英语词源

• saltpeter 英文词源 saltpeter (n.) "potassium nitrate," c. 1500, earlier salpetre (early 14c.), from Old French salpetre , from Medieval Latin sal petrae "salt of rock," from Latin sal "salt" (see salt (n.)) + petra "rock, stone" (see petrous ). So called because it looks like salt encrusted on rock. 中文词源 saltpeter ：硝石，硝酸钾 来自古法语 salpetre,硝石，硝酸钾，来自拉丁语
• saltine 英文词源 saltine (n.) "salted flat cracker," 1907, short for saltine cracker (1894), from salt (n.) + -ine (1). 中文词源 saltine ：盐饼干 salt,盐，-ine,形容词后缀。现词义缩写自 saltine cracker. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saltine 词源， saltine 含义。
• salt-cellar 英文词源 salt-cellar (n.) mid-15c., from salt (n.) + saler "salt-cellar" (14c.), from Old French salier "salt box" (Modern French salière ), from Latin salarium , noun use of adjective meaning "pertaining to salt," from a diminutive of Latin sal "salt." As the connection between *saler and "salt" was lost, salt- was tacked on to the beginning; second element altered on model of cellar . 中文词
• salsa 英文词源 salsa (n.) kind of sauce, 1846; kind of dance music, 1975, from Spanish, literally "sauce," from Vulgar Latin *salsa "condiment" (see sauce (n.)). In American Spanish especially used of a kind of relish with chopped-up ingredients; the music so called from its blend of Latin jazz and rock styles. 中文词源 salsa ：萨尔萨舞曲 来自西班牙语 salsa,沙司，调料，词源同
• salopettes 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hara-kiri hara-kiri: [19] Hara-kiri is a Japanese form of ritual suicide, now little practised, involving disembowelment. The term, which means literally ‘belly-cutting’, is a relatively colloquial one in Japanese; the more dignified expression is seppuku , literally ‘cut open the stomach’. 中文词源 salopettes ：工装
• saloon 英文词源 saloon saloon: [18] Saloon is part of a widespread western European family of words for ‘large room’. They go back to a prehistoric Germanic * salaz , ancestor of German saal . This was borrowed into Vulgar Latin as * sala , whose descendants include French salle and Italian sala . A derivative of this, denoting ‘large size’, was salone , which was borrowed into French as salo
• salmonella 英文词源 Salmonella (n.) 1913, the genus name, coined 1900 in Modern Latin by J. Lignières in reference to U.S. veterinary surgeon Daniel E. Salmon (1850-1914), who isolated a type of the bacteria in 1885. 中文词源 salmonella ：沙门菌 来自这种细菌的发现者 20 世纪初美国外科医生 Daniel E.Salmon,后为表达对他的敬意而以其 名字命名。-elle,小词后缀。 该
• salmon 英文词源 salmon salmon: [13] The ancestral Indo-European word for ‘salmon’ is lax . It survives in numerous modern European languages, including German lachs , Swedish lax (whence English gravlax ), Yiddish laks (source of English lox ‘smoked salmon’), and Russian losos’ . The Old English member of the family was læx , but in the 13th century this was replaced by salmon , a borrowin
• sally 英文词源 sally sally: [16] To sally is etymologically to ‘jump’. For the word comes ultimately from Latin salīre ‘jump’, source also of English assail , insult , salient , etc. It passed into Old French as salir , which later became saillir . From this was derived a noun saillie ‘jump’, hence ‘sudden breaking out from a defended position to attack’, which English took over and
• sallow 英文词源 sallow sallow: [OE] English has two distinct words sallow . The adjective goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * salwa -, which was also borrowed into French as sale ‘dirty’. The underlying meaning appears to be ‘dark-coloured’. Its only surviving relative among the mainstream Germanic languages is Icelandic sölr ‘yellow’. Sallow ‘willow’ comes from a prehistoric Germa
• salivate 英文词源 salivate (v.) 1650s, "cause to produce saliva;" intransitive sense from 1680s, from Latin salivatus , past participle of salivare , from saliva (see saliva ). Figurative use in reference to anticipation by 1965. Related: Salivated ; salivating . 中文词源 salivate ：垂涎，流口水 saliva,痰，唾液，-ate,使。引申词义垂涎，流口水。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• salivary 英文词源 salivary (adj.) 1709, from Latin salivarius , from saliva (see saliva ). 中文词源 salivary ：唾液的 saliva,痰，唾液，-ary,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： salivary 词源， salivary 含义。
• saliva 英文词源 saliva (n.) early 15c., from Middle French salive , from Latin saliva "spittle," of unknown origin (perhaps, as Tucker suggests, somehow derived from the base of sallow (adj.)). 中文词源 saliva ：痰，唾液 来自拉丁语 saliva,痰，词源不详。可能来自 PIE*sal,污垢，污物，脏的，词源同 sallow,脏的， 土黄色的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• saline 英文词源 saline (adj.) "made of salt," c. 1500, probably from a Latin word related to salinum "salt cellar" and salinae "salt pits," from sal (genitive salis ) "salt" (see salt (n.)). Also in Middle English as a noun meaning "salt pit" (13c.). Saline solution attested from 1833. 中文词源 saline ：含盐的，咸的 来自通俗拉丁语*salamen,盐渍物，来自 sal,盐，词源同 salt.
