in the Greek translation of the New Testament was applied to dissensions or discords between factions in th
• scherzo 英文词源 scherzo scherzo: see scorn scherzo (n.) 1852, from Italian scherzo , literally "sport, joke," from scherzare "to jest or joke," from a Germanic source (compare Middle High German scherzen "to jump merrily, enjoy oneself," German scherz "sport"), from PIE *(s)ker- (2) "leap, jump about." The lively second or third movement in a multi-movement musical work. Scherzando is the Italian ger
• scheming 英文词源 bull (n.3) "false talk, fraud," Middle English, apparently from Old French bole "deception, trick, scheming, intrigue," and perhaps connected to modern Icelandic bull "nonsense." Sais christ to ypocrites ... yee ar ... all ful with wickednes, tresun and bull. ["Cursor Mundi," early 14c.] There also was a verb bull meaning "to mock, cheat," which dates from 1530s. designing (adj.) "sch
• schemer 英文词源 schemer (n.) 1724, "a contriver, plotter," agent noun from scheme (v.). 中文词源 schemer ：搞阴谋的人 来自 scheme,阴谋，密谋，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： schemer 词源， schemer 含义。
• scheme 英文词源 scheme scheme: [16] Greek skhéma meant ‘form, figure’. Latin took it over as schēma and used it as the equivalent of figure in a range of applications, such as ‘figure of speech’ and ‘diagram’, many of which were originally taken over by English (‘In the text, by a very elegant scheme of speech he does … once more set them at liberty’, John Tillotson, Sermons 1684)
• schematize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shot shot: [OE] Shot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skutaz , which was derived from the same base that produced English shoot . It used to mean ‘payment’ as well as ‘act of shooting’, a sense shared by its Old Norse relative skot , which provided English with the scot of scotfree [16] (etymologically ‘without ha
• schematic 英文词源 schematic (adj.) "pertaining to schemes," 1701, from Latin stem of scheme (n.) + -ic . Noun meaning "diagram" is first attested 1929. Related: Schematical (1670s). 中文词源 schematic ：略图的，简表的，有章法的 来自 scheme,图表，简表，-atic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： schematic 词源， schematic 含义。
• schema 英文词源 schema (n.) plural schemata , 1796, in Kantian philosophy ("a product of the imagination intermediary between an image and a concept "), from Greek skhema (see scheme (n.)). Meaning "diagrammatic representation" is from 1890; general sense of "hypothetical outline" is by 1939. 中文词源 schema ：提要，纲要 来自希腊语 skhema,计划，方案，词源同 scheme.引申词义提
• Schadenfreude 英文词源 schadenfreude (n.) "malicious joy in the misfortunes of others," 1922, German Schadenfreude , literally "damage-joy," from schaden "damage, harm, injury" (see scathe ) + freude , from Old High German frewida "joy," from fro "happy," literally "hopping for joy," from Proto-Germanic *frawa- (see frolic ). What a fearful thing is it that any language should have a word expressive of the
• scepter 英文词源 scepter (n.) c. 1300, ceptre , from Old French sceptre (12c.), from Latin sceptrum "royal staff," from Greek skeptron "staff to lean on; royal scepter;" in transferred use, "royalty," from root of skeptein "to prop or stay, lean on." Apparently a cognate with Old English sceaft (see shaft (n.1)). The verb meaning "to furnish with a scepter" is from 1520s. Related: sceptred . 中文词源
• scentless 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random English English: [OE] The people and language of England take their name from the Angles, a West Germanic people who settled in Britain in the 5th and 6th centuries AD. They came originally from the Angul district of Schleswig, an area of the Jutland peninsula to the south of modern Denmark. This had a shape vaguely reminiscent
• scent 英文词源 scent scent: [14] Scent comes ultimately from the same source that gave English sensation , sense , sentient , and sentiment – namely, Latin sentīre ‘feel, perceive’. It arrived via Old French sentir , and at first was sent in English (‘Fishes lurking among the stones [the dogs] seek out with their sent’, James Dalrymple, Leslie’s history of Scotland 1596). The modern sc
