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• specially 英文词源 specially (adv.) late 13c., from special (adj.) + -ly (2). A doublet of especially . 中文词源 specially ：特别地，专门地  词根词缀： -spec-特别 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： specially 词源， specially 含义。 specially ：特别，尤其 special,特殊的，专门的，-ly,副词后缀。
• specialize 英文词源 specialize (v.) 1610s, "to indicate specially," from special (adj.) + -ize , perhaps on model of French spécialiser . Sense of "engage in a special study or line of business" is first attested 1881; biological sense is from 1851. Related: Specialized ; specializing . 中文词源 specialize ：专门研究，专用于，专攻；专业化  词根词缀： -spec-特别 + -ial形容词词
• specialization 英文词源 specialization (n.) 1837, "act of becoming specialized," noun of action from specialize . Biological sense from 1862. In science and scientific education, "a direction of time and energies in one particular channel to the exclusion of others," by 1880. 中文词源 specialization ：专业化；专门化 词根词缀： -spec-特别 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ization名词词尾 该词的
• speciality 英文词源 speciality (n.) early 15c., "a special quality or thing;" mid-15c. as "quality of being special," from Old French specialte , especialte "nature, special quality, particularity; special point, distinction," and directly from Latin specialitatem (nominative specialitas ) "peculiarity, particularity" from specialis "individual, particular" (see special (adj.)). French form spécialité
• specialist 英文词源 specialist (n.) 1852 (originally in the medical sense and much scorned by the GPs); see special (adj.) + -ist . Perhaps immediately from French spécialiste (1842). In general use in English by 1862. Related: Specialism . 中文词源 specialist ：专家 词根词缀： -spec-特别 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ist名词词尾,从事某一工作的人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• specialise 英文词源 specialize (v.) 1610s, "to indicate specially," from special (adj.) + -ize , perhaps on model of French spécialiser . Sense of "engage in a special study or line of business" is first attested 1881; biological sense is from 1851. Related: Specialized ; specializing . 中文词源 specialise ：专门研究，专用于，专攻 词根词缀： -spec-特别 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ise动
• specialisation 英文词源 specialisation (n.) chiefly British English spelling of specialization . For spelling, see -ize . 中文词源 specialisation ：专业化；专门化 词根词缀： -spec-特别 + -ial形容词词尾 + -ise动词词尾(e略) + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： specialisation 词源， specialisation 含义。
• special 英文词源 special special: [13] Latin speciēs originally denoted the ‘outward aspect’, the ‘look’ of something (it was derived from specere ‘look’, source of English spectacle , spectator , spy , etc). It later evolved metaphorically to ‘type, kind’, and in that sense was adopted by English as species [16] ( spice is ultimately the same word). From it was derived the adjective
• speaker 英文词源 speaker (n.) c. 1300, "one who speaks," agent noun from speak (v.). Similar formation in Old Frisian spreker , Old High German sprahhari , German Sprecher . First applied to "person who presides over an assembly" c. 1400, from similar use in Anglo-French (late 14c.) in reference to the English Parliament; later extended to the U.S. House of Representatives, etc. The electric amplifier
• speak 英文词源 speak speak: [OE] The usual Old English word for ‘speak’ was sprecan , which has close living relatives in German sprechen and Dutch spreken . Specan , the ancestor of modern English speak , did not appear until around the year 1000, but already by the 12th century it had virtually replaced sprecan . It is not known how the r -less form (which has no surviving relatives in other G
• spacious 英文词源 spacious (adj.) late 14c., from Old French spacios , espacios "roomy, spacious, extensive" (12c., Modern French spacieux ), or directly from Latin spatiosus "roomy, ample" (Medieval Latin spaciosus ), from spatium "room, space" (see space (n.)). Related: Spaciously ; spaciousness . 中文词源 spacious ：广阔的，宽敞的   来源于拉丁语中由spatium(距离,空间)派生的
