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• simulation 英文词源 simulation (n.) mid-14c., "a false show, false profession," from Old French simulation "pretence" and directly from Latin simulationem (nominative simulatio ) "an imitating, feigning, false show, hypocrisy," noun of action from past participle stem of simulare "imitate," from stem of similis "like" (see similar ). Meaning "a model or mock-up for purposes of experiment or training" is
• simulate 英文词源 simulate simulate: see similar simulate (v.) 1620s, "feign, pretend, assume falsely" (implied in simulated ), back-formation from simulation or else from Latin simulatus , past participle of simulare "to make like, imitate, copy." Meaning "to use a model to imitate certain conditions for purposes of study or training" is from 1947. Related: Simulating . 中文词源 simulate ：假装；
• simply 英文词源 simply (adv.) late 13c., simpleliche ; see simple + -ly (2). Purely intensive sense is attested from 1580s. 中文词源 simply ：简单地，朴素地；仅仅，只不过；完全，简直 词根词缀： sim(-simil-)相似,相同 + -ply-折叠 → (仅)折叠一次 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： simply 词源， simply 含义。 simply ：简单地，仅仅，
• simplistic 英文词源 simplistic (adj.) "simple, plain, not compound," 1844, from simple (adj.) + -istic . From 1867 as "over-simple, trying to explain too much by a single principle." Also (1860) "of or pertaining to simples " (herbs used in healing, medicine of one ingredient only; the notion being that each herb possesses a particular virtue, thus a "simple" remedy), from simplist "one who studies simpl
• simplify 英文词源 simplify (v.) 1650s, from French simplifier "to make simpler" (15c.), from Medieval Latin simplificare "to simplify," from Latin simplex "simple" (see simplex ) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Meaning "to make easier to do" is from 1759. Related: Simplified ; simplifying . 中文词源 simplify ：简化，使单纯 词根词缀： sim(-simil-)相似,相同 + -plic-折叠
• simplification 英文词源 simplification (n.) 1680s, from Middle French simplification "act or process of simplifying," from simplifier (see simplify ). 中文词源 simplification ：单纯化，简单化  词根词缀： sim(-simil-)相似,相同 + -plic-折叠(c略) + -fic-做,作 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： simplification 词源， simplification 含义。
• simplicity 英文词源 simplicity (n.) late 14c., "singleness of nature, unity, indivisibility; immutability," from Old French simplicite (12c., Modern French simplicité ), from Latin simplicitatem (nominative simplicitas ) "state of being simple, frankness, openness, artlessness, candor, directness," from simplex (genitive simplicis ) "simple" (see simplex ). Sense of "ignorance" is from c. 1400; that of
• simple 英文词源 simple simple: [13] Etymologically, simple denotes ‘same-fold’ – that is, not multifarious. It goes back ultimately to a compound formed from prehistoric Indo-European * sm -, * sem -, * som - ‘same’ (source also of English same , similar , single , etc) and * pl - ‘fold’ (source of English fold , ply , etc). This passed into Latin as simplus ‘single’, which found it
• similitude 英文词源 similitude (n.) late 14c., from Old French similitude "similarity, relationship, comparison" (13c.) and directly from Latin similitudinem (nominative similitudo ) "likeness, resemblance," from similis "like" (see similar ). 中文词源 similitude ：外观，外表；比拟，比喻  词根词缀： -simil-相似 + -i- + -tude名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• similarity 英文词源 similarity (n.) "state of being similar," 1660s, from similar + -ity , or from French similarité . Related: Similarities "points of resemblance" (1838). 中文词源 similarity ：类似，相似   词根词缀： -simil-相似 + -arity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： similarity 词源， similarity 含义。 similarity ：相似性 similar,相似的
• similar 英文词源 similar similar: [17] Similar comes via French similaire from medieval Latin * similāris , a derivative of Latin similis ‘like, similar’. This or the closely related simul ‘at the same time’ have also given English assemble [13], dissemble [15], ensemble [15], resemble , semblance [13], similitude [14], simulate [17], and simultaneous [17]. Its ultimate source was the Indo-Eu