• scenic 英文词源 scenic (adj.) 1620s, "of or belonging to the stage or drama, theatrical," from French scénique (14c.) and directly from Latin scaenicus "dramatic, theatrical," from Greek skenikos , from skene (see scene ). Meaning "of or belonging to natural scenery" is recorded from 1842. Of roads, etc., "offering fine views," recorded since 1885. Scenic railway is recorded from 1886. Related: Scen
• scenario 英文词源 scenario (n.) 1868, "sketch of the plot of a play," from Italian scenario , from Late Latin scenarius "of stage scenes," from Latin scena "scene" (see scene ). Meaning "imagined situation" is first recorded 1960, in reference to hypothetical nuclear wars. 中文词源 scenario ：设想，方案 来自意大利语 scenario,情节，来自拉丁语 scenarius,舞台情节，场景，来自
• scavenge 英文词源 scavenge (v.) 1640s, back-formation from scavenger . Related: Scavenged ; scavenging . 中文词源 scavenge ：拾荒，捡破烂 回构自 scavenger,搭荒者，捡破烂者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scavenge 词源， scavenge 含义。
• scattergun 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alas alas: [13] In origin alas was an exclamation of weariness rather than grief. Latin lassus ‘weary’ (related to let ‘allow’ and source of lassitude ) passed into Old French as las which, with the addition of the exclamation a ‘ah’, became alas . = lassitude , let 中文词源 scattergun ：散弹枪，霰弹枪，杂
• scatterbrain 英文词源 scatterbrain (n.) also scatter-brain , "thoughtless, giddy person, one incapable of serious, connected thought," 1764 ( scatter-brained ), from scatter (v.) + brain (n.). Related: Scatterbrained . Compare scatter-good "spendthrift." 中文词源 scatterbrain ：健忘的人 scatter,分散，brain,大脑。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scatterbr
• scatological 英文词源 scatology (n.) "obscene literature," 1876, with -logy "treatise, study" + Greek skat- , stem of skor (genitive skatos ) "excrement," from PIE *sker- "excrement, dung" (cognates: Latin stercus "dung"), literally "to cut off;" see shear (v.), and compare shit (v.). Related: Scatological (1886). shit (n.) Old English scitte "purging, diarrhea," from source of shit (v.). Sense of "excreme
• scatology 英文词源 scatology (n.) "obscene literature," 1876, with -logy "treatise, study" + Greek skat- , stem of skor (genitive skatos ) "excrement," from PIE *sker- "excrement, dung" (cognates: Latin stercus "dung"), literally "to cut off;" see shear (v.), and compare shit (v.). Related: Scatological (1886). 中文词源 scatology ：粪便学 scat-,屎，粪便，词源同 shit,-logy,学说。 该词的
• scathing 英文词源 scathing (adj.) 1794 in literal sense, present participle adjective from scathe (v.). Of words, speech, etc., from 1852. Related: Scathingly . 中文词源 scathing ：严厉批评的 来自 scathe,伤害，损伤，-ing,形容词后缀。引申词义严厉批评的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scathing 词源， scathing 含义。
• scathe 英文词源 scathe scathe: [12] Scathe is now encountered virtually only in the negative form unscathed (first recorded in the 14th century), but originally it was a verb in its own right, meaning ‘harm’. It was borrowed from Old Norse skatha , which was descended from a prehistoric Germanic * skathōjan (source also of German and Dutch schaden ‘harm’). This was formed from a base * skath
• scary 英文词源 scary (adj.) also scarey , "terrifying," 1580s, from scare (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "easily frightened, subject to scares" is from 1800. Related: Scarier ; scariest . 中文词源 scary ：恐惧的，吓人的 来自 scare,惊吓，恐惧，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scary 词源， scary 含义。
• scarper 英文词源 scarper scarper: [19] Scarper entered English in the mid- 19th century by way of the underworld slang of criminals, who probably got it from Italian scappare ‘get away’ (a relative of English escape ). It remained a subcultural vocabulary item until the early years of the 20th century, and its rise in prominence then may have been partly due to the coincidental Cockney rhyming sla
• scarp 英文词源 scarp (n.) "steep slope," 1580s, from Italian scarpa "slope," probably from a Germanic source, perhaps Gothic skarpo "pointed object," from Proto-Germanic *skarpa- "cutting, sharp" (cognates: Middle High German schroffe "sharp rock, crag," Old English scræf "cave, grave"), from PIE *(s)ker- (1) "to cut" (see shear (v.)). 中文词源 scarp ：陡坡，悬崖 来自意大利语 scarpa