• salesmanship 英文词源 salesmanship (n.) 1853, from salesman + -ship . The modern system of salesmanship has become so much like persecution reduced to a science, that it is quite a luxury to be allowed the use of your own discretion, without being dragooned, by a shopkeeper's deputy, into looking at what you do not care to see, or buying what you would not have. A man in his sane mind, with the usual organ
• salami 英文词源 salami (n.) "salted, flavored Italian sausage," 1852, from Italian salami , plural of salame "spiced pork sausage," from Vulgar Latin *salamen , from *salare "to salt," from Latin sal (genitive salis ) "salt" (see salt (n.)). 中文词源 salami ：萨拉米香肠 来自意大利语 salami,复数格于 salame,腌猪肉条，香肠，来自通俗拉丁语*salamen,盐渍物， 来自 sa
• salamander 英文词源 salamander (n.) mid-14c., "legendary lizard-like creature that can live in fire," from Old French salamandre "legendary fiery beast," also "cricket" (12c.), from Latin salamandra , from Greek salamandra , probably of eastern origin. The application in zoology to a tailed amphibian (known natively as an eft or newt ) is first recorded 1610s. Aristotle, and especially Pliny, are respons
• salacious 英文词源 salacious salacious: see salient salacious (adj.) 1660s, from Latin salax (genitive salacis ) "lustful," probably originally "fond of leaping," as in a male animal leaping on a female in sexual advances, from salire "to leap" (see salient (adj.)). Earliest form of the word in English is salacity (c. 1600). Related: Salaciously ; salaciousness . 中文词源 salacious ：淫秽的，色情
• salaam 英文词源 salaam Muslim greeting, 1610s, from Arabic salam (also in Urdu, Persian), literally "peace" (compare Hebrew shalom ); in full, (as)salam 'alaikum "peace be upon you," from base of salima "he was safe" (compare Islam , Muslim ). 中文词源 salaam ：行额手礼 伊斯兰教徒打招呼的方式，来自阿拉伯语 salam,和平，平和，来自三字根 s-l-m,平和，平静， 词源
• sake 英文词源 sake sake: English has two nouns sake . The older, now used only in the expression for the sake of , was originally an independent fully-fledged noun, with a range of meanings including ‘strife’, ‘guilt’, and ‘lawsuit’ [OE]. Its use in for the sake of , which emerged in the 13th century, probably arose out of its legal usage, and thus denoted originally ‘on behalf of a l
• saith 英文词源 rabbi rabbi: [14] Hebrew rabbī meant ‘my master’. It was a compound formed from rabh ‘great one’ and the pronoun suffix -ī ‘my’. English originally acquired the word, via Latin, at the end of the Old English period, but only in biblical contexts, as a term of address equivalent to English master (as in ‘Jesus … saith unto them, What seek ye? They said unto him, Rabbi
• saintly 英文词源 saintly (adj.) 1620s, from saint (n.) + -ly (1). Related: Saintliness . 中文词源 saintly ：圣人般的 saint,圣人，圣徒，-ly,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saintly 词源， saintly 含义。
• sago 英文词源 sago sago: [16] Sago is of Malay origin. The Portuguese were responsible for introducing the Malay term sāgū to English, as sagu ; the modern form sago , which became established during the 17th and 18th centuries, came via Dutch. sago (n.) "starch made of the piths of palms," 1570s, via Portuguese and Dutch from Malay sagu , the name of the palm tree from which it is obtained (atte
• Sagittarius 英文词源 Sagittarius (n.) zodiac constellation, late Old English, from Latin, literally "archer," properly "pertaining to arrows," from sagitta "arrow," which probably is from a pre-Latin Mediterranean language. Meaning "person born under Sagittarius" (properly Sagittarian ) is attested from 1940. It represents a centaur drawing a bow, but to modern observers unfamiliar with either it looks va
• saggy 英文词源 saggy (adj.) 1848, from sag (n.) + -y (2). Related: Saggily ; sagginess . 中文词源 saggy ：下陷的，下垂的 来自 sag,下陷的，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saggy 词源， saggy 含义。