• spaceship 英文词源 spaceship (n.) 1894, from space (n.) + ship (n.). Spaceship earth is from 1966. 中文词源 spaceship ：宇宙飞船  词根词缀： space太空 + ship船 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spaceship 词源， spaceship 含义。
• spacecraft 英文词源 spacecraft (n.) 1928, from space (n.) + craft (n.). 中文词源 spacecraft ：(单复数同形)宇宙飞船，航天器 词根词缀： space空间 + craft船 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： spacecraft 词源， spacecraft 含义。 spacecraft ：宇宙飞船 space,太空，craft,船只，飞行器。 spaceman 宇航员
• space 英文词源 space space: [13] Space comes via Old French espace from Latin spatium ‘distance, space, period’, a word of unknown origin. Its modern English application to the ‘expanse in which the Universe is contained’ did not emerge until the 19th century. The Latin derived adjective spatiōsus has given English spacious [14], but spatial [19] was coined in English directly from Latin sp
• sovereign 英文词源 sovereign sovereign: [13] A sovereign is etymologically someone who is ‘above’ others. The word comes via Old French souverein ‘ruler’, a descendant of Vulgar Latin * superānus . This was derived from the Latin preposition super ‘above’. In the 1490s the term was applied to a gold coin worth 22s 6d (£1.12½), a usage which served as a model in 1817 for its application to
• source 英文词源 source source: [14] A source is etymologically something that has ‘surged’ up. The word comes from Old French sourse ‘spring’, a noun use of the feminine past participle of sourdre ‘rise, spring’. This in turn was descended from Latin surgere ‘rise’, source of English surge . The notion of the ‘place where a watercourse springs from the ground’ led on naturally to
• soup 英文词源 soup soup: [17] Soup was borrowed from French soupe . This, like its English relative sop , originally denoted a ‘piece of bread soaked in liquid’. One way of making such sops was to put them in the bottom of a bowl and pour broth over them, and eventually soupe came to denote the ‘broth’ itself – the sense in which English acquired it. The word was descended from late Latin
• soundproof 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random genuine genuine: [16] Latin genu meant ‘knee’ (it comes from the same Indo-European ancestor as English knee , and gave English genuflection [16]). In Rome and elsewhere in the ancient world, it was the convention for a father to acknowledge a newly-born child as his own by placing it on his knee – hence the child was genu
• sound 英文词源 sound sound: English has no fewer than four distinct words sound . The oldest, ‘channel, strait’ [OE], originally meant ‘swimming’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic * sundam , a derivative of the base * sum -, * swem - ‘swim’ (source of English swim ). The sense ‘channel’ was adopted from a related Scandinavian word (such as Danish sund ) in the 15th century. Sound ‘
• sort 英文词源 sort sort: [14] Latin sors originally denoted a ‘piece of wood used for drawing lots’ (it is the source of English sorcerer ). It later developed metaphorically into ‘that which is allotted to one by fate’, and hence one’s ‘fortune’ or ‘condition’, and by the time it had turned into * sorta , in the post-Latin precursor of the Romance languages, its meaning had evolv
• sophomoric 英文词源 sophomoric (adj.) "characteristic of a sophomore" (regarded as self-assured and opinionated but crude and immature), 1806, from sophomore + -ic . 中文词源 sophomoric ：一知半解的；肤浅的 adj. 一知半解的;肤浅的 词根词缀： -soph-聪明 + -o- + mor + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sophomoric 词源， sophomoric 含义。
• sophomore 英文词源 sophomore (n.) 1680s, "student in the second year of university study," literally "arguer," altered from sophumer (1650s, from sophume , archaic variant form of sophism ), probably by influence of folk etymology derivation from Greek sophos "wise" + moros "foolish, dull." The original reference might be to the dialectic exercises that formed a large part of education in the middle yea
• sophisticate 英文词源 sophisticate sophisticate: [14] As those who hanker for the ancestral meanings of words never tire of pointing out, sophisticated originally meant ‘adulterated, corrupted’. The modern approbatory sense ‘worldly-wise, cultured’ did not emerge (via an intermediate ‘lacking primitive or original naturalness or naivety’) until the end of the 19th century; and ‘refined and el