• silk 英文词源 silk silk: [OE] Like the substance itself, the word silk originated in the Far East, possibly in Chinese sī ‘silk’. Its immediate ancestor is most closely represented by Manchurian sirghe and Mongolian sirkek . Silk-traders brought their term west, and the Greeks used it to coin a name for them: Seres , the ‘silk people’. That is the source of Latin sēricum and Irish sīric ‘
• signify 英文词源 signify (v.) late 13c., "be a sign of, indicate, mean," from Old French signifier (12c.), from Latin significare "to make signs, show by signs, point out, express; mean, signify; foreshadow, portend," from significus (adj.), from signum "sign" (see sign (n.)) + root of facere "to make" (see factitious ). Intransitive sense of "to be of importance" is attested from 1660s. Meaning "enga
• significant 英文词源 significant (adj.) 1570s, "having a meaning," from Latin significantem (nominative significans , present participle of significare "make known, indicate" (see signify ). Earlier in the same sense was significative (c. 1400). Often "having a special or secret meaning," hence "important" (1761). Related: Significantly . Significant figure is from 1680s. Significant other (n.) attested b
• significance 英文词源 significance (n.) c. 1400, "meaning," from Old French significance or directly from Latin significantia "meaning, force, energy," from significans , present participle of significare "to mean, import, signify" (see signify ). The earlier word was signifiance (mid-13c.). Meaning "importance" is from 1725. Related: Significancy . 中文词源 significance ：意义，含义；重大，重
• signature 英文词源 signature (n.) 1530s, a kind of document in Scottish law, from Middle French signature (16c.) or directly from Medieval Latin signatura "signature, a rescript," in classical Latin "the matrix of a seal," from signatus , past participle of signare "to mark with a stamp, sign" (see sign (v.)). Meaning "one's own name written in one's own hand" is from 1570s, replacing sign-manual (early
• signatory 英文词源 signatory (adj.) 1640s, "used in sealing," from Latin signatorius "of sealing," from signatus , past participle of signare "to sign" (see sign (v.)). Noun sense of "one who signs" (a treaty, etc.) first recorded 1866. 中文词源 signatory ：签署者，签署方 词根词缀： -sign-标记 + -atory名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： signatory 词源，
• signal 英文词源 signal signal: [16] Latin signālis meant ‘of a sign’ (it was derived from signum ‘mark, token’, source of English sign ). It came to be used as a noun, and passed via medieval Latin signāle into Old French as seignal . This was later relatinized into signal , in which form it was taken over by English. The adjective signal ‘conspicuous’ came from the same ultimate source
• sign 英文词源 sign sign: [13] Sign comes via Old French signe from Latin signum ‘mark’. It already had the meaning ‘mark denoting something’ in Latin, and it was in this sense that it entered English, gradually ousting the native word token . The verb sign goes back ultimately to the Latin derivative signāre ‘mark’. English acquired it in the 14th century, and first used it for ‘writ
• sight 英文词源 sight sight: [OE] Sight is a derivative of the prehistoric Germanic base * sekh -, which also produced English see . In the case of its Germanic relatives, German gesicht , Dutch gezicht , Swedish ansikte , and Danish ansigt , the notion of ‘sight’ has led on via ‘appearance’ to ‘face’. = see sight (n.) Old English sihð , gesiht , gesihð "thing seen; faculty of sight; as
• side 英文词源 side side: [OE] The etymological meaning of side appears to be the ‘long’ surface of something (as opposed to the ends or the top or bottom , which are the ‘shorter’ or ‘narrower’ surfaces). The word goes back, together with German seite , Dutch zijde , Swedish sida , and Danish side , to a prehistoric Germanic * sīthō , which was probably derived from the adjective * sī
• shuttle 英文词源 shuttle shuttle: [OE] A shuttle is etymologically something that is ‘shot’. Indeed, the word’s Old English precursor scytel meant ‘arrow’ or ‘dart’. It comes ultimately from the prehistoric Germanic base * skaut -, * skeut -, * skut - ‘project’, which also produced English shoot and shut . There is a gap between the disappearance of Old English scytel and the emergen