• sagebrush 英文词源 sagebrush (n.) 1850, from sage (n.1), to which it has no biological affinity, + brush (n.2). Said to be so called for resemblance of its appearance or odor. Sage-brush is very fair fuel, but as a vegetable it is a distinguished failure. Nothing can abide the taste of it but the jackass and his illegitimate child, the mule. ["Mark Twain," "Roughing It"] 中文词源 sagebrush ：灌木蒿
• sage 英文词源 sage sage: see safe sage (n.1) kind of herb ( Salvia officinalis ), early 14c., from Old French sauge (13c.), from Latin salvia , from salvus "healthy" (see safe (adj.)). So called for its healing or preserving qualities (it was used to keep teeth clean and relieve sore gums, and boiled in water to make a drink to alleviate arthritis). In English folklore, sage, like parsley, is said
• sagacity 英文词源 sagacity (n.) c. 1500, from Middle French sagacité , from Latin sagacitatem (nominative sagacitas ) "keenness of perception, quality of being acute," from sagax (genitive sagacis ) "of quick perception, acute," related to sagus "prophetic," sagire "perceive keenly," from PIE root *sag- "to track down, trace, seek" (cognates: Old English secan "to seek;" see seek ). Also used 17c.-18c
• sagacious 英文词源 sagacious sagacious: see seek sagacious (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin sagacem (nominative sagax ) "of quick perception;" see sagacity . Related: Sagaciously . 中文词源 sagacious ：明智的，练达的 来自拉丁语 sagire,敏锐的，来自 PIE*sag,寻求，追寻，词源同 seek,sake.-acious,形容词后缀， 词源同 tenacious.引申词义明智的，练达的等。 该词的英
• saga 英文词源 saga saga: see saw saga (n.) 1709, an antiquarians' revival to describe the medieval prose narratives of Iceland and Norway, from Old Norse saga "saga, story," cognate with Old English sagu "a saying" (see saw (n.2)). Properly, a narrative composition of Iceland or Norway in the Middle Ages, or one that has their characteristics. Meaning "long, convoluted story" is from 1857. 中文词源
• sag 英文词源 sag sag: [15] There are several Scandinavian verbs that bear a strong resemblance to sag , including Swedish sacka and Danish sakke , and it seems likely that one of these was borrowed into Middle Low German as sacken ‘settle, subside’, and subsequently found its way into English as sag (whose original meaning was ‘subside’) sag (v.) late 14c., possibly from a Scandinavian sou
• saffron 英文词源 saffron saffron: [13] Saffron brought its name with it along the spice route from the Middle East. It comes from Arabic za‘farān , a word of unknown origin, and reached English via medieval Latin safranum and Old French safran . The town of Saffron Walden in Essex is so named from its once thriving saffron-growing industry. saffron (n.) c. 1200, from Old French safran (12c.), from
• safflower 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random harangue harangue: [15] The original notion underlying harangue may have been of a large group of people crowded round, with the idea of ‘addressing’ them only developing later. The word comes via Old French harangue from medieval Latin harenga , and it has been speculated that this was perhaps acquired from a prehistoric Ge
• safety 英文词源 safety (n.) early 14c., from Old French sauvete "safety, safeguard; salvation; security, surety," earlier salvetet (11c., Modern French sauveté ), from Medieval Latin salvitatem (nominative salvitas ) "safety," from Latin salvus (see safe (adj.)). Meaning "trigger-lock on a gun" is attested from 1881. As a North American football position, first recorded 1931. As a type of score agai
• safe 英文词源 safe safe: [13] Like save , and indeed salvage and salvation , safe comes from Latin salvus ‘uninjured’. It reached English via Old French sauf . Salvus itself went back to a prehistoric Indo-European * solwos ‘whole’, which came from the same base that produced English soldier , solemn , and solid . The noun safe ‘strongbox’ [15] was originally save , a derivative of the
• safari 英文词源 safari (n.) 1890 (attested from 1860 as a foreign word), from Swahili, literally "journey, expedition," from Arabic, literally "referring to a journey," from safar "journey" (which itself is attested in English as a foreign word from 1858). Used from 1920s of various articles of clothing suitable for safaris. 中文词源 safari ：游猎，旅行，野外旅行 来自斯瓦西里语