• sophistic 英文词源 sophistic (adj.) 1540s, from Latin sophisticus , from Greek sophistikos "like a sophist, sophistical," from sophistes (see sophist ). Related: Sophistical (late 15c.); sophistically (late 14c.). 中文词源 sophistic ：诡辩的，强词夺理的 词根词缀： -soph-聪明 + -ist名词词尾 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sophistic 词源
• sophist 英文词源 sophist (n.) "one who makes use of fallacious arguments," mid-15c., earlier sophister (late 14c.), from Latin sophista , sophistes , from Greek sophistes "a master of one's craft; a wise or prudent man, one clever in matters of daily life," from sophizesthai "to become wise or learned," from sophos "skilled in a handicraft, cunning in one's craft; clever in matters of everyday life, s
• sophism 英文词源 sophism (n.) early 15c., earlier sophime (mid-14c.), "specious but fallacious argument devised for purposes of deceit or to exercise one's ingenuity," from Old French sophime "a fallacy, false argument" (Modern French sophisme ), from Latin sophisma, from Greek sophisma "clever device, skillful act, stage-trick," from stem of sophizesthai "become wise" (see sophist ). 中文词源 sop
• sonorous 英文词源 sonorous sonorous: see sound sonorous (adj.) 1610s, from Latin sonorus "resounding," from sonor "sound, noise," from sonare "to sound" (see sonata ). Related: Sonorously ; sonorousness . Earlier was sonouse (c. 1500), from Medieval Latin sonosus ; sonourse "having a pleasing voice" (c. 1400), from sonor + -y (2). 中文词源 sonorous ：洪亮的，响亮的 词根词缀： -son-声音
• soniferous 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random betroth betroth: see true 中文词源 soniferous ：发声音的；传声的 词根词缀： -son-声音 + -i- + -fer-携带,拿取 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： soniferous 词源， soniferous 含义。
• sonic 英文词源 sonic (adj.) 1923, from Latin sonus "sound" (see sound (n.1)) + -ic . Sonic boom is attested from 1952. 中文词源 sonic ：声波的，声音的  词根词缀： -son-声音 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sonic 词源， sonic 含义。 sonic ：声音的 来自拉丁语 sonus,声音，词源同 sound.-ic,形容词后缀。
• song 英文词源 song song: [OE] Song comes from a prehistoric Germanic * sanggwaz , a derivative of the same base that produced sing . Its Germanic relatives include German and Danish sang , Dutch zang , and Swedish sång . = sing song (n.) Old English sang "voice, song, art of singing; metrical composition adapted for singing, psalm, poem," from Proto-Germanic *sangwaz (cognates: Old Norse söngr ,
• sonata 英文词源 sonata sonata: see sound sonata (n.) 1690s, from Italian sonata "piece of instrumental music," literally "sounded" (i.e. "played on an instrument," as opposed to cantata "sung"), fem. past participle of sonare "to sound," from Latin sonare "to sound," from PIE *swene- , from root *swen- "to sound" (see sound (n.1)). Meaning narrowed by mid-18c. toward application to large-scale works
• sonar 英文词源 sonar (n.) apparatus for detection underwater, 1946, from first letters of " so und na vigation r anging," on pattern of radar . 中文词源 sonar ：声纳，声波定位仪 来源： so(und) na(vigation and) r(anging) 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sonar 词源， sonar 含义。 sonar ：声呐 一种利用声波探测水下物体的装置，缩写自 sound
• some 英文词源 some some: [OE] Some goes back ultimately to Indo- European * smmos , which passed into prehistoric Germanic as * sumaz . This has now died out in most Germanic languages other than English, although a few derivatives survive, such as Dutch sommige ‘some’. The Indo-European form also produced Greek hamos ‘somehow’ and Sanskrit samás ‘some, every’, and variants of the base
• solvency 英文词源 solvency (n.) 1727, from solvent + -cy . 中文词源 solvency ：溶解本领；偿付能力    词根词缀： -solv-解开,放松;溶解 + -ency名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： solvency 词源， solvency 含义。 solvency ：偿付能力，溶解力 来自 solvent,有偿付能力的，可溶解的，-ency,名词后缀。
