英语词源

• whitewash 英文词源 whitewash (v.) 1590s, "to wash a building surface with white liquid," from white (adj.) + wash (v.). Figurative sense of "to cover up, conceal, give a false appearance of cleanness to" is attested from 1762. Related: Whitewashed ; whitewashing . The noun is recorded from 1690s; in the figurative sense from 1851. The earlier verb was whitelime (c. 1300). 中文词源 whitewash ：石灰水
• white stick 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random technical technical: [17] Greek tékhnē denoted ‘skill, art, craft, trade’ (it may have come from the Indo- European base * tek - ‘shape, make’, which also produced Greek téktōn ‘carpenter, builder’, source of English architect and tectonic [17]). From it was derived the adjective tekhnikós , which passed into En
• white meat 英文词源 white meat (n.) "meat of poultry, pigs, etc.," as opposed to red meat , 1752, from white (adj.) + meat (n.). Earlier it meant "foods prepared from milk" (early 15c.). Black slang sense of "white women as sex partners" is from 1920s. 中文词源 white meat ：白肉 即鸡肉，猪肉等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： white meat 词源， white meat 含义。
• white lie 英文词源 fib (n.) "a lie," especially a little one, "a white lie," 1610s, of uncertain origin, perhaps from fibble-fable "nonsense" (1580s), a reduplication of fable (n.). white (adj.) Old English hwit "bright, radiant; clear, fair," also as a noun (see separate entry), from Proto-Germanic *hwitaz (cognates: Old Saxon and Old Frisian hwit , Old Norse hvitr , Dutch wit , Old High German hwiz ,
• white horses 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random suborn suborn: see ornament 中文词源 white horses ：白浪 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： white horses 词源， white horses 含义。
• white elephant 英文词源 white elephant white elephant: see elephant white elephant (n.) "burdensome charge, inconvenient thing that one does not know how to get rid of," 1851, supposedly from the practice of the King of Siam of presenting one of the sacred albino elephants to a courtier who had fallen from favor; the gift was a great honor, but the proper upkeep of one was ruinously expensive. 中文词源 w
• white collar 英文词源 white-collar (adj.) by 1911, perhaps 1909, from white (adj.) + collar (n.). The white collar men are your clerks; they are your bookkeepers, your cashiers, your office men. We call them the 'white collar men' in order to distinguish them from the men who work with uniform and overalls and carry the dinner pails. The boys over on the West side got that name for them. It was supposed to
• whitecaps 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random discreet discreet: [14] Discreet and discrete [14] are ultimately the same word. Both come from Latin discrētus , the past participle of discernere ‘distinguish’ (source of English discern ). Discrete was borrowed direct from Latin, and retains its original meaning more closely: ‘distinct, separate’. The Latin abstract
• whitebait 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random duet duet: [18] The original term for ‘two musicians’ was Italian duo , a descendant of Latin duo ‘two’. English acquired this in the 16th century. But Italian (the major source of Western musical vocabulary) also produced a diminutive form duetto , literally ‘little duo’, which English borrowed either directly (the
• white 英文词源 white white: [OE] White goes back ultimately to Indo- European * kwitnos or * kwidnos , which was formed from the same base as produced Sanskrit sveta - ‘white’ and Russian svet ‘light’. It passed into prehistoric Germanic as * khwītaz , which has since evolved into German weiss , Swedish vit , Danish hvid , and English white (Dutch wit comes from a variant of the same German
• whit 英文词源 whit (n.) "smallest particle," 1520s, from na whit "no amount" (c. 1200), from Old English nan wiht, from wiht "amount," originally "person, human being" (see wight ). 中文词源 Whit ：圣临降临节的 缩写自Whitsunday. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Whit 词源， Whit 含义。 whit ：一点点，少量 来自古英语词wight,少量。