• shutter 英文词源 shutter (v.) 1826, from shutter (n.). Related: Shuttered ; shuttering . shutter (n.) 1540s, "one who shuts" (see shut (v.)); meaning "movable wooden or iron screen for a window" is from 1680s. Photographic sense of "device for opening and closing the aperture of a lens" is from 1862. 中文词源 shutter ：(照相机)快门；百叶窗   词根词缀： shut关,关闭 + -er名词词尾
• shut 英文词源 shut shut: [OE] Shut comes ultimately from the same prehistoric Germanic base (* skaut -, * skeut -, * skut - ‘project’) that produced English shoot , and its underlying etymological reference is to the ‘shooting’ of a bolt across a door to fasten it. Its immediate West Germanic ancestor was * skuttjan , which also produced Dutch schutten ‘obstruct’. In Old English this be
• shot 英文词源 shot shot: [OE] Shot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skutaz , which was derived from the same base that produced English shoot . It used to mean ‘payment’ as well as ‘act of shooting’, a sense shared by its Old Norse relative skot , which provided English with the scot of scotfree [16] (etymologically ‘without having to pay’). = scot-free , shoot shot (n.) Old Englis
• shortly 英文词源 shortly (adv.) Old English scortlice "briefly," also, in late Old English, "in short time;" from short (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 shortly ：不久，立刻；简言之  词根词缀： short短的 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shortly 词源， shortly 含义。
• shortlist 英文词源 shortlist (v.) "to place (someone) on the 'short list' " for advancement or preferment, 1955, from short list (n.) in this sense, which is attested by 1927. 中文词源 shortlist ：入围 词根词缀： short简短 + list名单 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shortlist 词源， shortlist 含义。
• shorten 英文词源 shorten (v.) 1510s, "make shorter;" 1560s, "grow shorter," from short (adj.) + -en (1); the earlier form of the verb was simply short , from Old English sceortian "to grow short, become short; run short, fail," gescyrtan "to make short." 中文词源 shorten ：缩短，(使)变短    词根词缀： short短的 + -en动词词尾,使… 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• shortcoming 英文词源 shortcoming (n.) 1670s, from the phrase to come short "be inadequate" (1570s); see short (adj.). Related: Shortcomings . 中文词源 shortcoming ：短处，缺点   词根词缀： short短的 + come出现 + -ing 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shortcoming 词源， shortcoming 含义。 shortcoming ：缺点，短处 来自短语 come short,不足的，不够
• shortage 英文词源 shortage (n.) 1862, American English, from short + -age . 中文词源 shortage ：缺少，不足   词根词缀： short缺乏 + -age名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shortage 词源， shortage 含义。 shortage ：不足，短缺 short,短缺的，-age,名词后缀。
• short 英文词源 short short: [OE] Etymologically, something that is short has been ‘cut off’. The word’s immediate Germanic ancestor was * skurtaz , which was descended from an extension of the Indo- European base * sker - ‘cut’ (source also of English score , share , shear , etc). Another version of the base, without the s , was the source of Latin curtus ‘short’, which has produced En
• shopkeeper 英文词源 shopkeeper (n.) 1520s, from shop (n.) + keeper . 中文词源 shopkeeper ：店主 词根词缀： shop商店 + keep保持 + -er人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shopkeeper 词源， shopkeeper 含义。
• shoot 英文词源 shoot shoot: [OE] Like sheet , shout , shut , and perhaps skit [15], shoot goes back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * skeut -, * skaut -, * skut - ‘project’. This formed the basis of a verb * skeutan , which evolved into German schiessen , Dutch schieten , Swedish skjuta , and Danish skyde as well as English shoot . The noun shot comes from the same source. = sheet ,
• shipwreck 英文词源 shipwreck (n.) mid-15c., from ship (n.) + wreck (n.). Earlier it meant "things cast up from a shipwreck" (c. 1100). The earlier word for "shipwreck" in the modern sense was Middle English schipbreke , "'ship-break,'" from a North Sea Germanic word; compare West Frisian skipbrek , Middle Dutch schipbroke , German Schiffbruch , Old English scipgebroc . Old English scipbryce meant "right