• solve 英文词源 solve solve: [15] Etymologically, solve means ‘release’, particularly by the payment of debt. It was borrowed from Latin solvere ‘release, unbind, pay’, which was descended from an earlier * seluere . This was a compound verb based on luere ‘loosen, release, pay’, a descendant of the same Indo-European base that produced English analyse , loose , lose , etc. The notion of ‘
• solvate 英文词源 solvate "(Of a solvent) enter into reversible chemical combination with (a dissolved molecule, ion, etc.)", Early 20th century: formed irregularly from solve + -ate 1 . 中文词源 solvate ：使(分子，离子)变成溶剂化物 词根词缀： -solv-溶解 + -ate动词词尾,使… 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： solvate 词源， solvate 含义。
• solution 英文词源 solution (n.) late 14c., "a solving or being solved," from Old French solucion "division, dissolving; explanation; payment" or directly from Latin solutionem (nominative solutio ) "a loosening or unfastening," noun of action from past participle stem of solvere "to loosen, untie, solve, dissolve" (see solve ). Meaning "liquid containing a dissolved substance" is first recorded 1590s. 中
• soluble 英文词源 soluble (adj.) late 14c., "capable of being dissolved," from Old French soluble "expungable, eradicable" (13c.), from Late Latin solubilis "that may be loosened or dissolved," from stem of Latin solvere "loosen, dissolve" (see solve ). Meaning "capable of being solved" is attested from 1705. Substances are soluble , not solvable ; problems can be either. 中文词源 soluble ：可溶的
• soloist 英文词源 soloist (n.) 1839, from solo (n.) + -ist . 中文词源 soloist ：独奏者，独唱者 词根词缀： -sol-单独 + -o名词词尾 + -ist从事某一工作的人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： soloist 词源， soloist 含义。 soloist ：独奏者，独唱者 solo,独奏的，独唱的，-ist,人。
• solo 英文词源 solo solo: see sole solo (n.) 1690s, "piece of music for one voice or instrument," from Italian solo , literally "alone," from Latin solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). As an adjective in English from 1712, originally in the non-musical sense of "alone, unassisted;" in reference to aircraft flying from 1909. The verb is first attested 1858 in the musical sense, 1886 in a non-musical sens
• solitude 英文词源 solitude (n.) mid-14c., from Old French solitude "loneliness" (14c.) and directly from Latin solitudinem (nominative solitudo ) "loneliness, a being alone; lonely place, desert, wilderness," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). "Not in common use in English until the 17th c." [OED] A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; ... if he does not love solitude, he will not love fr
• solitary 英文词源 solitary solitary: see sole solitary (adj.) mid-14c., "alone, living alone," from Old French solitaire , from Latin solitarius "alone, lonely, isolated," from solitas "loneliness, solitude," from solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)). Meaning "single, sole, only" is from 1742. Related: Solitarily ; solitariness . As a noun from late 14c.; from 1854 as short for solitary confinement (that ph
• soliloquy 英文词源 soliloquy (n.) 1610s, from Late Latin soliloquium "a talking to oneself," from Latin solus "alone" (see sole (adj.)) + loqui "speak" (see locution ). Also used in translation of Latin "Liber Soliloquiorum," a treatise by Augustine, who is said to have coined the word, on analogy of Greek monologia (see monologue ). Related: Soliloquent . 中文词源 soliloquy ：自言自语，独白
• solidity 英文词源 solidity (n.) late 14c., from Middle French solidité or directly from Latin soliditatem (nominative soliditas ), from solidus (see solid (adj.)). 中文词源 solidity ：结实，可靠；团结一致 词根词缀： -sol-坚固 + -id形容词词尾 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： solidity 词源， solidity 含义。 solidity ：固态，坚固
• solidify 英文词源 solidify (v.) 1799 (transitive); 1837 (intransitive), from French solidifier , from Old French solide (see solid (adj.)) + -fier (see -fy ). Related: Solidified ; solidifying . 中文词源 solidify ：使凝固；使硬；使结晶；使团结一致；充实，巩固 词根词缀： -sol-坚固 + -id形容词词尾 + -ify动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• solidarity 英文词源 solidarity (n.) 1829, from French solidarité "communion of interests and responsibilities, mutual responsibility," a coinage of the "Encyclopédie" (1765), from solidaire "interdependent, complete, entire," from solide (see solid (adj.)). With a capital S -, the name of an independent trade union movement in Poland, formed September 1980, from Polish Solidarność . 中文词源 soli