• Whit 英文词源 whit (n.) "smallest particle," 1520s, from na whit "no amount" (c. 1200), from Old English nan wiht, from wiht "amount," originally "person, human being" (see wight ). 中文词源 Whit ：圣临降临节的 缩写自Whitsunday. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Whit 词源， Whit 含义。 whit ：一点点，少量 来自古英语词wight,少量。
• whistle-stop 英文词源 truth (n.) Old English triewð (West Saxon), treowð (Mercian) "faith, faithfulness, fidelity, loyalty; veracity, quality of being true; pledge, covenant," from triewe, treowe "faithful" (see true (adj.)), with Proto-Germanic abstract noun suffix *-itho (see -th (2)). Sense of "something that is true" is first recorded mid-14c. Meaning "accuracy, correctness" is from 1560s. English an
• whistle-blower 英文词源 whistleblower (n.) also whistle-blower , 1963 in the figurative sense, American English, from whistle (n.) as something sounded in an alert + agent noun from blow (v.1). 中文词源 whistle-blower ：检举揭发舞弊内情的人 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whistle-blower 词源， whistle-blower 含义。
• whistle 英文词源 whistle whistle: [OE] Like whisper , whistle goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * khwis -, which denoted a ‘hissing’ sound. Related forms include Swedish vissla ‘whistle’ and Danish hvisle ‘hiss’. = whisper whistle (v.) Old English hwistlian "to whistle," from Proto-Germanic *hwis- , of imitative origin (cognates: Old Norse hvisla "to whisper," Danish hv
• whist 英文词源 whist whist: [17] The game of whist was originally called whisk , and it is generally assumed that the name came from the ‘whisking’ away of the cards after the tricks had been taken ( whisk [14] itself was borrowed from a Scandinavian source that went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * wisk - ‘move quickly’). Charles Cotton, however, in his Complete Gamester 1
• whisper 英文词源 whisper whisper: [OE] Whisper comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base * khwis -, which imitated a sort of hissing sound. This also produced German wispeln and wispern ‘whisper’, and with a different suffix it gave English whistle . = whistle whisper (v.) Old English hwisprian "speak very softly, murmur" (only in a Northumbrian gloss for Latin murmurare ), from Proto-Ge
• whiskey 英文词源 whiskey (n.) 1715, from Gaelic uisge beatha "whisky," literally "water of life," from Old Irish uisce "water" (from PIE *ud-skio- , from root *wed- (1) "water, wet;" see water (n.1)) + bethu "life" (from PIE *gwi-wo-tut- , suffixed form of *gwi-wo- , from root *gweie- (1) "to live;" see bio- ). According to Barnhart, the Gaelic is probably a loan-translation of Medieval Latin aqua vit
• whisker 英文词源 whisker (n.) "hair of a man's face" (usually plural), c. 1600, originally a playful formation, from Middle English wisker "anything that whisks or sweeps" (early 15c.), agent noun from whisk (v.). In reference to animal lip hair, recorded from 1670s. Related: Whiskered ; whiskers . 中文词源 whisker ：触须 来自whisk，搅动，用于猫等动物的触须。 该词的英语词源
• whisk 英文词源 whisk whisk: see whist whisk (n.) late 14c., "quick stroke, sweeping movement," probably from Old Norse visk "wisp of hay, something to sweep with," from Proto-Germanic *wisk- "move quickly" (cognates: Danish visk "broom," Middle Dutch wisch , Dutch wis , Old High German wisc , German wisch "wisp, brush"), from PIE root *weis- "to turn, twist" (cognates: Sanskrit veskah "noose," Czech
• whirr 英文词源 flurry (n.) "snow squall" 1828, American English; earlier with a sense of "commotion, state of perturbed action" (1710), "a gust, a squall" (1690s); perhaps imitative, or else from 17c. flurr "to scatter, fly with a whirring noise," which is perhaps from Middle English flouren "to sprinkle, as with flour" (late 14c.). partridge (n.) late 12c., from Old French pertis , alteration of pe