• shipment 英文词源 shipment (n.) 1802, "act of shipping;" 1861, "that which is shipped;" see ship (v.) + -ment . 中文词源 shipment ：装船，装运；装载之货，装货量 词根词缀： ship装运 + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shipment 词源， shipment 含义。 shipment ：运输，装运 ship,船运，运输，-ment,名词后缀。
• ship 英文词源 ship ship: [OE] Ship comes from a prehistoric Germanic * skipam , which also produced German schiff , Dutch schip , Swedish skepp , and Danish skib . It is not known for certain where this came from, although a link has been suggested with Latvian shkibīt ‘cut, hew’, in which case the underlying meaning of ship could be ‘hollowed-out log’ – a ‘dugout’, in other words. T
• shield 英文词源 shield shield: [OE] Shield goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skelduz , which also produced German and Dutch schild , Swedish sköld , and Danish skjoldr . This was probably derived from the Germanic base * skel - ‘divide, split, separate’ (source also of English scale , shell , etc), and hence denoted etymologically a ‘flat piece of wood produced by splitting a log, board’
• shelter 英文词源 shelter shelter: [16] The origins of shelter are unclear, but the most usually accepted explanation is that it is an alteration of the now obsolete sheltron . This denoted a body of troops which protected itself in battle with a covering of joined shields. It was descended from Old English scieldtruma , a compound formed from scield , the ancestor of modern English shield , and truma ‘
• shell 英文词源 shell shell: [OE] Shell goes back ultimately to the Germanic base * skal - ‘divide, separate’, which also produced English scale , scalp , school (of fish), shale , shelter , shield , shoal (of fish), skill , and skol . Its underlying meaning is hence a ‘covering that splits off or is peeled off’. Its immediate Germanic ancestor was * skaljō , which also produced Dutch schel
• sheep 英文词源 sheep sheep: [OE] Sheep is a West Germanic word, with relatives in German schaf and Dutch schaap . It is not known where it came from, although it has been speculated that it may be related to German schaffen ‘make, create’ (and hence to English shape ), and that its underlying meaning is hence ‘creature’. The derivative sheepish [12] originally meant simply ‘sheeplike’. I
• shed 英文词源 shed shed: English has two distinct words shed . The verb [OE] originally meant ‘divide, separate, split’ (a 14th-century religious poem paraphrased Genesis with ‘the sun to shed the day from the night’), and the modern range of senses, ‘give off, drop’, did not begin to emerge until the Middle English period. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skaithan , which also
• shatter 英文词源 shatter shatter: see scatter shatter (v.) early 14c., transitive, probably a variant of Middle English scateren (see scatter (v.)). Compare Old Dutch schetteren Low German schateren . Formations such as scatter-brained had parallel forms in shatter-brained , etc. Intransitive sense from 1560s. Related: Shattered ; shattering . Carlyle (1841) used shatterment . Shatters "fragments" is
• sharply 英文词源 sharply (adv.) Old English scearplice "acutely, keenly; painfully, severely; attentively, quickly;" see sharp (adj.) + -ly (2). Old English also had adverbial form scearpe "sharply." 中文词源 sharply ：锐利地；急剧地；严厉地，苛刻地 词根词缀： sharp + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sharply 词源， sharply 含义。
• sharpen 英文词源 sharpen (v.) 1520s, "bring to an edge or point," from sharp (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Sharpened ; sharpening . Old English verb scearpian meant "to score, scarify;" also compare scearpung "scarifying." To sharpen (one's) pencil "prepare to get to work" is from 1957, American English. 中文词源 sharpen ：削尖，磨快 词根词缀： sharp锐利的 + -en 该词的英语词源请访
• sharp 英文词源 sharp sharp: [OE] Sharp , together with its close relatives German scharf , Dutch scherp , and Swedish and Danish skarp , goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skarpaz . This was probably descended from an extension of the Indo-European base * sker - ‘cut’ (source of English score , share , shear , etc). Welsh has borrowed sharp as siarp . = shear sharp (adj.) Old English scearp "