• sadomasochist 英文词源 sado-masochist (n.) also sadomasochist , 1919; from comb. form of sadist + masochist . Related: Sadomasochistic ; sado-masochistic . Earlier was sadistic-masochistic (1892). 中文词源 sadomasochist ：施虐受虐狂 来自 sadomasochism,施虐受虐狂，-ist,人。比较 dominatrix,SM 女王。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sadomasochist 词源， sadomas
• sadomasochism 英文词源 sado-masochism (n.) also sadomasochism , 1916, from comb. form of sadism + masochism . Abbreviation S M first attested 1965. An earlier word for sexualities that focused on violence was algolagnia (1900), Modern Latin, coined in German in 1892 by German doctor and paranormalist Albert von Schrenck-Notzing (1862-1929) from Greek algos "pain" + lagneia "lust." 中文词源 sadomasochism
• sadness 英文词源 sadness (n.) early 14c., "seriousness," from sad + -ness . Meaning "sorrowfulness" is c. 1500, perhaps c. 1400. 中文词源 sadness ：伤心，难过 sad,伤心的，难过的，-ness,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sadness 词源， sadness 含义。
• sadist 英文词源 sadist sadist: [19] The terms sadist and sadism commemorate the so-called Marquis de Sade (in fact he was a count), the French writer who lived between 1740 and 1815. Towards the end of the 18th century he produced several pornographic novels, whose theme of sexual gratification through (among other things) the inflicting of pain led in the late 19th century to the use of his name by
• saddo 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random boil boil: Boil ‘large spot’ [OE] and boil ‘vaporize with heat’ [13] are distinct words. The former comes from Old English byl or byle , which became bile in Middle English; the change to boil started in the 15th century, perhaps from association with the verb. The Old English word goes back ultimately to a West Germanic
• saddlery 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random conflagration conflagration: see flagrant 中文词源 saddlery ：马鞍制造工艺 saddler,鞍匠，-y,技艺，学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saddlery 词源， saddlery 含义。
• saddler 英文词源 saddler (n.) "maker of saddles," c. 1300 (late 13c. as a surname), agent noun from saddle (v.). 中文词源 saddler ：鞍匠，马具匠 saddle,马鞍，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saddler 词源， saddler 含义。
• sadden 英文词源 sadden (v.) "to make sorrowful," 1620s, from sad + -en (1). Earlier verb was simply sade , from Old English sadian , which also could be the immediate source of the modern verb. Intransitive meaning "to become sad" is from 1718. Related: Saddened ; saddening . 中文词源 sadden ：使伤心，使难过 sad,伤心的，难过的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• sad 英文词源 sad sad: [OE] Originally, to feel sad was to feel that one had had ‘enough’. For the word comes ultimately from the same Indo-European base that produced English satisfy and saturate . By the time it reached English (via a prehistoric Germanic * sathaz ) ‘enough’ had already become extended to ‘weary’, and the modern sense ‘unhappy’ emerged in the 14th century. The ori
• sacrum 英文词源 sacrum (n.) bone at the base of the spine, 1753, from Late Latin os sacrum "sacred bone," from Latin os "bone" (see osseous ) + sacrum , neuter of sacer "sacred" (see sacred ). Said to be so called because the bone was the part of animals that was offered in sacrifices. Translation of Greek hieron osteon . Greek hieros also can mean "strong," and some sources suggest the Latin is a mi
• sacrosanct 英文词源 sacrosanct (adj.) "superlatively sacred or inviolable," c. 1600, from Latin sacrosanctus "protected by religious sanction, consecrated with religious ceremonies," from sacro , ablative of sacrum "religious sanction" (from neuter singular of sacer "sacred") + sanctus , past participle of sancire "make sacred" (for both, see sacred ). Earlier in partially anglicized form sacro-seint (c.