• whirlwind 英文词源 whirlwind (n.) mid-14c., from whirl (v.) + wind (n.), probably on model of Old Norse hvirfilvindr . 中文词源 whirlwind ：旋风 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whirlwind 词源， whirlwind 含义。
• whirlpool 英文词源 whirlpool (n.) 1520s, from whirl (v.) + pool (n.1). Old English had hwyrfepol and wirfelmere . 中文词源 whirlpool ：漩涡 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whirlpool 词源， whirlpool 含义。
• whirligig 英文词源 whirligig (n.) mid-15c., a child's toy, from whirl (v.) + gig (see gig (n.1)). Meaning "anything in constant motion" is from 1580s; "fickle, flighty person" is from c. 1600; as a type of water beetle, from 1713. 中文词源 whirligig ：风车，旋转木马，变迁 whirl,旋转，gig,旋转，两轮马车。引申词义风车，儿童玩具木马，变迁。 该词的英语词源请访
• whirl 英文词源 whirl (v.) c. 1300, probably from Old Norse hvirfla "to go round, spin," related to hvirfill "circle, ring, crown," and to Old English hweorfan "to turn" (see wharf ). Related: Whirled ; whirling . Whirlybird "helicopter" is from 1951. whirl (n.) early 15c., "flywheel of a spindle," from whirl (v.). The meaning "act of whirling" is recorded from late 15c.; figurative sense of "confuse
• whip-round 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random raffle raffle: [14] Raffle was originally the name of a game played with three dice; the modern application to a ‘prize draw’ did not emerge until the 18th century. The word was borrowed from Old French raffle ‘act of snatching’, but where this came from is not known. 中文词源 whip-round ：凑份子 比喻用法。 该
• whippoorwill 英文词源 whippoorwill (n.) 1709, imitative of its cry. 中文词源 whippoorwill ：三声夜鹰 拟声词，模仿这种夜鹰的凄厉的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whippoorwill 词源， whippoorwill 含义。
• whipping boy 英文词源 whipping boy "A person who is blamed or punished for the faults or incompetence of others", Extended use of the original term ( mid 17th century) denoting a boy educated with a young prince or other royal person and punished instead of him. 中文词源 whipping boy ：替罪羊 来自过去当王室或贵族子女犯错误的时候，由于不能直接惩罚他们，因此就由他们的
• whippet 英文词源 whippet (n.) small, fast type of dog, c. 1600, probably from whip (v.) in the sense of "move quickly" + diminutive suffix -et . Used earlier (1540s) in reference to "a brisk, nimble woman." 中文词源 whippet ：小灵狗 来自whip,鞭子，快速移动，-et,小词后缀。用来指小灵狗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whippet 词源， whippet 含义。
• whippersnapper 英文词源 whippersnapper "A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident", Late 17th century: perhaps representing whipsnapper , expressing noise and unimportance. 中文词源 whippersnapper ：狂妄小子 whipper,鞭子声，snapper,噼里叭啦声。引申义过于张扬的人，狂妄小子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whippersn
• whip 英文词源 whip whip: [13] Whip was originally a verb, meaning ‘move quickly’. It was probably borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch wippen ‘vacillate, swing’, which in turn went back to the prehistoric Germanic base * wip - ‘move quickly’ (source also of English wipe ). And * wip - itself was descended from Indo-European * wib -, from which English gets vibrate . Wafer , w
• whinny 英文词源 whinny (v.) 1520s, probably related to whine and ultimately imitative (compare Latin hinnire ). 中文词源 whinny ：嘶鸣 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whinny 词源， whinny 含义。
• whinge 英文词源 whinge (v.) "to complain peevishly," British, informal or dialectal, ultimately from the northern form of Old English hwinsian , from Proto-Germanic *hwinison (cognates: Old High German winison , German winseln ), from root of Old English hwinan "to whine" (see whine (v.)). Related: Whinged ; whinging . 中文词源 whinge ：絮絮叨叨的抱怨 来自whine,哭嚷，引申义抱怨。
• whine 英文词源 whine (v.) Old English hwinan "to whiz, hiss, or whistle through the air" (only of arrows), also hwinsian "to whine" (of dogs), ultimately of imitative origin (compare Old Norse hvina "to whiz," German wiehern "to neigh"). Meaning "to complain in a feeble way" is first recorded 1520s. Related: Whined ; whining . whine (n.) 1630s, from whine (v.). 中文词源 whine ：哭嚷 拟声词。