• scarlet 英文词源 scarlet scarlet: [13] Scarlet originally denoted a sumptuous sort of cloth, which came in various colours, not just red. Red was evidently the commonest colour, however, for by the 15th century we find the word scarlet being used for ‘red’. It was borrowed from Old French escarlate , but where that came from is not known (some have derived it from Persian saqalāt ‘rich cloth’
• scarify 英文词源 scarify (v.) mid-15c., "make incisions in the bark of a tree," from Middle French scarifier "score, scrape" (leather or hide), 14c., from Late Latin scarificare (see scarification ). The sense "cover with scars" (1680s) is a sense-shift from influence of scar (v.). Related: Scarified ; scarifier ; scarifying . 中文词源 scarify ：划破皮肤 来自 scar,伤口，划伤，-fy,使。
• scarf 英文词源 scarf scarf: English has two words scarf . The older, but now less frequent, is ‘joint between two pieces of wood’ [14]. This may have been borrowed from an Old French * escarf , which itself was possibly based ultimately on a Scandinavian source (Swedish has skarf ‘joint between pieces of wood’). The scarf that is worn [16] comes from Old Northern French escarpe . This was eq
• scaremonger 英文词源 scaremonger (n.) also scare-monger , 1888, from scare (n.) + monger (n.). 中文词源 scaremonger ：散布恐怖信息者，制造恐慌者 scare,惊吓，恐惧，-monger,贩卖者，词源同 scandalmonger. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scaremonger 词源， scaremonger 含义。
• scarecrow 英文词源 scarecrow (n.) 1550s, from scare (v.) + crow (n.). Earliest reference is to a person employed to scare birds. Meaning "device of straw and cloth in grotesque resemblance of a man, set up in a grain field or garden to frighten crows," is implied by 1580s; hence "gaunt, ridiculous person" (1590s). An older name for such a thing was shewel . Shoy-hoy apparently is another old word for a
• scapula 英文词源 scapula (n.) "shoulder blade," 1570s, Modern Latin, from Late Latin scapula "shoulder," from Latin scapulae (plural) "shoulders, shoulder blades," perhaps originally "spades, shovels," on notion of similar shape, but animal shoulder blades might have been used as scraping tools in primitive times, from PIE *skap- , variant of *skep- "to cut, scrape" (see scabies ). 中文词源 scapul
• scapegrace 英文词源 scapegrace (n.) 1767, from scape (v.) + grace (n.); as if "one who escapes the grace of God." Possibly influenced by scapegoat . 中文词源 scapegrace ：流氓，恶棍 缩写自 escape,脱离，grace,恩泽，特指上帝的恩典。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scapegrace 词源， scapegrace 含义。
• scape 英文词源 scape (n.1) "scenery view," 1773, abstracted from landscape (n.); as a comb. element, first attested use is 1796, in prisonscape . scape (v.) late 13c., shortened form of escape ; frequent in prose till late 17c. Related: Scaped (sometimes 15c.-16c. with strong past tense scope ); scaping . As a noun from c. 1300. scape (n.2) "shaft, stem," c. 1600, from Latin scapus "a stalk, shaft,"
• scanty 英文词源 scanty (adj.) 1650s, "meager, barely sufficient for use;" 1701, "too small, limited in scope," from scant + -y (2). Related: Scantiness (1560s). Scanties (n.) "underwear" (especially for women) attested from 1928. 中文词源 scanty ：微小的，不足的 来自 scant,微小的，不足的，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scanty 词源，
• scant 英文词源 scant (adj.) mid-14c., from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse skamt , neuter of skammr "short, brief," from Proto-Germanic *skamma- (cognates: Old English scamm "short," Old High German skemmen "to shorten"), perhaps ultimately "hornless," from PIE *kem- (see hind (n.)). Also in Middle English as a noun, "scant supply, scarcity," from Old Norse. As a verb and adverb from mid-15c
• scansion 英文词源 scansion (n.) 1670s, "action of marking off of verse in metric feet," from Late Latin scansionem (nominative scansio ), in classical Latin, "act of climbing," noun of action from past participle stem of scandere "to climb" (see scan (v.)). From 1650s in English in literal sense of "action of climbing up." 中文词源 scansion ：诗行的韵律 来自拉丁语 scandere,标出诗歌的韵
• scandium 英文词源 scandium (n.) 1879, from Modern Latin Scandia (see Scandinavia ) + chemical ending -ium . 中文词源 scandium ：钪 来自 Scandia,来自 Scandinavia 的别名或诗名，-ium,元素后缀。因该金属发现于该地而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scandium 词源， scandium 含义。