• solid 英文词源 solid solid: [14] Solid comes via Old French solide from Latin solidus ‘solid, whole’ (source also of English solder and soldier and of the French coin term sou ). It went back to the same base (Indo-European * sol -) that produced Latin sollus ‘whole’ (source of English solemn and solicit ) and salvus ‘unharmed’ (source of English safe , save , etc). = solder , soldier ,
• solemnity 英文词源 solemnity (n.) c. 1300, "observance of ceremony," from Old French solemnite , solempnete "celebration, high festival, church ceremony" and directly from Latin solemnitatem (nominative solemnitas ) "a solemnity," from sollemnis (see solemn ). Meaning "state of being solemn" is from 1712. Related: Solemnities . 中文词源 solemnity ：庄重，严肃；庄严的仪式 词根词缀：
• solemn 英文词源 solemn solemn: [14] Solemn comes via Old French solemne from Latin sollemnis ‘customary’, hence ‘performed with due ceremony on a particular fixed day’. This was derived from sollus ‘whole’ (source also of English solicit ). = solicit solemn (adj.) mid-14c., "performed with due religious ceremony or reverence, sacred, devoted to religious observances," also, of a vow, etc.
• solely 英文词源 solely (adv.) late 15c., from sole (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 solely ：独自地，单独地 词根词缀： -sol-单独 + -e + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： solely 词源， solely 含义。
• sole 英文词源 sole sole: English has three separate words sole , two of them closely related. Sole ‘underneath of the foot’ [14] comes via Old French sole from Vulgar Latin * sola , a descendant of Latin solea ‘sandal, sill’ (a possible relative of English sill ). And this in turn was derived from Latin solum ‘ground, sole of the foot’ (a possible contributor to English soil ). Sole ‘
• solarium 英文词源 solarium (n.) 1891, "part of a house arranged to receive the sun's rays," earlier "sundial" (1842), from Latin solarium "sundial," also "a flat housetop," literally "that which is exposed to the sun," from sol "sun" (see sol ). 中文词源 solarium ：日光浴室，日晷 词根词缀： -sol-太阳 + -arium场所 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： solarium 词源，
• solar 英文词源 solar solar: [15] Solar comes from Latin sōlāris , a derivative of sōl ‘sun’. This went back to the same ultimate Indo-European base, * su -, that produced English sun . Solarium [19] was borrowed from another Latin derivative, sōlārium , which denoted a ‘sundial’ as well as a ‘balcony, flat rooftop, or other part of a house exposed to the sun’. Solstice [13] means et
• sociologist 英文词源 sociologist (n.) 1843, from sociology + -ist . 中文词源 sociologist ：社会学研究者，社会学家 词根词缀： -soci-联合 + -o- + -logist…学家 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sociologist 词源， sociologist 含义。
• society 英文词源 society (n.) 1530s, "companionship, friendly association with others," from Old French societe "company" (12c., Modern French société ), from Latin societatem (nominative societas ) "fellowship, association, alliance, union, community," from socius "companion" (see social (adj.)). Meaning "group, club" is from 1540s, originally of associations of persons for some specific purpose. M
• socialize 英文词源 socialize (v.) 1828, "to render social," from social (adj.). Meaning "to be sociable, to mingle" is recorded from 1895. Meaning "to make socialistic" is from 1846. Related: Socialized ; socializing . The phrasing in socialized medicine is by 1912. 中文词源 socialize ：使社会(主义)化；使适合社会需要 词根词缀： -soci-联合 + -al形容词词尾 + -ize动词词尾
• socialist 英文词源 socialist (n.) "one who advocates socialism," 1827, from French socialiste , or else a native formation based on it, in reference to the teachings of Comte de Saint-Simon, founder of French socialism. The word begins to be used in French in the modern sense c. 1835. Socialista , with a different sense, was applied 18c. to followers and pupils of Dutch jurist Grotius (1583-1645), from