• whimsy 英文词源 whimsy (n.) c. 1600, probably related to whimwham . 中文词源 whimsy ：怪念头，怪想法 词源不详，可能来自拟声词，风呼啸而吹的声音。引申义忽然而来的，忽然而去的，古怪的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whimsy 词源， whimsy 含义。
• whimsical 英文词源 whimsical (adj.) 1650s, from whimsy + -ical . Related: Whimsically . 中文词源 whimsical ：异想天开的，想入非非的 来自whimsy,怪念头，怪想法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whimsical 词源， whimsical 含义。
• whimper 英文词源 whimper (v.) 1510s, probably of imitative origin, or from German wimmern "to whimper, moan." Related: Whimpered ; whimpering . The noun is first recorded c. 1700. 中文词源 whimper ：哭泣 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whimper 词源， whimper 含义。
• whim 英文词源 whim (n.) 1640s, "play on words, pun," shortened from whimwham "fanciful object" (q.v.). Meaning "caprice, fancy, sudden turn or inclination of the mind" first recorded 1690s, probably a shortened form of whimsy . 中文词源 whim ：心血来潮 缩写自whimsy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whim 词源， whim 含义。
• while 英文词源 while while: [OE] While comes via prehistoric Germanic * khwīlō from the Indo-European base * qwi -. This denoted ‘rest’, and its meaning was carried through into Latin quiēs (source of English quiet ) and tranquillus (source of English tranquil ) and Swedish hvila and Danish hvile ‘repose, refreshment’. In English, however, and the other Germanic languages (German weile an
• Whig 英文词源 Whig Whig: [17] Whig appears to be short for the now obsolete Scottish term whiggamaire . This presumably originally meant ‘horse-driver’ (it is assumed to have been formed from the Scottish verb whig ‘drive’, whose origins are not known, and maire , a Scottish form of mare ‘female horse’), but its earliest recorded application was to Presbyterian supporters in Scotland. I
• whiff 英文词源 whiff (n.) 13c., weffe "foul scent or odor," of imitative origin. Modern form became popular late 16c. with tobacco smoking, probably influenced by whiffle "blow in gusts or puffs" (1560s). The verb in the baseball slang sense "to swing at a ball and miss" first recorded 1913. 中文词源 whiff ：一股气味 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whiff 词
• which 英文词源 which which: [OE] Etymologically, which means ‘what like, of what form or sort?’ The word was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the interrogative base * khwa -, * khwe - (source of English what , who , etc) and * līka - ‘body, form’ (source of English like and also incorporated into English each and such ). Its Germanic relatives include German welch and Dutch we
• whey 英文词源 whey (n.) Old English hwæg "whey," from Proto-Germanic *hwaja- (cognates: Middle Dutch wey , Dutch wei ), of unknown origin. 中文词源 whey ：乳清 来自古英语hweg,可能来自PIE*kwei,堆积，建造，词源同poet。用来指堆积的乳清。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whey 词源， whey 含义。 whey ：乳清 来自古英语 hweg,乳清。
• whew 英文词源 whew exclamation of astonishment, etc., early 15c., a whistling sound, of imitative origin. 中文词源 whew ：哟，天啦 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whew 词源， whew 含义。
• whetstone 英文词源 whetstone (n.) Old English hwetstan ; see whet + stone (n.). 中文词源 whetstone ：磨刀石 whet,磨，stone,石头。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whetstone 词源， whetstone 含义。 whetstone ：磨刀石 whet,磨，stone,石头。
• whether 英文词源 whether whether: [OE] Whether was formed in the prehistoric Germanic period from the interrogative base * khwa -, * khwe - (source of English what , who , etc) and the comparative suffix *- theraz , which also occurs in English other . Its Germanic relatives include German weder ‘neither’ and Swedish hvar ‘each’. English either goes back to a Germanic compound formed from the