• Scandinavia 英文词源 Scandinavia 1765, from Late Latin Scandinavia , Skandinovia , a mistake for Scadinavia , from a Germanic source (compare Old English Scedenig , Old Norse Skaney "south end of Sweden"), from Proto-Germanic *skadinaujo "Scadia island," first element of uncertain origin, second element from *aujo "thing on the water," from PIE *akwa- "water" (see aqua- ). It might truly have been an isla
• scandalous 英文词源 scandalous (adj.) late 15c., from French scandaleux , from Medieval Latin scandalosus "scandalous," from Church Latin scandalum (see scandal ). Related: Scandalously . 中文词源 scandalous ：丑闻的 scandal,丑闻，-ous,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scandalous 词源， scandalous 含义。
• scandalmonger 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random friar friar: see fraternal 中文词源 scandalmonger ：散布丑闻者 scandal,丑闻，-monger,贩卖者，词源同 warmonger.引申词义散布丑闻者。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scandalmonger 词源， scandalmonger 含义。
• scandalize 英文词源 scandalize (v.) late 15c., from Middle French scandaliser (12c.), from Church Latin scandalizare , from late Greek skandalizein "to make to stumble; tempt; give offense to (someone)," from skandalon (see scandal ). Originally "make a public scandal of;" sense of "shock by doing something improper" first recorded 1640s. Dryden and Shakespeare use simple scandal as a verb. Related: Scan
• scan 英文词源 scan scan: [14] Latin scandere meant ‘climb’ (it has given English ascend and descend ). In the postclassical period it was used metaphorically for ‘analyse the rising and falling rhythm of poetry’, and it was in this sense that it passed into English as scan . It was broadened out semantically to ‘examine’ in the 16th century, and to ‘look at widely’ in the 18th centu
• scampi 英文词源 scampi (n.) 1930, plural of Italian scampo "prawn," ultimately from Greek kampe "a bending, a winding," from PIE root *kamp- "to bend" (see campus ). 中文词源 scampi ：炸虾 复数形式于意大利语 scampo,虾，对虾，可能最终来自 PIE*skeu,弯，转，词源同 shrimp,scrimp. 因虾的蜷曲的身形而得名。-amp,表音字母。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• scamp 英文词源 scamp (n.) 1782, "highway robber," probably from dialectal verb scamp "to roam" (1753, perhaps from 16c.), shortened from scamper . Used affectionately in sense "rascal" since 1808. scamp (v.) "do in a hasty manner," 1837, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse skemma "to shorten, make shorter," from skammr "short; brief; lately"), or a blend of scant and skimp [Klein],
• scam 英文词源 scam 1963, noun and verb, U.S. slang, a carnival term, of unknown origin. Perhaps related to 19c. British slang scamp "cheater, swindler" (see scamp (n.)). 中文词源 scam ：欺诈，骗局 俚语，可能缩写自 scamp,流氓，骗子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scam 词源， scam 含义。
• scaly 英文词源 scaly (adj.) also scaley , late 14c., from scale (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Scaliness . 中文词源 scaly ：有鳞的，有鳞屑的，有皮屑的 来自 scale,鳞片，-y,形容词后缀。引申比喻义有鳞屑的，有皮屑的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scaly 词源， scaly 含义。
• scalper 英文词源 scalper (n.) 1650s as a type of surgical instrument; 1760 as "one who removes scalps," agent noun from scalp (v.). Meaning "person who re-sells tickets at unauthorized prices for a profit," 1869, American English; earliest reference is to theater tickets, but often used late 19c. of brokers who sold unused portions of railway tickets. [Railways charged less per mile for longer-distanc
• scalpel 英文词源 scalpel scalpel: see sculpture scalpel (n.) 1742, from Latin scalpellum "a surgical knife," diminutive of scalprum "knife, chisel, tool for scraping or cutting," from scalpere "to carve, cut," related to sculpere "to carve," from PIE root *(s)kel- "to cut, cleave" (see scale (n.1)). 中文词源 scalpel ：手术刀 来自拉丁语 scalpellum,手术刀，来自 scalpere,雕刻，砍，切
• scalp 英文词源 scalp scalp: [13] Scalp originally meant ‘top of the head, cranium’; it was not used for the ‘skin on top of the head’ until the 17th century. It is not altogether clear where the word came from, but its resemblance to Old Norse skálpr ‘sheath, shell’ and the fact that it first appeared in Scotland and the north of England suggest that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian
• scallywag 英文词源 scallywag "A person, typically a child, who behaves badly but in an amusingly mischievous rather than harmful way; a rascal", Mid 19th century: of unknown origin. 中文词源 scallywag ：无赖，恶棍，捣蛋鬼 词源不确定，可能来自苏格兰语 Scalloway,苏格兰北部 Shetland Islands 村庄名，因盛产 Shetland Pony（一种身高仅 80cm 的小马）闻名，引申
• scallop 英文词源 scallop (n.) "bivalve mollusk," c. 1400, from Old French escalope "shell (of a nut), carpace," variant of eschalope , probably from a Germanic source (compare Old Norse skalpr "sheath," Middle Dutch schelpe "shell"); see scale (n.1). The shells of the larger species have been used as domestic utensils. Extended 17c. to objects shaped like scallop shells, especially in design and dress
• scallion 英文词源 scallion scallion: see shallot scallion (n.) late 14c., scalun "kind of onion," also "thing of little value," from Anglo-French escalone , Old North French escalogne , or Old French eschaloigne , all from Vulgar Latin *escalonia, from Latin (cæpa) Ascalonia "(onion) from Ascalon," seaport in southwestern Levant (modern Ashkelon in Israel). Cognate with shallot . 中文词源 scallion
• scalding 英文词源 scalding (adj.) early 13c., present participle adjective from scald (v.)). Scalding hot recorded from late 14c. 中文词源 scalding ：滚烫的，灼热的 来自 scale,加热，使滚烫，-ing,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scalding 词源， scalding 含义。
• scalar 英文词源 scalar (adj.) "resembling a ladder," 1650s, from Latin scalaris "of or pertaining to a ladder," from scalae (plural) "ladder, steps, flight of steps" (see scale (n.2)). Mathematical sense first recorded 1846. 中文词源 scalar ：梯子状的，标量的，纯量的，无向量的 来自 scale 梯子，,-ar,形容词后缀。后用于数学术语标量的，纯量的等。 scald 加热
• scaffolding 英文词源 scaffolding (n.) "temporary support," mid-14c.; see scaffold . 中文词源 scaffolding ：脚手架组 scaffold,脚手架，-ing,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： scaffolding 词源， scaffolding 含义。
• scaffold 英文词源 scaffold scaffold: [14] Historically, scaffold and catafalque [17] ‘coffin-stand’ are virtually the same word. Catafalque comes via French catafalque and Italian catafalco from Vulgar Latin * catafalcum , a word of uncertain origin. Combination with the prefix ex - produced * excatafalcum , which passed into English via Old French eschaffaut and Anglo-Norman * scaffaut . The word
• scads 英文词源 scads (n.) "large amounts," 1869, American English, earlier "dollar" (1855, usually in plural), of uncertain origin. Unknown connection to scad , the fish, which were "often very abundant and occasionally seen in enormous shoals": In July, 1834, as Mr. Yarrell informs us, most extraordinary shoals passed up the channel along the coast of Glamorganshire; their passage occupied a week,
• scabrous 英文词源 scabrous scabrous: see scab scabrous (adj.) 1570s, "harsh, unmusical" (implied in scabrously ), from Late Latin scabrosus "rough," from Latin scaber "rough, scaly," related to scabere "to scratch, scrape" (see scabies ). Sense in English evolved to "vulgar" (1881), "squalid" (1939), and "nasty, repulsive" (c. 1951). Classical literal sense of "rough, rugged" attested in English from 1
• scabies 英文词源 scabies scabies: see scab scabies (n.) skin disease, "the itch," c. 1400, from Latin scabies "mange, itch, roughness," from scabere "to scratch, scrape," from PIE root *(s)kep- , a base forming words meaning "to cut, scrape, hack" (cognates: Gothic scaban , Old English sceafan "to scrape, shave;" Greek skaptein "to dig;" "Old Church Slavonic skobli "scraper;" Lithuanian skabus "sharp,
• scabby 英文词源 shabby shabby: [17] Etymologically, shabby means ‘scabby’. It comes from a now obsolete shab , which denoted ‘scab’, and also metaphorically ‘disreputable fellow’. It was the native equivalent to Old Norse * skabbr ‘scab’, from which English gets scab . = scab gruff (adj.) 1530s, of physical things, "coarse, coarse-grained," from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German grof
• scabbard 英文词源 scabbard scabbard: [13] English acquired scabbard from Anglo-Norman escaubers . This appears to have been a compound formed from Old High German scār , which usually meant ‘scissors’ but was also used for ‘sword’ (it came from the same base that produced English shear ), and the element - berc ‘protection’ (as in hauberk [13], which etymologically means ‘neck-protection’