• shareholder 英文词源 shareholder (n.) c. 1830, from share (n.1) in the financial sense + agent noun from hold (v.). 中文词源 shareholder ：股东 词根词缀： share股份 + hold拥有 + -er人或物 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： shareholder 词源， shareholder 含义。
• shameful 英文词源 shameful (adj.) Old English scamful "modest;" see shame (n.) + -ful . Meaning "disgraceful, causing shame" is from c. 1300. Related: Shamefully ; shamefulness . Middle English shamely (adv.) "shamefully" for some reason has fallen from use. Old English scamlic (adj.) "shameful, disgraceful," but this also could mean "modest." 中文词源 shameful ：可耻的，不道德的 词根词缀
• shame 英文词源 shame shame: [OE] Shame is a general Germanic term, with relatives in German scham , Dutch schaam , and Swedish and Danish skam . Their common ancestor is a prehistoric * skamō , a word of unknown origin. Sham [17] probably originated in a northern English pronunciation of shame . The compound shamefaced [16] has no etymological connection with face . It is an alteration of an earlie
• sham 英文词源 sham sham: see shame sham (n.) 1670s, "a trick, a hoax, a fraud," also as a verb and an adjective, of uncertain origin; the words burst into use in 1677. Perhaps from sham , a northern dialectal variant of shame (n.); a derivation OED finds "not impossible." Sense of "something meant to be mistaken for something else" is from 1728. The meaning "false front" in pillow-sham (1721) is fr
• shaft 英文词源 shaft shaft: [OE] Shaft is a general Germanic word, shared by German and Dutch schaft and Swedish and Danish skaft . These point back to a common prehistoric ancestor * skaftaz , which may have been descended from the Indo-European base * scap - ‘support’ (source of English sceptre [13]). = sceptre shaft (n.1) Old English sceaft "long, slender rod, staff, pole; spear-shaft; spear,
• shady 英文词源 shady (adj.) "affording shade," 1570s; "protected by shade," 1590s; from shade (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "disreputable" (1862) probably is from earlier university slang sense of "of questionable merit, unreliable" (1848). Related: Shadily ; shadiness . Old English had sceadlic "shady, 'shadely.'" 中文词源 shady ：成荫的，背阴的；可疑的，靠不住的 词根词缀： shade荫
• shadowy 英文词源 shadowy (adj.) late 14c., shadewy , "full of shadows," also "transitory, fleeting, unreal;" see shadow (n.) + -y (2). From 1797 as "faintly perceptible." Related: Shadowiness . Old English had sceadwig "shady." 中文词源 shadowy ：有阴影的，多荫的 来源于原始印欧语skotwa,史前日耳曼语skathwo。 词根词缀： shadow荫 + -y形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请
• shadow 英文词源 shadow (n.) Old English sceadwe , sceaduwe "the effect of interception of sunlight, dark image cast by someone or something when interposed between an object and a source of light," oblique cases ("to the," "from the," "of the," "in the") of sceadu (see shade (n.)). Shadow is to shade (n.) as meadow is to mead (n.2). Similar formation in Old Saxon skado , Middle Dutch schaeduwe , Dutc
• shade 英文词源 shade shade: [OE] Shade and shadow [12] are ultimately the same word. Both originated in Old English sceadu . Shade is the direct descendant of this, whereas shadow comes from its inflected form sceaduwe . Sceadu itself went back via prehistoric Germanic * skathwō (source also of German schatten and Dutch schaduw ) to Indo- European * skotwá (whence also Greek skótos ‘darkness’
• sexy 英文词源 sexy (adj.) 1905, from sex (n.) + -y (2). Originally "engrossed in sex;" sense of "sexually attractive" is 1923, first in reference to Valentino. An earlier word in this sense was sexful (1898). Related: Sexier ; sexiest . 中文词源 sexy ：性感的 词根词缀： -sex-性 + -y形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sexy 词源， sexy 含义。 sex
• sexual 英文词源 sexual (adj.) 1650s, "of or pertaining to the fact of being male or female," from Late Latin sexualis "relating to sex," from Latin sexus (see sex (n.)). Meaning "pertaining to copulation or generation" is from 1766; sexual intercourse attested by 1778; sexual orientation by 1967; sexual harassment by 1975. Sexual revolution attested by 1962. Sexual politics is from 1970. Related: Sex