• whet 英文词源 whet (v.) Old English hwettan "to whet, sharpen," figuratively "incite, encourage," from Proto-Germanic *hwatjan (cognates: Old Norse hvetja "to sharpen, encourage," Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wetten , Old High German wezzan , German wetzen "to sharpen," Gothic ga-hvatjan "to sharpen, incite"), from PIE root *kwed- "to sharpen" (cognates: Sanskrit codati "incites," literally "sha
• wherewithal 英文词源 wherewithal (adv.) "means by which," 1530s, from where + withal . The noun is first recorded 1809. 中文词源 wherewithal ：所需资金，技术等 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wherewithal 词源， wherewithal 含义。
• whereabouts 英文词源 whereabouts (adv.) "in what place," early 15c., from whereabout + adverbial genitive -s . The noun, "place where someone or something is," is recorded from 1795. Whereabout in this sense is from c. 1600. 中文词源 whereabouts ：行踪 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whereabouts 词源， whereabouts 含义。
• where 英文词源 where where: [OE] Where is an ancient Indo-European formation derived from the interrogative base * qwo - (source also of English what , who , etc). In Germanic (where its relatives include Dutch waar , Swedish var , Danish hvor , and the war - of German warum ‘why’) it has largely become limited in its application to ‘place’, but in other branches of the Indo-European languag
• whence 英文词源 whence (adv., conj.) early 13c., whennes , with adverbial genitive -s , from Old English hwanone , related to hwænne (see when ). Spelling with -ce (1520s) reflects the voiceless pronunciation. 中文词源 whence ：从何处，从哪里 when,来自其原始含义之一，哪里，词源同where,何处，哪里，-ce,属格后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• when 英文词源 when when: [OE] When was formed from the ancient interrogative base * qwo - (source also of English what , who , etc) and a nasal suffix which also appears in then . From the same ancestor, but with an additional dental suffix, came Latin quando ‘when’, source of English quandary . = quandary when (adv.) Old English hwænne , hwenne , hwonne , from Proto-Germanic *hwan- (cognates:
• whelp 英文词源 whelp (n.) Old English hwelp "whelp, young of the dog," from a Germanic root related to Old Saxon hwelp , Old Norse hvelpr , Dutch welp , German hwelf ; of unknown origin. Now largely displaced by puppy . Also applied to wild animals. Sense of "scamp" first recorded early 14c. whelp (v.) c. 1200, from whelp (n.). Related: Whelped ; whelping . 中文词源 whelp ：幼犬 来自古英语
• whelk 英文词源 whelk (n.) marine snail with a spiral shell, Old English weoloc , wioloc , from Proto-Germanic *weluka- (cognates: Middle Dutch willoc , Dutch wulk ), perhaps from PIE root *wel- (3) "to turn, revolve" (see volvox ; also volute ). The unetymological spelling with wh- dates from 15c. 中文词源 whelk ：蛾螺 来自PIE*wel,转，旋转，词源同voluble,involve,用来指蛾螺。 该
• wheeze 英文词源 wheeze (v.) mid-15c., probably from a Scandinavian source such as Old Norse hvoesa "to hiss," Danish hvæse cognate with Old English hwæst "act of blowing," hwosan "to cough," from an imitative root. Related: Wheezed ; wheezing . The noun is first recorded 1834. 中文词源 wheeze ：喘气 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wheeze 词源， wheeze 含
• wheelwright 英文词源 wheelwright (n.) "one who makes or fits wheels," c. 1300 (mid-13c. as a surname), from wheel (n.) + wright (n.). 中文词源 wheelwright ：车轮修造工 wheel,车轮，wright,建造者，工人，词源同worker. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wheelwright 词源， wheelwright 含义。 wheelwright ：车轮修造工 wheel,车轮，wright,建造者，工人，
• wheelie 英文词源 wheelie (n.) 1966, from wheel (n.) + -ie . 中文词源 wheelie ：后轮支撑车技 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wheelie 词源， wheelie 含义。
• wheelhouse 英文词源 wheel-house (n.) also wheelhouse , 1835, "structure enclosing a large wheel," especially one over the steering wheel of a steamboat, thus "pilot house;" from wheel (n.) + house (n.). Baseball slang sense of "a hitter's power zone" attested by 1990. 中文词源 wheelhouse ：船上的操舵室 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wheelhouse 词源，