• scab 英文词源 scab scab: [13] Old English had a word sceabb ‘scab’. This survived into modern English as shab , a dialectal synonym of scab , but it is only represented in the mainstream language by its derivative shabby . It is its Old Norse relative skabbr , borrowed in the 13th century as scab , which has become the general English term for a ‘crust over a wound’. The derogatory sense ‘
• say 英文词源 say say: [OE] Say is part of a widespread Germanic family of ‘say’-verbs, which also contains German sagen , Dutch zeggen , Swedish säga , and Danish sige . These point back to a common Germanic ancestor * sagjan , which was descended from the Indo-European base * seq -. This originally signified ‘point out’, but evolved to ‘say’, and it also lies behind Lithuanian sakýt
• saxophonist 英文词源 cool (adj.) Old English col "not warm" (but usually not as severe as cold ), also, of persons, "unperturbed, undemonstrative," from Proto-Germanic *koluz (cognates: Middle Dutch coel , Dutch koel , Old High German kuoli , German kühl "cool," Old Norse kala "be cold"), from PIE root *gel- "cold, to freeze" (see cold (adj.)). Applied since 1728 to large sums of money to give emphasis t
• sawmill 英文词源 sawmill (n.) 1550s; see saw (n.1) + mill (n.1). 中文词源 sawmill ：锯木厂 saw,锯子，mill,工厂。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sawmill 词源， sawmill 含义。
• sawhorse 英文词源 sawhorse (n.) "support or rack for holding wood while it is cut by a saw," 1778, from saw (n.1) + horse (n.) in the mechanical sense. 中文词源 sawhorse ：锯木架 saw,锯子，horse,马。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sawhorse 词源， sawhorse 含义。
• saw 英文词源 saw saw: Not counting the past tense of see , English has two words saw . The one meaning ‘toothed cutting tool’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric Germanic * sagō , a close relative of which produced German säge ‘saw’. This in turn was descended from an Indo-European base * sak -, * sek - ‘cut’, which also lies behind English section , segment , sickle , etc. The now seldom
• savoy 英文词源 Savoy region in southeastern France (before 1800 part of the Kingdom of Sardinia), French Savoie , from Roman Sapaudia , of unknown origin. Related: Savoyard . 中文词源 savoy ：皱叶甘蓝 来自法国城市 Savoy,萨沃伊。现词义缩写自 Savoy cabbage,萨沃伊白菜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： savoy 词源， savoy 含义。
• savory 英文词源 savory (adj.) "pleasing in taste or smell," c. 1200, from Old French savore "tasty, flavorsome" (Modern French savouré ), past participle of savourer "to taste" (see savor (n.)). savory (n.) aromatic mint, late 14c., perhaps an alteration of Old English sæþerie , which is ultimately from Latin satureia "savory (n.)," a foreign word in Latin. But early history of the word suggests t
• savor 英文词源 savor (n.) mid-13c., from Old French savor "flavor, taste; sauce, seasoning; delight, pleasure," from Latin saporem (nominative sapor ) "taste, flavor," related to sapere "to have a flavor" (see sapient ). savor (v.) c. 1300, from Old French savorer "taste, breathe in; appreciate, care for," from Late Latin saporare , from Latin sapor (see savor (n.)). Related: Savored ; savoring . 中文
• savior 英文词源 savior (n.) c. 1300, "one who delivers or rescues from peril," also a title of Jesus Christ, from Old French sauveour , from Late Latin salvatorem (nominative salvator ) "a saver, preserver" (source also of Spanish salvador , Italian salvatore ), from salvatus , past participle of salvare "to save" (see save (v.)). In Christian sense, a translation of Greek soter "savior." Replaced Ol
• saving 英文词源 saving (prep.) late 14c., from safe (adj.); see save (prep.). 中文词源 saving ：节省，节约 save,节省，-ing,动名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saving 词源， saving 含义。
• saver 英文词源 saver (n.) c. 1300, "savior," agent noun from save (v.). Meaning "one who economizes" is 1540s; meaning "means of saving" is from 1660s. 中文词源 saver ：储户 save,储蓄，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saver 词源， saver 含义。
• savant 英文词源 savant (n.) "one eminent for learning," 1719, from French savant "a learned man," noun use of adjective savant "learned, knowing," former present participle of savoir "to know," from Vulgar Latin *sapere , from Latin sapere "be wise" (see sapient ). 中文词源 savant ：智者，专家 来自法语 savant,博学者，智者，来自拉丁语 sapere,品尝，鉴别，词源同 sapien