• sacristy 英文词源 sacristy (n.) "repository for sacred things," mid-15c., from Anglo-French sacrestie , from Medieval Latin sacrista , from Latin sacer "sacred" (see sacred ). 中文词源 sacristy ：教堂圣器室 sacri-,神圣的，-ist,人，管理人，-y,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sacristy 词源， sacristy 含义。
• sacristan 英文词源 sacristan (n.) "officer charged with looking after the buildings and property of a church or religious house," early 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Medieval Latin sacristanus , from Latin sacrista , from sacer (genitive sacri ) "sacred" (see sacred ). Compare sexton , which is a doublet. 中文词源 sacristan ：教堂圣器守司 sacri-,神圣的，-ist,人，管理人。 该词的
• sacrificial 英文词源 sacrificial (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin sacrificium "a sacrifice" (see sacrifice (n.)) + -al (1). Related: Sacrificially . 中文词源 sacrificial ：献祭的 sacrifice,牺牲，献祭，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sacrificial 词源， sacrificial 含义。
• sackcloth 英文词源 sackcloth (n.) penitential or grieving garb, late 13c., literally "cloth of which sacks are made," from sack (n.1) + cloth . In the Biblical sense it was of goats' or camels' hair, the coarsest possible clothing. 中文词源 sackcloth ：麻袋布 sack,麻袋，cloth,布。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sackcloth 词源， sackcloth 含义。
• sack 英文词源 sack sack: English has three separate words sack , one of them now a historical relic and the other two ultimately related. Sack ‘large bag’ [OE] was borrowed from Latin saccus (source also of English sac , sachet , and satchel ). This in turn came from Greek sákkos ‘rough cloth used for packing’, which was of Semitic origin (Hebrew has saq meaning both ‘sack’ and ‘sack
• sachet 英文词源 sachet sachet: [19] A sachet is etymologically a ‘little sack’. The word was borrowed from French sachet , a diminutive form of sac ‘bag’, which came from the same Latin source that produced English sack . Sac itself was acquired by English as a biological term in the 18th century. = sack sachet (n.) "small perfumed bag," 1838, from French sachet (12c.), diminutive of sac (see
• sacerdotal 英文词源 sacerdotal (adj.) c. 1400, from Old French sacerdotal and directly from Latin sacerdotalis "of or pertaining to a priest," from sacerdos (genitive sacerdotis ) "priest," literally "offerer of sacrifices," from sacer "holy" (see sacred ) + stem of dare "to give" (see date (n.1)). 中文词源 sacerdotal ：祭司的，司祭的 来自拉丁语 sacerdotis,祭司的，司祭的，来自
• saccharin 英文词源 saccharin saccharin: [19] Medieval Latin saccharum ‘sugar’ belonged to the same word-family as the ancestor of English sugar . Its original contribution to English was the adjective saccharine ‘sugary’ [17]; and in the late 1870s the German chemist Fahlberg used it in coining the term saccharin for the new sweetening substance he had invented. English borrowed it in the mid 18
• sac 英文词源 sac sac: see sachet sac (n.) "biological pocket," 1741, from French sac , from Latin saccus "bag" (see sack (n.1)). Sac central Algonquian people who lived near the upper Mississippi before the Black Hawk War of 1832, from French Canadian Saki , probably a shortened borrowing of Ojibwa (Algonquian) /osa:ki:/ , literally "person of the outlet" (of the Saginaw River, which itself contai
• saboteur 英文词源 saboteur (n.) 1912 (from 1909 as a French word in English), a borrowing of the French agent noun from sabotage (see sabotage (n.)). 中文词源 saboteur ：捣乱者，破坏者 来自 sabotage,捣乱，破坏，-eur,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： saboteur 词源， saboteur 含义。
• sabaton 英文词源 sabaton (n.) type of armored foot-covering, also sabbaton , early 14c., ultimately from Provençal sabato , equivalent of French savate (see sabotage (n.)). 中文词源 sabaton ：护脚甲 来自法国普罗旺斯方言 sabato,护脚甲，一种保护脚的盔甲，词源同 sabotage. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sabaton 词源， sabaton 含义。