• wheel 英文词源 wheel wheel: [OE] A wheel is etymologically simply something that ‘goes round’. It is a member of a large family of words that goes back to Indo- European * qweqwlo -, which was derived from * qwelo - ‘go round’. Other members include Greek kúklos ‘circle’ (source of English cycle ), Sanskrit cakrá - ‘circle, wheel’ (source of English chukker ), Serbo-Croat and Czech
• wheedle 英文词源 wheedle (v.) "to influence by flattery," 1660s, of uncertain origin, perhaps connected with Old English wædlian "to beg," from wædl "poverty" [OED], or borrowed by English soldiers in the 17c. German wars from German wedeln "wag the tail," hence "fawn, flatter" (compare adulation ). Related: Wheedled ; wheedling . 中文词源 wheedle ：哄，花言巧语 词源不详。 该词的英
• wheat 英文词源 wheat wheat: [OE] Wheat is etymologically the ‘white’ grain. The word comes from prehistoric Germanic * khvaitjaz (source also of German weizen , Dutch weit , Swedish hvete , and Danish hvede ), which was derived from a variant of the base * khwīt -, source of English white . It alludes to the ‘white’ flour produced by grinding the grain. = white wheat (n.) Old English hwæte
• whatchamacallit 英文词源 whatchamacallit (n.) 1928, compressed form of phrase "what you may call it." What-do-you-call-it is from 1630s. Earliest recorded variant is what-calle-ye-hym , attested from late 15c. What's-his-name for "unspecified person" is attested from 1690s; variant what's-his-face is first recorded 1967. 中文词源 whatchamacallit ：叫什么来着 来自口语what you may call it . 该词的
• what 英文词源 what what: [OE] What traces its history right back to Indo-European * qwod , which also produced Latin quod ‘what’. The Germanic descendant of this was * khwat , which has evolved into German was , Dutch wat , Swedish vad , Danish hvad , and English what . what (pron.) Old English hwæt , referring to things in abstraction; also "why, wherefore; indeed, surely, truly," from Proto-
• wharf 英文词源 wharf wharf: [OE] Wharf has relatives in German werft ‘wharf, shipyard’ and Dutch werf ‘shipyard’. All three appear to go back to a prehistoric Germanic base * (kh)werb -, * (kh)warb - ‘turn’, which also produced German werfen ‘throw’ and English warp . = version , warp wharf (n.) late Old English hwearf "shore, bank where ships can tie up," earlier "dam, embankment,"
• whanau 英文词源 whanau "An extended family or community of related families who live together in the same area", Maori. 中文词源 whanau ：家族 来自新西兰毛利语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： whanau 词源， whanau 含义。
• whammy 英文词源 whammy (n.) often double whammy , "hex, evil eye," 1932, of unknown origin, popularized 1941 in Al Capp's comic strip "Li'l Abner," where it was the specialty of Evil-Eye Fleegle. 中文词源 whammy ：晦气 来自wham,击，打，砰的声音，引申义晦气的。同时见短语double whammy,来自儿童漫画，“shoot a whammy”就是给某人下咒，double whammy就是下两个
• wham 英文词源 wham (n.) "a heavy blow," 1923, of echoic origin. 中文词源 wham ：砰 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wham 词源， wham 含义。
• whale 英文词源 whale whale: [OE] Whale comes from a prehistoric Germanic * khwal -, which also produced Swedish and Danish hval and the wal - of German walfisch ‘whale’. The expression a whale of , meaning ‘no end of’, originated in the USA towards the end of the 19th century. whale (n.) Old English hwæl "whale," also "walrus," from Proto-Germanic *hwalaz (cognates: Old Saxon hwal , Old Nor
• whacko 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pillar pillar: [13] Pillar comes ultimately from Latin pīla ‘pillar’ (source also of English compile , pilaster [16], and pile ‘heap’). In Vulgar Latin this was extended to * pīlāre , which passed into Anglo-Norman piler . This was the form in which English originally acquired it, and the - ar ending was not grafted o