• socialism 英文词源 socialism (n.) 1837, from French socialisme (1832) or formed in English (based on socialist ) from social (adj.) + -ism . Perhaps first in reference to Robert Owen's communes. "Pierre Leroux (1797-1871), idealistic social reformer and Saint-Simonian publicist, expressly claims to be the originator of the word socialisme " [Klein, also see OED discussion]. The word begins to be used in
• social 英文词源 social social: [16] Latin socius meant ‘companion, partner’. It came ultimately from the Indo- European base * seq - ‘follow’ (source of English sequel , sequence , etc). From it was derived the adjective sociālis , which has given English social ( socialism was coined in the early 19th century). Other Latin derivatives have given English associate , sociable [16] and society
• sociable 英文词源 sociable (adj.) 1550s, "enjoying the company of others," from Middle French sociable (16c.) and directly from Latin sociabilis "close, intimate, easily united," from sociare "to join, unite," from socius "companion, ally" (see social (adj.)). 中文词源 sociable ：随和的；好交际的；友善的  词根词缀： -soci-联合 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问
• sociability 英文词源 sociability (n.) late 15c., from Middle French sociabilite , from Latin sociabilis (see sociable ). 中文词源 sociability ：好交际，社交性，善于交际  词根词缀： -soci-联合 + -ability名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sociability 词源， sociability 含义。
• snake 英文词源 snake snake: [OE] The snake , like the serpent (and indeed the snail ) is etymologically the ‘crawling’ animal. Along with Swedish snok and Danish snog , it comes from a prehistoric Germanic base denoting ‘crawl’, which also produced English snail and German dialect schnaacken ‘crawl’. = snail snake (n.) Old English snaca , from Proto-Germanic *snakon (cognates: Old Norse
• slump 英文词源 slump (v.) 1670s, "fall or sink into a muddy place," probably from a Scandinavian source such as Norwegian and Danish slumpe "fall upon," Swedish slumpa ; perhaps ultimately of imitative origin. Related: Slumped ; slumping . The word "slump," or "slumped," has too coarse a sound to be used by a lady. [Eliza Leslie, "Miss Leslie's Behaviour Book," Philadelphia, 1839] Economic sense fro
• slope 英文词源 slope slope: [15] The noun slope did not emerge until the 17th century. Originally it was an adverb, short for the now defunct aslope . This is generally supposed to go back to an unrecorded Old English * āslopean , an adverbial use of the past participle of āslūpan ‘slip away’. Such a scenario would appear to fit in well with the colloquial slope off ‘leave’, but in fact t
• slitter 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random alpaca alpaca: [18] English gets the term alpaca (for a South American animal related to the llama) from Spanish, which in turn got it from alpako , the word for the animal in the Aymara language of Bolivia and Peru. Alpako was a derivative of the adjective pako ‘reddish-brown’, a reference to the colour of the animal’s ha
• slit 英文词源 slit slit: [13] Slit is not recorded in Old English, but it is assumed to have existed, as * slittan (its first cousin slītan ‘slit’ survived into the 20th century in Scottish English as slite ). It goes back ultimately to the same Germanic base that produced English slice and possibly also slash , slat and slate . = slice slit (v.) c. 1200, from or related to Old English slitan
• slippery 英文词源 slippery (adj.) "having a slippery surface," c. 1500, from Middle English sliper (adj.) "readily slipping," from Old English slipor "slippery, having a smooth surface" (see slip (v.)) + -y (2). Metaphoric sense of "deceitful, untrustworthy" is first recorded 1550s. Related: Slipperiness . In a figurative sense, slippery slope is first attested 1844. Slippery elm (1748) so called for i
• slipper 英文词源 slipper (n.) type of loose, light indoor footwear, late 15c., agent noun from slip (v.), the notion being of a shoe that is "slipped" onto the foot. Old English had slypescoh "slipper," literally "slip-shoe." 中文词源 slipper ：拖鞋，便鞋 词根词缀： slip滑(重读闭音节p双写) + -er名词词尾,物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： slipper 词源，