• sable 英文词源 sable sable: [14] The sable, an animal like a large weasel with valuable fur, lives in northern Europe and Asia, and its name reflects where it comes from – for it is of Slavic origin, related to Russian sóbol’ . It came west with the fur trade, and was borrowed into medieval Latin as sabellum . From there it made its way into English via Old French sable . sable (n.1) "fur or pe
• saber-rattling 英文词源 saber (n.) type of single-edged sword, 1670s, from French sabre "heavy, curved sword" (17c.), alteration of sable (1630s), from German Sabel , Säbel , probably ultimately from Hungarian szablya "saber," literally "tool to cut with," from szabni "to cut." The Balto-Slavic words (Russian sablya , Polish szabla "sword, saber," Lithuanian shoble ) perhaps also are from German. Italian sc
• saber 英文词源 saber (n.) type of single-edged sword, 1670s, from French sabre "heavy, curved sword" (17c.), alteration of sable (1630s), from German Sabel , Säbel , probably ultimately from Hungarian szablya "saber," literally "tool to cut with," from szabni "to cut." The Balto-Slavic words (Russian sablya , Polish szabla "sword, saber," Lithuanian shoble ) perhaps also are from German. Italian sc
• sloth 英文词源 sloth (n.) late 12c., "indolence, sluggishness," formed from Middle English slou , slowe (see slow (adj.)) + abstract formative -th (2). Replaced Old English slæwð "sloth, indolence." Sense of "slowness, tardiness" is from mid-14c. As one of the deadly sins, it translates Latin accidia . The slow-moving mammal first so called 1610s, a translation of Portuguese preguiça "slowness, s
• superstition 英文词源 superstition superstition: [15] Etymologically, superstition denotes ‘standing over’ something. It comes via Old French superstition from Latin superstitiō , a derivative of superstāre ‘stand over’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix super - ‘above’ and stāre ‘stand’ (a relative of English stand ). The sense ‘irrational fear’, which evolved in Latin
• spam 英文词源 spam (n.) proprietary name registered by Geo. A. Hormel Co. in U.S., 1937; probably a conflation of spiced ham . Soon extended to other kinds of canned meat. In the sense of "Internet junk mail" it was coined by Usenet users after March 31, 1993, when Usenet administrator Richard Depew inadvertently posted the same message 200 times to a discussion group. The term had been used in onl
• Socratic 英文词源 Socratic (adj.) 1630s ( Socratical is from 1580s), "of or pertaining to Greek philosopher Socrates " (469-399 B.C.E.), especially in reference to his method of eliciting truth by question and answer, from Latin Socraticus , from Greek Sokratikos "pertaining to Socrates or his school." His name is Greek Sokrates , literally "having safe might." 中文词源 Socratic （苏格拉底的）
• stadium 英文词源 stadium stadium: [16] Greek stádion denoted a ‘racetrack’, particularly the one at Olympia, which was about 185 metres long. In due course the word came to be used as a term for a measure of length equal to this, and that was the sense in which English originally acquired it, via Latin stadium . The original ‘racetrack’ was introduced in the 17th century, and ‘sports arena’
• shanghai 英文词源 shanghai (v.) "to drug a man unconscious and ship him as a sailor," 1854, American English, from the practice of kidnapping to fill the crews of ships making extended voyages, such as to the Chinese seaport of Shanghai . Shanghai Chinese seaport, literally "by the sea," from Shang "on, above" + hai "sea." In 19c., a long-legged breed of hens, supposed to have come from there; hence U.