• whacking 英文词源 bushwhacker (n.) also bush-whacker , 1809, American English, literally "one who beats the bushes" (to make his way through), perhaps modeled on Dutch bosch-wachter "forest keeper;" see bush (n.) + whack (v.). In American Civil War, "irregular who took to the woods" (1862), variously regarded as patriot guerillas or as freebooters. Hence bushwhack (v.), 1837; bushwhacking (1826). whack
• whack 英文词源 whack (v.) "to strike sharply," 1719, probably of imitative origin. The noun is from 1737. The word in out of whack (1885) is perhaps the slang meaning "share, just portion" (1785), which may be from the notion of the blow that divides, or the rap of the auctioneer's hammer. To have (or take ) a whack at something "make an attempt" is from 1891. Related: Whacked ; whacking . Whacked o
• wh- 英文词源 wh- respelling of Old English hw- attested from 11c., but not the common form until after c. 1400. It represents PIE *kw- ; in German reduced to simple w- , in Scandinavian as hv- , kv- , or v- . Also added to some borrowed words ( whisk , whiskey ) and some native words formerly spelled with simple w- or h- ( whole , whore ). In the 15c. flowering of its use it also threatened to cha
• wetware 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random writhe writhe: see wrist 中文词源 wetware ：湿件（被视为计算机程序或系统的人脑） 词源待考。通常认为最初指人脑，即湿的物质，后因一本“Wetware”的科幻小说，该词逐渐流行起来。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wetware 词源， wetware 含义。
• wetsuit 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random orgy orgy: [16] Orgy comes ultimately from Greek órgia (like English organ , a descendant of the Indo-European base * worg - ‘work’), which denoted ‘religious revels involving dancing, singing, getting drunk, and having sex’. It was a plural noun, and passed into English via Latin orgia and French orgies as orgies . Thi
• wether 英文词源 wether (n.) "male sheep," especially a castrated one, Old English weðer "ram," from Proto-Germanic *wethruz (cognates: Old Saxon wethar , Old Norse veðr , Old High German widar , German Widder , Gothic wiþrus "lamb"), literally "yearling," from PIE root *wet- (2) "year" (cognates: Sanskrit vatsah "calf," Greek etalon "yearling," Latin vitulus "calf," literally "yearling"). 中文词源
• wet blanket 英文词源 blanket (n.) c. 1300, "bed-clothing; white woolen stuff," from Old French blanchet "light wool or flannel cloth; an article made of this material," diminutive of blanc "white" (see blank (adj.), which had a secondary sense of "a white cloth." Wet blanket (1830) is from the notion of a person who throws a damper on social situations like a wet blanket smothers a fire. In U.S. history,
• wetback 英文词源 wetback (n.) "illegal Mexican immigrant to the U.S.," c. 1924, from wet (adj.) + back (n.); from notion of wading the Rio Grande. 中文词源 wetback ：湿背人（从墨西哥到美国的移民，尤指非法入境者） 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wetback 词源， wetback 含义。
• wet 英文词源 wet wet: [OE] Wet is closely related to water . Together with Swedish våat , Danish vaad , Norwegian vaat , Ice-landic votur , and Frisian wiet , wiat , it was formed from the same prehistoric base as produced English water . = water wet (adj.) Old English wæt "moist, rainy, liquid," also as a noun. "moisture, liquid drink," from Proto-Germanic *weta- (source also of Old Frisian wet
• westernize 英文词源 westernize (adj.) also westernise , 1837, originally in reference to the U.S. West, from western + -ize . Emigrants from Europe have brought the peculiarities of the nations and countries from whence they have originated, but are fast losing their national manners and feelings, and, to use a provincial term, will soon become "westernized." [J.M. Peck, "A New Guide for Emigrants to the
• west 英文词源 west west: [OE] Etymologically, the west may be the direction in which the sun goes ‘down’. Together with German and Dutch west , Swedish väster , and Danish vest , it comes from a prehistoric Germanic * westaz . This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base * wes -, which also produced Latin vesper (source of English vespers ) and Greek hesperos ‘evening’ and was re