• slip 英文词源 slip slip: There are three separate words slip in English. The verb [13] was probably borrowed from Middle Low German slippen , a product of the prehistoric Germanic base * slip -. This in turn went back to Indo-European * sleib - (source also of English lubricate [17]), a variant of the base which gave English slide . Slippery [16] was based on an earlier and now defunct slipper ‘s
• slide 英文词源 slide slide: [OE] Slide comes from a prehistoric Germanic * slīd - ‘slide, slip’, which also produced English sled , sledge , sleigh , and slither [OE]. Its ultimate source was the Indo-European base * slei - or * lei -, a prolific source of words for ‘slide’. A version with - dh - on the end lies behind slide , and is also responsible for Greek olisthánein , Lithuanian slys
• skyscraper 英文词源 skyscraper (n.) very tall urban building, 1888, in a Chicago context, from sky (n.) + agent noun of scrape (v.). Used earlier for "ornament atop a building" (1883), "very tall man" (1857), "high-flying bird" (1840), "light sail at the top of a mast" (1794), and the name of a racehorse (1789). Compare cognate French gratte-ciel , from gratter "to scrape" + ciel "sky;" German Wolkenkrat
• skyline 英文词源 skyline (n.) "horizon," 1824, from sky (n.) + line (n.). 中文词源 skyline ：空中轮廓线，地平线 词根词缀： sky天空 + line线 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： skyline 词源， skyline 含义。
• sky 英文词源 sky sky: [13] Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors called the sky heofon ‘heaven’. Not until the early Middle English period did heaven begin to be pushed aside by sky , a borrowing from Old Norse ský ‘cloud’. This came ultimately from an Indo- European base meaning ‘cover’, which also produced Latin obscūrus , source of English obscure [14]. (For a while English continued to use s
• skull 英文词源 skull skull: [13] The Old English word for ‘skull’ was hēafodpanne , literally ‘head-pan’. It has never been firmly established where its Middle English replacement skull came from, but is seems more than likely that it was borrowed from a Scandinavian language (Swedish and Norwegian have skalle ‘skull’). skull (n.) "bony framework of the head," c. 1200, probably from Old
• skirt 英文词源 skirt skirt: [13] Essentially skirt is the same word as shirt . It was borrowed from Old Norse skyrta ‘shirt’, which came from the same prehistoric Germanic source as English shirt , and likewise meant etymologically ‘short garment’. It is not clear why English came to use the word for ‘woman’s garment hanging from the waist’, but a link may be provided by modern Iceland
• skin 英文词源 skin skin: [11] The ancestral English word for ‘skin’ is hide . Skin was borrowed at the end of the Old English period from Old Norse skinn (source of Swedish skin and Danish skind ). The etymological notion underlying the word is of ‘peeling’ or ‘slicing’ off an outer layer (it goes back ultimately to a prehistoric Indo-European base * sken - ‘cut off’, which was an e
• skill 英文词源 skill skill: [12] Skill etymologically denotes not a physical accomplishment, but the mental capacity to make ‘distinctions’. It was borrowed from Old Norse skil ‘distinction, discernment, knowledge’, whose relatives include Dutch geschil ‘difference’, and which goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * skel - ‘divide, separate’ (source also of English sc
• situation 英文词源 situation (n.) early 15c., "place, position, or location," from Middle French situation or directly from Medieval Latin situationem (nominative situatio ) "a position, situation," noun of action from past participle stem of situare "to place, locate" (see situate ). Meaning "state of affairs" is from 1710; meaning "employment post" is from 1803. 中文词源 situation ：处境，形势
• situate 英文词源 situate situate: [16] Situate , originally an adjective, goes back to late Latin situātus ‘placed’, a derivative of Latin situs ‘position’ (from which English gets site [14]). This probably originated as a noun use of situs , the past participle of sinere ‘allow’, hence ‘allow to stay’, hence ‘put’. = site situate (v.) early 15c., "to place in a particular state o