• sleazy 英文词源 sleazy (adj.) 1640s, "downy, fuzzy," later "flimsy, unsubstantial" (1660s), of unknown origin; one theory is that it is a corruption of Silesia , the German region, where thin linen or cotton fabric was made for export. Silesia in reference to cloth is attested in English from 1670s; and sleazy as an abbreviated form is attested from 1670), but OED is against this. Sense of "sordid" i
• Sundae 英文词源 sundae sundae: [19] The ice-cream concoction known as a ‘sundae’ first appeared on the scene in America, at the end of the 19th century. It is generally agreed that its name is an alteration of Sunday , but the why and the how remain unclear. As far as the change in spelling is concerned ( sundi was another early variant), it seems plausible that it was intended to placate those w
• schmuck 英文词源 schmuck schmuck: see shemozzle schmuck (n.) also shmuck , "contemptible person," 1892, from East Yiddish shmok , literally "penis," probably from Old Polish smok "grass snake, dragon," and likely not the same word as German Schmuck "jewelry, adornments," which is related to Low German smuck "supple, tidy, trim, elegant," and to Old Norse smjuga "slip, step through" (see smock ). In Je
• staple 英文词源 staple staple: English has two distinct words staple , but they come from a common ancestor – prehistoric Germanic * stapulaz ‘pillar’. This evolved into English staple [OE], which at first retained its ancestral meaning ‘post, pillar’. The modern sense ‘U-shaped metal bar’ did not emerge until the end of the 13th century, and the details of its development from ‘pilla
• Styx 英文词源 Styx late 14c., the Greek river of the Underworld, literally "the Hateful," cognate with Greek stygos "hatred," stygnos "gloomy," from stygein "to hate, abominate," from PIE *stug- , extended form of root *steu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat." Oaths sworn by it were supremely binding and even the gods feared to break them. The adjective is Stygian . 中文词源 Styx ：希腊神话中
• simpleton 英文词源 simpleton (n.) 1640s, probably a jocular formation from simple and -ton, suffix extracted from surnames. Compare skimmington , personification of an ill-used spouse, c. 1600. 中文词源 simpleton ：傻子；笨蛋 后缀-ton其实是town的另外一种形式，比如Washington，那是叫Wash的后代（-ing后缀表people of some place or race）居住的town，然后这个-ton后缀
• scandal 英文词源 scandal scandal: [16] Greek skándalon originally meant literally ‘trap’ (it came from prehistoric Indo- European * skand - ‘jump’, which also produced Latin scandere ‘climb’, source of English ascend , descend , and scan ). It was extended metaphorically to ‘snare for the unwary, stumbling block’, and passed into late Latin as scandalum , which was used for ‘cause o
• seaward 英文词源 seaboard (n.) "seaward side of a ship," late 15c., from sea + board (n.2). 中文词源 seaward ：朝海的 sea,海，-ward,朝向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seaward 词源， seaward 含义。 seaward ：朝海的 sea,海，-ward,朝向。
• subjectivism 英文词源 subjectivism (n.) 1845; see subjective + -ism . Recorded earlier in German (and Swedish). Related: Subjectivist . 中文词源 subjectivism ：主观主义 subjective,主观的，-ism,主义，思想。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： subjectivism 词源， subjectivism 含义。 subjectivism ：主观主义 subjective,主观的，-ism,主义，思想。
• shepherd 英文词源 shepherd shepherd: [OE] Shepherd is of course a compound of sheep and herd – but not herd ‘group of animals’. This is a different herd , meaning ‘herdsman’, which now survives only in compounds ( cowherd and goatherd are other examples). It comes from the same Germanic source as herd ‘group of animals’. = herd , sheep shepherd (n.) Old English sceaphierde, from sceap "sh
• stringer 英文词源 stringer (n.) early 15c., "one who makes bow-strings," agent noun from string (v.). Meaning "newspaper correspondent paid by length of copy" is from 1950, probably from earlier figurative sense of "one who strings words together" (1774). 中文词源 stringer ：制弦匠，上弦工人，特约记者 来自string,弦，制弦，-er,人。俚语义特约记者可能是来自比喻义，
• stag night 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random smack smack: English has four separate words smack . The oldest, ‘taste’ [OE], is now mainly used metaphorically (as in smack of ‘suggest’). It has relatives in German geschmack , Dutch smaak , Swedish smak , and Danish smag ‘taste’, and may be distantly linked to Lithuanian smagus ‘pleasing’. Smack ‘hit’ [16
