英语词源

• salvation 英文词源 salvation salvation: see save salvation (n.) c. 1200, originally in the Christian sense, "the saving of the soul," from Old French salvaciun and directly from Late Latin salvationem (nominative salvatio , a Church Latin translation of Greek soteria ), noun of action from past participle stem of salvare "to save" (see save (v.)). In general (non-religious) sense, attested from late 14c
• sacrilege 英文词源 sacrilege (n.) c. 1300, "crime of stealing what is consecrated to God," from Old French sacrilege (12c.), from Latin sacrilegium "temple robbery, a stealing of sacred things," from sacrilegus "stealer of sacred things," noun use of adjective, from phrase sacrum legere "to steal sacred things," from sacrum "sacred object" (from neuter singular of sacer "sacred;" see sacred ) + legere "
• sacrament 英文词源 sacrament (n.) "outward and visible sign of inward and spiritual grace," also "the eucharist," c. 1200, from Old French sacrament "consecration; mystery" (12c., Modern French sacrement ) and directly from Latin sacramentum "a consecrating" (also source of Spanish sacramento , German Sakrament , etc.), from sacrare "to consecrate" (see sacred ); a Church Latin loan-translation of Greek
• sylvan 英文词源 sylvan sylvan: see savage sylvan (adj.) "of the woods," 1570s, from Middle French sylvain (1530s), from Latin silvanus "pertaining to wood or forest" (originally only in silvanae "goddesses of the woods"), from silva "wood, woodland, forest, orchard, grove," of unknown origin. The unetymological -y- is a misspelling in Latin from influence of Greek hyle "forest," from which the Latin
• stygian 英文词源 Stygian (adj.) "pertaining to Styx or the nether world," 1560s, from Latin Stygius , from Greek Stygios , from Styx (genitive Stygos ); see Styx . 中文词源 stygian （幽暗的）：希腊神话中环绕地狱的憎恨之河 在希腊神话中，斯堤克斯（Styx，在希腊语中是“仇恨的”）是大洋河神俄刻阿诺斯 和提坦女神忒堤斯的女儿，也有人认为
• stamina 英文词源 stamina stamina: [17] Etymologically, stamina is the plural of stamen ‘male reproductive part of a flower’ [17]. The ultimate source of both is Latin stāmen ‘thread of woven cloth’, which went back to Indo-European * stāmen -, a derivative of the base * stā - ‘stand’ (source also of English stand ). The application to the plant-part appears to go back to the Roman natur
• sphinx 英文词源 sphinx sphinx: [16] The original Sphinx was a monster, half woman and half lion, which terrorized the country around Thebes in ancient Greece. According to legend, it would waylay travellers and ask them a riddle; and if they could not solve it, it killed them. One of its favoured methods was strangulation, and its name supposedly means ‘the strangler’ – as if it were derived fr
• somnambulate 英文词源 somnambulate (v.) 1821, probably a back-formation from somnambulism . Related: Somnambulated ; somnambulating . 中文词源 somnambulate （梦游）：罗马神话中的睡神索莫纳斯 在罗马神话中，睡神叫做索莫纳斯Somnus，相当于希腊神话中的睡神许普诺斯 Hypnos。他是黑夜女神的儿子、死神的弟弟。他的宫殿是在黑海北岸一个阳光
• sisyphean 英文词源 Sisyphean (adj.) "pertaining to or resembling the unceasingly recurring and fruitless labors of Sisyphus," 1630s, from Sisyphus + -an . Earlier Sisyphian (1590s). 中文词源 sisyphean （徒劳的）：欺骗神灵而受罚的西西弗斯 西西弗斯(Sisyphus)是古希腊神话中科林斯国王，惯于玩弄诡计，甚至欺骗神灵。冥王派死神去捉拿他。他假装好奇
• skeptic 英文词源 skeptic (n.) also sceptic , 1580s, "member of an ancient Greek school that doubted the possibility of real knowledge," from Middle French sceptique and directly from Latin scepticus "the sect of the Skeptics," from Greek skeptikos (plural Skeptikoi "the Skeptics, followers of Pyrrho"), noun use of adjective meaning "inquiring, reflective" (the name taken by the disciples of the Greek
• sinister 英文词源 sinister sinister: see left sinister (adj.) early 15c., "prompted by malice or ill-will, intending to mislead," from Old French senestre , sinistre "contrary, false; unfavorable; to the left" (14c.), from Latin sinister "left, on the left side" (opposite of dexter ), of uncertain origin. Perhaps meaning properly "the slower or weaker hand" [Tucker], but Klein and Buck suggest it's a e