• sex 英文词源 sex sex: [14] Sex comes via Old French sexe from Latin sexus . This has traditionally been explained as a relative of Latin secāre ‘cut’ (source of English section , sector , etc), as if it denoted etymologically that ‘section’ of the population which is male or female, but that view is no longer generally held. The use of sex for ‘sexual intercourse’ (first recorded in t
• sever 英文词源 sever (v.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French severer , Old French sevrer "to separate" (12c., later in French restricted to "to wean," i.e. "to separare from the mother"), from Vulgar Latin *seperare , from Latin separare "to separate" (see separate (v.)). 中文词源 sever ：切断，断绝  来源于拉丁语动词separare(分开安排)在盎格鲁-诺曼底语中派生的severer。 词根
• set 英文词源 set set: English has two words set . The verb [OE] is simply the causative version of sit . That is to say, etymologically it means ‘cause to sit’. It comes from a prehistoric Germanic * satjan (source also of German setzen , Dutch zetten , Swedish sätta , and Danish sætte ), which was a causative variant of * setjan , ancestor of English sit . Set ‘group’ [14] is essentiall
• settle 英文词源 settle settle: [OE] Although now far less common, the noun settle ‘bench’ is older than the verb, and indeed was the source of it. It evolved (along with German sessel ) from a prehistoric Germanic * setlaz , which was derived from the same base that produced English sit . ( Saddle comes from a variant of the same base.) In Old English times it was setl , and still meant simply ‘
• setback 英文词源 setback (n.) also set-back , 1670s, "reversal, check to progress," from set (v.) + back (adv.). Sometimes backset was used in the same sense. Meaning "space between a building and a property line" is from 1916. To set (someone) back "cost" is from 1900. 中文词源 setback ：挫折 词根词缀： set安置 + back向后 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： setback 词
• service 英文词源 service (n.1) c. 1100, "celebration of public worship," from Old French servise "act of homage; servitude; service at table; Mass, church ceremony," from Latin servitium "slavery, condition of a slave, servitude," also "slaves collectively," from servus "slave" (see serve (v.)). Meaning "act of serving, occupation of an attendant servant" is attested from c. 1200, as is that of "assis
• serve 英文词源 serve serve: [13] Latin servus ‘slave’ has been a rich source of English vocabulary. It is the direct ancestor of serf [15] (and of the second syllable of concierge [17]). but it is its derivatives that have made the most numerous contributions. From the verb servīre ‘serve’ come deserve , dessert , sergeant , servant [13], serve , and serviette [15] (but not, despite the sim
• servant 英文词源 servant (n.) c. 1200, "personal or domestic attendant," from Old French servant "servant; foot-soldier," noun use of servant "serving, waiting," present participle of servir "to attend, wait upon" (see serve (v.)). Meaning "professed lover, one devoted to the service of a lady" is from mid-14c. In North American colonies and U.S., the usual designation for "slave" 17c.-18c. (in 14c.-1
• series 英文词源 series series: [17] Latin seriēs (from which English got series ) denoted a ‘succession of things connected together’. It was derived from serere ‘connect’, which has also given English assert and insert [16]. Serial [19] was coined specifically with reference to stories published in instalments. = assert , insert , serial series (n.) 1610s, "a number or set of things of one
• serial 英文词源 serial (adj.) "coming in regular succession," 1840, from series + -al (1); popularized in reference to Dickens' novels, published one part at a time in periodicals (as opposed to all at once in a book). Found to be a useful word and given wide application. Serial number , indicating position in a series, first recorded 1866, originally of papers, packages, etc.; of soldiers from 1918.