• Wernicke 英文词源 Wernickes area "A region of the brain concerned with the comprehension of language, located in the cortex of the dominant temporal lobe. Damage in this area causes Wernicke’s aphasia, characterized by superficially fluent, grammatical speech but an inability to use or understand more than the most basic nouns and verbs", Late 19th century: named after Karl Wernicke (1848–1905), Ge
• werewolf 英文词源 werewolf werewolf: [OE] Etymologically, a werewolf is probably a ‘man-wolf’. Its first element, were -, is generally assumed to be the same word as the long obsolete Old English noun wer ‘man’ (a relative of Latin vir ‘man’, from which English gets virile ). = virile , world werewolf (n.) late Old English werewulf "person with the power to turn into a wolf," from wer "man,
• wend 英文词源 wend wend: [OE] Wend comes from the prehistoric Germanic base * wand -, * wend - ‘turn’, which also produced German and Dutch wenden , Swedish vända , and Danish vende ‘turn’ (and English wand and wander ). It started off meaning ‘turn’ in English too, but it soon broadened out to ‘go’, and from the end of the 15th century its past form went has been used as the past
• wench 英文词源 wench (n.) late 13c., wenche "girl, young woman," especially if unmarried, also "female infant," shortened from wenchel "child," also in Middle English "girl, maiden," from Old English wencel , probably related to wancol "unsteady, fickle, weak," from Proto-Germanic *wankila- (cognates: Old Norse vakr "child, weak person," Old High German wanchal "fickle"), from PIE *weng- "to bend, c
• welterweight 英文词源 welterweight (n.) 1831, "heavyweight horseman," later "boxer or wrestler of a certain weight" (1896), from earlier welter "heavyweight horseman or boxer" (1804), possibly from welt (v.) "beat severely" (c. 1400). ... but at the end of the first German mile, Nature gave way, and this excellent mare was obliged to "knock under" to the extraordinary exertions she had made, and to the wel
• welter 英文词源 welter welter: [13] Welter was originally a verb, meaning ‘roll about’ (borrowed probably from Middle Dutch welteren , it came ultimately from the Germanic base * wal -, * wel - ‘roll’, source also of English wallet , wallow , waltz , etc, and is distantly related to English involve , revolve , etc). It was first used as a noun in the 16th century, in the sense ‘confusion, t
• welt 英文词源 welt (n.) early 15c., a shoemaker's term, perhaps related to Middle English welten "to overturn, roll over" (c. 1300), from Old Norse velta "to roll" (related to welter (v.)). Meaning "ridge on the skin from a wound" is first recorded 1800. 中文词源 welt ：红肿 来自PIE*wel,转，卷，拱起，词源同vault,weal。引申词义肿起，红肿伤痕。 该词的英语词源请访
• Welsh rarebit 英文词源 Welsh (adj.) Old English Wielisc , Wylisc (West Saxon), Welisc , Wælisc (Anglian and Kentish) "foreign; British (not Anglo-Saxon), Welsh; not free, servile," from Wealh , Walh "Celt, Briton, Welshman, non-Germanic foreigner;" in Tolkien's definition, "common Gmc. name for a man of what we should call Celtic speech," but also applied in Germanic languages to speakers of Latin, hence O
• welsh 英文词源 Welsh (adj.) Old English Wielisc , Wylisc (West Saxon), Welisc , Wælisc (Anglian and Kentish) "foreign; British (not Anglo-Saxon), Welsh; not free, servile," from Wealh , Walh "Celt, Briton, Welshman, non-Germanic foreigner;" in Tolkien's definition, "common Gmc. name for a man of what we should call Celtic speech," but also applied in Germanic languages to speakers of Latin, hence O
• Welsh 英文词源 Welsh (adj.) Old English Wielisc , Wylisc (West Saxon), Welisc , Wælisc (Anglian and Kentish) "foreign; British (not Anglo-Saxon), Welsh; not free, servile," from Wealh , Walh "Celt, Briton, Welshman, non-Germanic foreigner;" in Tolkien's definition, "common Gmc. name for a man of what we should call Celtic speech," but also applied in Germanic languages to speakers of Latin, hence O