• stentorian 英文词源 stentorian stentorian: [17] Stentor was a Greek warrior in the Trojan war, whose abnormally loud voice earned him the job of herald (his name was derived from the Greek verb sténein ‘groan, moan’). Stentorian , based on late Latin stentoreus or Greek stentóreios , commemorates his carrying tones. stentorian (adj.) "of powerful voice," c. 1600, from Stentor , legendary Greek hera
• Swan Song 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dean dean: [14] Etymologically, a dean is someone in charge of a group of ten people. That was the meaning of its ancestor, Greek dekānós , a word formed from déka ‘ten’. This eventually came to designate specifically someone in charge of ten monks, and this sense passed via late Latin decānus , Old French deien , and An
• Spoil Egyptians 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random feckless feckless: [16] From an etymological point of view, feckless is simply another way of saying ineffective . It originated in Scotland, where from the 15th century the local population economized on the pronunciation of effect , reducing it to feck (this survived into modern times in the sense ‘efficacy’). From it was
• salary 英文词源 salary salary: [14] Salary goes back to a Latin word that originally denoted an ‘allowance given to Roman soldiers for buying salt’ (salt being in former times a valued commodity, over which wars were fought, rather than taken for granted as it is today). This was salārium , a derivative of sāl ‘salt’. It soon broadened out to mean ‘fixed periodic payment for work done’,
• scene 英文词源 scene scene: [16] Greek skēné originally meant ‘tent’ (it was related to skiá ‘shadow’, a descendant of the same Indo-European base that produced English shimmer and shine , and so etymologically denoted ‘something that gives shade’). Such tents or booths were used for presenting plays, and eventually the word skēné came to denote the backdrop against which drama is p
• suffrage 英文词源 suffrage (n.) late 14c., "intercessory prayers or pleas on behalf of another," from Old French sofrage "plea, intercession" (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin suffragium , from Latin suffragium "support, ballot, vote; right of voting; a voting tablet," from suffragari "lend support, vote for someone," conjectured to be a compound of sub "under" (see sub- ) + fragor "crash, din, s
• stock 英文词源 stock stock: [OE] The word stock originally denoted a ‘tree-trunk’. It came from a prehistoric Germanic * stukkaz , which also produced German stock ‘stick’ and Swedish stock ‘log’. The lineal semantic descent to the stocks [14], a punishment device made from large pieces of wood, is clear enough, but how stock came to be used for a ‘supply, store’ (a sense first recor
• salon 英文词源 salon (n.) 1690s, "large room or apartment in a palace or great house," from French salon "reception room" (17c.), from Italian salone "large hall," from sala "hall," from a Germanic source (compare Old English sele , Old Norse salr "hall," Old High German sal "hall, house," German Saal ), from Proto-Germanic *salaz , from PIE *sel- (1) "human settlement" (cognates: Old Church Slavoni
• sabotage 英文词源 sabotage sabotage: [20] The etymological idea underlying sabotage is of ‘clattering along in noisy shoes’. For its ultimate ancestor is French sabot , a word of unknown origin which means ‘clog’. From it was derived saboter ‘walk along noisily in clogs’, hence (via the notion of ‘clumsiness’) ‘do work badly’, and finally ‘destroy tools, machines, etc deliberately’
• shampoo 英文词源 shampoo shampoo: [18] Hindi chāmpō means ‘press!’ It is an imperative form of chāmpnā ‘press’, or more specifically ‘knead the muscles’. The English in India took the word up in the 18th century as a verb meaning ‘massage’, but by the middle of the 19th century we find it being used in the accepted modern sense, ‘wash the hair’. The linking factor was presumabl
• serf 英文词源 serf (n.) late 15c., "servant, serving-man, slave," from Old French serf "vassal, servant, slave" (12c.), from Latin servum (nominative servus ) "slave" (see serve ). Fallen from use in original sense by 18c. Meaning "lowest class of cultivators of the soil in continental European countries" is from 1610s. Use by modern writers with reference to medieval Europeans first recorded 1761