• sergeant 英文词源 sergeant sergeant: [12] A sergeant is etymologically simply a ‘servant’ – and indeed that is what the word originally meant in English. It comes via Old French sergent from Latin servient -, the present participial stem of servīre ‘serve’. It was subsequently incorporated into the terminology of the feudal system, roughly equivalent in application to esquire , and it was al
• sequent 英文词源 sequent (adj.) 1550s, "following," from Old French sequent "following, subsequent," from Latin sequentem (nominative sequens ) "next, following," present participle of sequi "to follow" (see sequel ). As a noun from 1580s. 中文词源 sequent ：相随的，继起的，随后的   词根词缀： -sequ-跟随 + -ent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• sequence 英文词源 sequence sequence: [14] Sequence is at the centre of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin sequī ‘follow’ (others include consecutive [17], consequence [14], ensue , obsequious [15], persecute [15], prosecute , pursue , second , sect , subsequent [15], sue , and suit ). Sequence itself comes from late Latin sequentia , a derivative of the present partic
• separation 英文词源 separation (n.) c. 1400, from Old French separacion (Modern French séparation ), from Latin separationem (nominative separatio ) noun of action from past participle stem of separare (see separate (v.)). Specific sense of "sundering of a married couple" is attested from c. 1600. Sense in photography is from 1922. Separation of powers first recorded 1788, in "Federalist" (Hamilton), fr
• separately 英文词源 apology apology: [16] The original meaning of apology was ‘formal self-justification’, often used as the title of a piece of writing rebutting criticism (as in the Apology of Sir Thomas More , knight 1533). This is indicative of the word’s origins in Greek apologíā , a derivative of the verb apologeisthai ‘speak in one’s defence’, formed from the prefix apo - ‘away, of
• separate 英文词源 separate separate: [15] Etymologically, separate means ‘arrange apart’. It comes from the past participle of Latin sēparāre , a compound verb formed from the prefix sē - ‘apart’ and parāre ‘arrange (in advance), furnish, make ready’ (source also of English prepare ). Sever is essentially the same word as separate , in reduced form. = prepare , sever separate (v.) late
• sentimental 英文词源 sentimental (adj.) 1749, "pertaining to or characterized by sentiment," from sentiment + -al (1). At first without pejorative connotations; meaning "having too much sentiment, apt to be swayed by prejudice" had emerged by 1793 (implied in sentimentalist ). Related: Sentimentally . 中文词源 sentimental ：情感的，情绪的(非理智的)  词根词缀： -sent-感觉 + -i- + -m
• sentiment 英文词源 sentiment sentiment: [17] Sentiment comes via Old French sentiment from medieval Latin sentīmentum ‘feeling’, a derivative of Latin sentīre ‘feel’ (from which English gets sensation , sense , sentence , etc). It originally meant ‘feeling’ and ‘opinion’ (the former now defunct, the latter surviving with a somewhat old-fashioned air in such expressions as ‘My sentime
• sentence 英文词源 sentence sentence: [13] ‘Complete grammatical unit’ is a comparatively recent meaning of sentence , which only emerged in English in the 15th century. Its Latin ancestor sententia originally meant ‘feeling’, for it was a derivative of sentīre ‘feel’ (source also of English sense , sentiment , etc). It subsequently broadened out to ‘opinion, judgment’, which was the st
• sensuous 英文词源 sensuous (adj.) 1640s, "pertaining to the senses" apparently coined by Milton to recover the original meaning of sensual and avoid the lascivious connotation that the older word had acquired, but by 1870 sensuous , too, had begun down the same path and come to mean "alive to the pleasures of the senses." Rare before Coleridge popularized it "To express in one word all that appertains
• sensual 英文词源 sensual (adj.) early 15c., "carnal, unspiritual;" mid-15c., "of or pertaining to the senses," from Middle French sensuel (15c.) and directly from Late Latin sensualis "endowed with feeling" (see sensuality ). Meaning "connected with gratification of the senses," especially "lewd, unchaste" is attested from late 15c. 中文词源 sensual ：肉欲的，色情的 词根词缀： -sens-感
• sensory 英文词源 sensory (adj.) 1749, "pertaining to sense or sensation," from Latin sensorius , from sensus, past participle of sentire "to perceive, feel" (see sense (n.)). 中文词源 sensory ：感觉的，知觉的 词根词缀： -sens-感觉 + -ory形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sensory 词源， sensory 含义。 sensory ：感觉的，感官的 来自 s