• site 英文词源 site (n.) "place or position occupied by something," especially with reference to environment, late 14c., from Anglo-French site , Old French site "place, site; position," and directly from Latin situs "a place, position, situation, location, station; idleness, sloth, inactivity; forgetfulness; the effects of neglect," from past participle of sinere "let, leave alone, permit," from PI
• sit 英文词源 sit sit: [OE] Sit comes from a prehistoric Germanic * sitjan or * setjan , which also produced German sitzen , Dutch zitten , Swedish sitta , and Danish sidde . This was derived from a base * set -, source also of English seat , set (etymologically ‘cause to sit’), and settle . And this in turn went back to the Indo-European base * sed - ‘sit’, which has contributed hugely to
• sister 英文词源 sister sister: [OE] Sister is one of a widespread family of ‘sister’-words that go back ultimately to Indo- European * swesor . Amongst its other descendants are Latin soror (source of French soeur , Italian sorella , and Romanian sora , not to mention English sorority [16]), Russian, Czech, and Serbo-Croat sestra , Polish siostra , Welsh chwaer , Breton c’hoar , Lithuanian sesu
• sip 英文词源 sip (v.) late 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from a source related to Low German sippen "to sip," or from Old English sypian "absorb, drink in," related to supan "to take into the mouth a little at a time" (see sup (v.2)). Related: Sipped ; sipping . sip (n.) c. 1500, from sip (v.). 中文词源 sip ：小口喝，一小口的量   同源词： supper 该词的英语词源请访问
• sink 英文词源 sink sink: [OE] Sink is a general Germanic verb, with relatives in German sinken , Dutch zinken , Swedish sjunka , and Danish synke . But where their common Germanic ancestor came from is not known. These days, sink means both ‘go below water’ and ‘cause to go below water’, but originally it was used only for the former. There was a separate but closely related verb, sench , f
• singularity 英文词源 singularity (n.) c. 1400, "unusual behavior," also "singleness of aim or purpose," from Old French singulerte "peculiarity" (12c., Modern French singularité ) or directly from Late Latin singularitatem (nominative singularitas ) "a being alone," from singularis (see singular (adj.)). Meaning "fact of being different from others" is c. 1500. Mathematical sense of "point at which a fun
• singular 英文词源 singular singular: [14] Singular comes ultimately from Latin singulāris ‘alone of its kind’, a derivative of singulus ‘single’. It reached English via Old French singuler as singuler (the modern spelling singular is a 17th-century relatinization). The word’s grammatical application, and its use for ‘remarkable, extraordinary’, both developed in Latin. = single singular
• single 英文词源 single single: [14] Single comes via Old French sengle or single from Latin singulus . This was formed from sim -, the stem of simplus ‘single’ (which came from the same Indo-European base that produced English same and similar ), together with the diminutive suffix *- go and a further element *- lo . Singlet ‘vest’ [18] was coined on the model of doublet , in allusion to its
• singer 英文词源 singer (n.) early 14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from sing (v.). Old English had songer "psalm-writer," sangere "singer, poet" (also see songster ). 中文词源 singer ：歌手，歌唱家  词根词缀： sing唱 + -er名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： singer 词源， singer 含义。 singer ：歌手，歌唱者 sing,歌唱，-er,人。
• sing 英文词源 sing sing: [OE] Sing is a general Germanic word, related to German singen , Dutch zingen , Swedish sjunga , and Danish synge , and of course to the noun song . It is thought that it may have distant links with Greek omphé ‘voice’ and Welsh dehongli ‘explain, interpret’. = song sing (v.) Old English singan "to chant, sing, celebrate, or tell in song," also used of birds (class
• simultaneous 英文词源 simultaneous simultaneous: see similar simultaneous (adj.) 1650s, from Medieval Latin simultaneus , perhaps from simultim "at the same time," extended from Latin simul "at the same time" (see similar (adj.)), or from simul with ending abstracted from Late Latin spontaneus , where the -t- is organic. Related: Simultaneously . 中文词源 simultaneous ：同时出现的，同时操作的