• scale 英文词源 scale scale: English has three separate words scale . The oldest, ‘pan of a balance’ [13], was borrowed from Old Norse skál ‘bowl, drinking cup’ (ancestor of Swedish skåal , from which English gets the toast skol [16]). This was descended from a Germanic base * skal -, * skel -, * skul -, denoting ‘split, divide, peel’, which also produced English scalp , shell , shelter
• style 英文词源 style style: [13] Style comes via Old French stile from Latin stilus , which denoted a ‘pointed writing instrument’. It came to be used metaphorically for ‘something written’, and hence for ‘manner of writing’. The spelling with y instead of i arose from the misapprehension that the word was of Greek origin. It also invaded stylus [18], which was acquired directly from Lat
• score 英文词源 score score: [11] The etymological notion underlying score is of ‘cutting’ – for it is related to English shear . It was borrowed from Old Norse skor , which went back to the same prehistoric Germanic base – * skur -, * sker - ‘cut’ – that produced shear (not to mention share , shore , and short ). It had a range of meanings, from ‘notch’ to ‘record kept by cutting
• straw 英文词源 straw straw: [OE] Straw is etymologically something ‘strewn’ on the floor. The word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * strāwam (source also of German stroh , Dutch stroo , Swedish strå , and Danish straa ). This was formed from the same base as produced strew [OE], and goes back ultimately to Indo-European * ster - ‘spread’, source also of Latin sternere ‘spread out’
• scapegoat 英文词源 scapegoat scapegoat: [16] In biblical times the ritual of Yom Kippur, the Jewish Day of Atonement, included a ceremony involving two goats: one was sacrificed to God, and the other was sent off into the wilderness as the symbolic bearer of the people’s sins. This second goat was termed ‘azāzēl . That appears to have been a proper name, said in Jewish tradition to be that of a de
• sacrifice 英文词源 sacrifice (n.) late 13c., "offering of something (especially a life) to a deity as an act of propitiation or homage;" mid-14c., "that which is offered in sacrifice," from Old French sacrifise "sacrifice, offering" (12c.), from Latin sacrificium , from sacrificus "performing priestly functions or sacrifices," from sacra "sacred rites" (properly neuter plural of sacer "sacred;" see sacr
• sorcery 英文词源 sorcery (n.) c. 1300, "witchcraft, magic, enchantment; act or instance of sorcery; supernatural state of affairs; seemingly magical works," from Old French sorcerie , from sorcier "sorcerer, wizard," from Medieval Latin sortiarius "teller of fortunes by lot; sorcerer," literally "one who influences fate or fortune," from Latin sors (genitive sortis ) "lot, fate, fortune" (see sort (n.
• siren 英文词源 siren siren: [14] The Seirēnes were sea nymphs who, according to Greek mythology, sat on rocks luring impressionable sailors to their doom with the sweetness of their singing. Latin took the word over as sīrēna , and it passed into English via Old French sereine . The term was applied to an acoustical instrument invented in 1819 by Cagniard de la Tour, that produced musical sounds
• syrinx 英文词源 syrinx (n.) tubular instrument, c. 1600, the thing itself known from 14c. in English, from Late Latin syrinx , from Greek syrinx "shepherd's pipe" (see syringe ). Used of vocal organs of birds from 1872. 中文词源 syrinx （排箫）：变成芦苇的山林女神绪任克斯Syrinx 希腊神话中，丑陋的牧羊神潘爱上了河神之女，美丽的山林女神绪任克斯Syrinx。
• Saturn 英文词源 Saturn Old English Sætern , a Roman god, also "most remote planet" (then known), from Latin Saturnus , originally a name of an Italic god of agriculture, possibly from Etruscan. Derivation from Latin serere (past participle satus ) "to sow" is said to be folk-etymology. An ancient Italic deity, popularly believed to have appeared in Italy in the reign of Janus, and to have instructed