• sorceress 英文词源 sorceress (n.) late 14c., from Anglo-French sorceresse , from sorcer (see sorcerer ). 中文词源 sorceress ：女巫 sorcery,巫术，-ess,表阴性。参照电影《蝎子王》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sorceress 词源， sorceress 含义。 sorceress ：女巫 sorcery,巫术，-ess,表阴性。参照电影《蝎子王》。
• scarab 英文词源 scarab (n.) "black dung beetle," held sacred by the ancient Egyptians, 1570s, from Middle French scarabeé , from Latin scarabaeus , name of a type of beetle, from Greek karabos "beetle, crayfish," a foreign word, according to Klein probably Macedonian (the suffix -bos is non-Greek). Related: Scarabaean . In ancient use, also a gem cut in a shape like a scarab beetle and with an inscr
• savvy 英文词源 savvy savvy: see sapient savvy (n.) 1785, "practical sense, intelligence;" also a verb, "to know, to understand;" West Indies pidgin borrowing of French savez(-vous)? "do you know?" or Spanish sabe (usted) "you know," both from Vulgar Latin *sapere , from Latin sapere "be wise, be knowing" (see sapient ). The adjective is first recorded 1905, from the noun. Related: Savvily ; savvines
• Sparta 英文词源 Sparta capital of Laconia in ancient Greece, famed for severity of its social order, the frugality of its people, the valor of its arms, and the brevity of its speech. Also for dirty boys, men vain of their long hair, boxing girls, iron money, and insufferable black broth. The name is said to be from Greek sparte "cord made from spartos ," a type of broom, from PIE *spr-to- , from roo
• Sylvester 英文词源 Sylvester masc. proper name, from Latin silvestris , literally "of a wood, of a forest, woody, rural, pastoral," from silva "wood, forest" (see sylvan ). St. Sylvester's Day is Dec. 31. 中文词源 Sylvester ：西尔维斯特 常见人名，如好莱坞动作巨星Sylvester Stallone,来自拉丁语silva,森林，树木，-ster,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• sibling 英文词源 sibling (n.) "brother or sister," 1903, modern revival (in anthropology) of Old English sibling "relative, kinsman," from sibb "kinship, relationship; love, friendship, peace, happiness," from Proto-Germanic *sibja- "blood relation, relative," properly "one's own" (cognates: Old Saxon sibba , Old Frisian, Middle Dutch sibbe , Old High German sippa , German Sippe , Gothic sibja "kin, k
• shyster 英文词源 shyster shyster: [19] Shyster ‘unscrupulous lawyer’ originated in the USA in the 1840s. It is generally supposed to come from the name of one Scheuster, a New York lawyer of that era who was constantly being rebuked by judges for his sharp practices. An alternative explanation, however, is that it represents an alteration of German scheisser , literally ‘shitter’. shyster (n.)
• servile 英文词源 servile (adj.) late 14c., from Latin servilis "of a slave" (as in Servile Wars , name given to the slave revolts in the late Roman Republic), also "slavish, servile," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Earliest sense was legal, servile work being forbidden on the Sabbath; sense of "cringing, fawning" first recorded c. 1600. 中文词源 servile ：奴隶的；奴性的；卑屈的 词
• shire 英文词源 shire shire: [OE] The original meaning of shire , which did not survive beyond the Old English period, was ‘official charge, administrative office’, and it has been suggested that the word is related ultimately to Latin cūra ‘care, charge’ (source of English curate , cure , etc). Already by the 9th century it was being used for an ‘administrative area ruled by a governor’
• Syrinx 英文词源 syrinx (n.) tubular instrument, c. 1600, the thing itself known from 14c. in English, from Late Latin syrinx , from Greek syrinx "shepherd's pipe" (see syringe ). Used of vocal organs of birds from 1872. 中文词源 syrinx （排箫）：变成芦苇的山林女神绪任克斯Syrinx 希腊神话中，丑陋的牧羊神潘爱上了河神之女，美丽的山林女神绪任克斯Syrinx。
• semi- 英文词源 semi- before vowels sem- , word-forming element meaning "half, part, partly; partial, imperfect; twice," from Latin semi- "half," from PIE *semi- "half" (cognates: Sanskrit sami "half," Greek hemi- "half," Old English sam- , Gothic sami- "half"). Old English cognate sam- was used in such compounds as samhal "poor health," literally "half-whole;" samsoden "half-cooked," figuratively "s