• sensitivity 英文词源 sensitivity (n.) 1803, from sensitive + -ity . Sensitivity training attested by 1954. 中文词源 sensitivity ：敏感性，灵敏度  词根词缀： -sens-感觉 + -itive形容词词尾(e略) + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sensitivity 词源， sensitivity 含义。
• sensitive 英文词源 sensitive (adj.) late 14c., in reference to the body or its parts, "having the function of sensation;" also (early 15c.) "pertaining to the faculty of the soul that receives and analyzes sensory information;" from Old French sensitif "capable of feeling" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin sensitivus "capable of sensation," from Latin sensus , past participle of sentire "feel perc
• sensible 英文词源 sensible (adj.) late 14c., "capable of sensation or feeling;" also "capable of being sensed or felt, perceptible to the senses," hence "easily understood; logical, reasonable," from Late Latin sensibilis "having feeling, perceptible by the senses," from sensus , past participle of sentire "perceive, feel" (see sense (n.)). Of persons, "aware, cognizant (of something)" early 15c.; "hav
• sensibility 英文词源 sensibility (n.) late 14c., "capability of being perceived by the senses; ability to sense or perceive," from Old French sensibilite , from Late Latin sensibilitatem (nominative sensibilitas ), from sensibilis (see sensible ). Rarely recorded until the emergence of the meaning "emotional consciousness, capacity for higher feelings or refined emotion" (1751). Related: Sensibilities . 中
• senseless 英文词源 senseless (adj.) 1550s, "without sensation," from sense (n.) + -less . Of actions, etc., "devoid of purpose, proceeding from lack of intelligence," it is attested from 1570s. Related: Senselessly ; senselessness . 中文词源 senseless ：无意义的，愚蠢的  词根词缀： -sens-感觉 + -e + -less形容词词尾,否定 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： s
• sense 英文词源 sense sense: [14] Sense comes ultimately from Latin sentīre ‘feel’, a prodigious contributor to English vocabulary (it is also the source of assent [13], consent , dissent [16], resent , sentence , sentient [17], and sentiment ). From it was derived the noun sēnsus ‘faculty of perceiving’, which was borrowed by English as sense . And sēnsus in turn spawned its own derivativ
• sensational 英文词源 sensational (adj.) "of or pertaining to sensation or the senses," 1840; "aiming at violently excited effects," 1863, from sensation in its secondary sense. Related: Sensationalistic ; sensationalistically . 中文词源 sensational ：极好的，出众的；耸人听闻的 词根词缀： -sens-感觉 + -ation名词词尾 + -al 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： s
• sensation 英文词源 sensation (n.) 1610s, "a reaction to external stimulation of the sense organs," from French sensation (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin sensationem (nominative sensatio ), from Late Latin sensatus "endowed with sense, sensible," from Latin sensus "feeling" (see sense (n.)). Meaning "state of shock, surprise, in a community" first recorded 1779. The great object of life is sensat
• sensate 英文词源 sensate (adj.) c. 1500, from Late Latin sensatus "gifted with sense," from sensus (see sense (n.)). From 1937 in sociology. As a verb from 1650s. 中文词源 sensate ：有感觉的，有知觉的 词根词缀： -sens-感觉 + -ate形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： sensate 词源， sensate 含义。
• seniority 英文词源 seniority (n.) "priority on office or service," mid-15c., from Medieval Latin senioritas , from Latin senior (see senior (adj.)). Meaning "state or quality of being senior" is from 1530s. 中文词源 seniority ：资历 词根词缀： -sen-老 + -ior形容词词尾 + -ity 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： seniority 词源， seniority 含义。 seniority ：年长
• senior 英文词源 senior senior: [14] Senior was borrowed direct from Latin senior , which was the comparative form of senex ‘old’. This in turn was descended from the Indo-European base * sen -, which also produced Welsh hen , Gothic sineigs , Lithuanian senas , and Armenian hin , all meaning ‘old’. English is also indebted to senex for senate and senile [17], while senior has contributed sir
• senator 英文词源 senator (n.) c. 1200, "member of an (ancient) senate," from Old French senator (Modern French sénateur ), from Latin senator "member of the senate," from senex "old; old man" (see senate ). An Old English word for one was folcwita . As "member of a (modern) governing body" from late 14c.; specifically in U.S. use from 1788. Fem. form senatress attested from 1731. The Senators was the