• Romania 英文词源 Romania Eastern European nation, name taken officially in 1861 at the union of Wallachia and Moldavia, from Latin Romani "people from Rome," which was used to describe the descendants of colonists there from Roman times; see Roman + -ia . In early use often Rumania , or, from French, Roumania . Related: Romanian ; Rumanian ; Roumanian . 中文词源 Romania （罗马尼亚）：罗马后
• Russia 英文词源 Russia 1530s, from Medieval Latin Russi "the people of Russia," from Rus , the native name of the people and the country (source of Arabic Rus , Medieval Greek Rhos ), originally the name of a group of Swedish merchant/warriors who established themselves around Kiev 9c. and founded the original Russian principality; perhaps from Ruotsi , the Finnish name for "Sweden," from Old Norse R
• Rhode Island 英文词源 Rhode Island U.S. state, the region is traditionally said to have been named by Italian explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano when he passed through in 1524, based on an imagined similarity between modern Block Island and the Greek Isle of Rhodes. More likely from Roodt Eylandt , the name Dutch explorer Adriaen Block gave to Block Island c. 1614, literally "red island," so called for the co
• Rocky Mountains 英文词源 Montana U.S. state, from Latinized form of Spanish montaña "mountain," from Latin mont- , stem of mons (see mountain ). Proposed 1864 by U.S. Rep. James H. Ashley of Ohio when it was created as a territory from Nebraska Territory, in reference to the Rocky Mountains, which however traverse only one end of it. Admitted as a state 1889. Related: Montanan . Rockies (n.) "the Rocky Mount
• repacify 英文词源 repacify "To pacify again", Early 17th cent.; earliest use found in Samuel Daniel (?1563–1619), poet and historian. From re- + pacify. Compare post-classical Latin repacificare . 中文词源 repacify ：再平息，再安抚 词根词缀： re-再 + -paci-和平 + -fy动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： repacify 词源， repacify 含义。
• reorientation 英文词源 reorientation (n.) also re-orientation , 1893, from re- + orientation . 中文词源 reorientation ：再定位 词根词缀： re-再 + -ori-升起,开始 + -ent名词词尾 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： reorientation 词源， reorientation 含义。
• Rubik's Cube 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random those those: [OE] Originally, those was the plural of this . It did not move across to that until the Middle English period, gradually replacing its previous plural thō . The game of musical chairs was completed by these , which was a new formation based on this . = this 中文词源 Rubiks Cube ：魔方 来自魔方设计者匈
• Rosetta Stone 英文词源 Rosetta Stone (n.) discovered 1798 at Rosetta , Egypt; now in British Museum. Dating to 2c. B.C.E., its trilingual inscription helped Jean-François Champollion decipher Egyptian demotic and hieroglyphics in 1822, which opened the way to study of all early Egyptian records. Hence, figurative use of the term to mean "something which provides the key to previously unattainable understan
• riboflavin 英文词源 riboflavin (n.) growth-promoting substance known as vitamin B2, 1935, from German Riboflavin (1935), from comb. form of ribose + flavin , from Latin flavus "yellow" (see blue (1)); so called from its color. Also sometimes known as lactoflavine , as it is found in milk. 中文词源 riboflavin ：核黄素，维生素B2 来自德语 Riboflavin,核黄素，来自 ribose,核糖，flavin,黄
• rheumatoid arthritis 英文词源 indomethacin "A compound with anti-inflammatory, antipyretic, and analgesic properties, used chiefly to treat rheumatoid arthritis and gout", 1960s: from indo(le) + meth(yl) + ac(etic) + -in 1 . 中文词源 rheumatoid arthritis ：类风湿性关节炎 rheumatic,风湿的，-oid,类，arthritis,关节炎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rheumatoid arthritis 词
• rheumatic fever 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cock-a-hoop cock-a-hoop: [16] Cock-a-hoop comes from a 16th- and 17th-century expression set the cock on the hoop ‘make merry’ – but exactly how the expression arose is not clear. One obvious interpretation is that it meant ‘put the tap on the barrel’ – that is, let the wine or beer flow freely – but it has also be
• rhesus monkey 英文词源 Rh factor 1942, from the first letters of rhesus ; so called because the blood group, and its effects, were discovered in the blood of rhesus monkeys (1941). 中文词源 rhesus monkey ：恒河猴 印度东部发现的猴子，其名字来自拉丁语 Rhesus,来自希腊语 Rhesos,传说中古希腊城邦 Thrace 的君主，字面意思为统治者，来自 PIE*reg,统治，管理，词
• rhesus factor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random lens lens: [17] The Latin word for a ‘lentil’ was lēns ; and when 17th-century scientists wanted a term for a round biconvex (lentil-shaped) piece of glass, they needed to look no further than lens . English lentil [13] itself comes via Old French from Latin lenticula , a diminutive form of lēns . = lentil 中文词源 rhe
• rhapsody 英文词源 rhapsody rhapsody: [16] A rhapsody is etymologically the product of a ‘weaver of songs’. It goes back ultimately to Greek rhapsōidíā ‘epic poem recited on a single occasion’, which was derived from rhapsōidós ‘writer of such poems’. This was a compound formed from rháptein ‘sew together’ and ōidé ‘song’ (source of English ode , parody , prosody , etc). The
• res ipsa loquitur 英文词源 res ipsa loquitur Latin, "the thing speaks for itself." 中文词源 res ipsa loquitur ：不言自明，自证 来自拉丁语，res,事物，物体，ipsa,自身，loquitur,说，词源同 locution. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： res ipsa loquitur 词源， res ipsa loquitur 含义。
• reiki 英文词源 reiki "A healing technique based on the principle that the therapist can channel energy into the patient by means of touch, to activate the natural healing processes of the patient’s body and restore physical and emotional well-being", Japanese, literally 'universal life energy'. 中文词源 reiki ：灵气疗法 来自日本式汉语灵气，用于指一种通过触摸向人体输送
• reductio ad absurdum 英文词源 reductio ad absurdum Latin, literally "reduction to the absurd." Absurdum is neuter of absurdus . See reduction + absurd . The tactic is useful and unobjectionable in proofs in geometry. 中文词源 reductio ad absurdum ：归谬法，反证法 来自拉丁语，字面意思即”reduction to the absurd”,简化到荒谬。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： redu
• red tape 英文词源 red tape (n.) "excessive bureaucratic rigmarole," 1736, in reference to the red tape formerly used in Great Britain (and the American colonies) for binding up legal and other official documents, mentioned from 1690s. 中文词源 red tape ：繁文缛节，官僚作风 源自过去用红色的带子捆扎公文的习俗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： red tap
• red meat 英文词源 larder (n.) c. 1300, "supply of salt pork, bacon, and other meats," later in reference to the room for processing and storing such (late 14c.), from Anglo-French larder , Old French lardier "a place for meats," from Medieval Latin lardarium "a room for meats," from Latin lardum "lard, bacon" (see lard (n.)). Meaning "department of the royal household or of a monastic house in charge o
• renovator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random propinquity propinquity: see proximity 中文词源 renovator ：革新者；修理者；更新器 词根词缀： re-再 + -nov-新 + -ator名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： renovator 词源， renovator 含义。
• renominate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random novice novice: see novel 中文词源 renominate ：重新提名，提名 词根词缀： re-再 + -nomin-名 + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： renominate 词源， renominate 含义。
• retrogression 英文词源 retrogression (n.) 1640s, noun of action, formed on model of progression , from Latin retrogressus , past participle of retrogradi "move backward" (see retrograde ). 中文词源 retrogression ：后退，衰退，退化，退步   词根词缀： retro-向后 + -gress-步,级 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： retrogression 词源， retrogres
• replacement 英文词源 replacement (n.) "act or fact of being replaced," 1790, from replace (v.) + -ment . Meaning "something that replaces another" is attested from 1894. 中文词源 replacement ：取代，代替物 词根词缀： re-回,向后 + place放置 + -ment名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： replacement 词源， replacement 含义。
• removal 英文词源 removal (n.) 1590s; see remove (v.) + -al (2). 中文词源 removal ：除去；移动，迁居  词根词缀： re-离开 + -mov-移动 + -al名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： removal 词源， removal 含义。
• remonstrator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fascinate fascinate: [16] To fascinate somebody is literally to ‘bewitch’ them. The word comes from the past participle of the Latin verb fascināre , which was a derivative of fascinum ‘witchcraft’. The Roman phallic deity, incidentally, was named Fascinus , because an amulet in the shape of a penis was hung around chil
• remonstration 英文词源 remonstration (n.) late 15c., from Medieval Latin remonstrationem (nominative remonstratio ), noun of action from past participle stem of remonstrare (see remonstrance ). 中文词源 remonstration ：抗议，规劝 词根词缀： re-再 + -mon-提醒,警告 + -ster名词词尾(e略) + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： remonstration 词源，
• remonstrance 英文词源 remonstrance (n.) late 15c., from Middle French remonstrance (15c., Modern French remontrance ), from Medieval Latin remonstrantia , from present participle stem of remonstrare "point out, show," from re- , intensive prefix (see re- ), + Latin monstrare "to show" (see monster ). 中文词源 remonstrance ：抗议，规劝，忠告，谏书 词根词缀： re-再 + -mon-提醒,警告
• relumine 英文词源 relumine "= relume", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in Shakespeare's Othello . Either from post-classical Latin reluminare to restore sight to (late 2nd cent. in Tertullian) from classical Latin re- + lūmināre , or from re- + either lumine or -lumine , probably originally as an alteration of relume in editions of Othello . 中文词源 relumine ：重新点燃起，重新照亮 词
• relocation 英文词源 relocation (n.) 1746, in Scottish law, "renewal of a lease," noun of action from relocate . Meaning "act of relocating" is from 1837. 中文词源 relocation ：再布置，变换布置  词根词缀： re-再 + -loc-地方,位置 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： relocation 词源， relocation 含义。
• rejuvenescent 英文词源 rejuvenescent (adj.) 1763, from Medieval Latin rejuvenescentem (nominative rejuvenescens ), present participle of rejuvenescere (see rejuvenescence ). 中文词源 rejuvenescent ：返老还童的，回春的   词根词缀： re-再 + -juven-年轻,年少 + -escent形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rejuvenescent 词源， rejuvenescent 含义。
• rejuvenesce 英文词源 rejuvenesce "To become young again. Formerly also specifically of a living cell: †to undergo a reversal of senescence ( obsolete rare )", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Family Magazine . From post-classical Latin rejuvenescere to become young again from classical Latin re- + iuvenis young + -ēscere . 中文词源 rejuvenesce ：(使)恢复精神，(使)返老还童    词根
• rejuvenator 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random blindfold blindfold: [16] The original term for covering someone’s eyes with a bandage was blindfell [OE], which survived until the 16th century. This meant literally ‘strike someone blind’, the second element being the fell of ‘felling trees’. It appears that its past form, blindfelled , came to be mistaken for a pres
• rejuvenation 英文词源 rejuvenation (n.) 1834, noun of action from rejuvenate . 中文词源 rejuvenation ：返老还童，恢复活力    词根词缀： re-再 + -juven-年轻,年少 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rejuvenation 词源， rejuvenation 含义。
• rejector 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random predicate predicate: see indicate 中文词源 rejector ：拒绝者，否决者 词根词缀： re-回,向后 + -ject-投,射 + -or名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rejector 词源， rejector 含义。
• regressive 英文词源 regressive (adj.) 1630s; see regress + -ive . In reference to taxation, it is attested from 1889. Related: Regressively . 中文词源 regressive ：后退的，逆行的，退化的；回归的；税率递减的  词根词缀： re-回,向后 + -gress-步,级 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： regressive 词源， regressive 含义。
• refrigeratory 英文词源 refrigerator (n.) 1610s, "something that cools," agent noun from refrigerate . As "cabinet for keeping food cool," 1824, originally in the brewery trade, in place of earlier refrigeratory (c. 1600). The electric-powered household device was available from c. 1918. 中文词源 refrigeratory ：制冷的 词根词缀： re-回 + -frig-寒冷 + -er动词词尾 + -atory形容词词尾 该词
• refrigeration 英文词源 refrigeration (n.) late 15c., "act of cooling or freezing," from Latin refrigerationem (nominative refrigeratio ) "a cooling, mitigation of heat," especially in sickness, noun of action from past participle stem of refrigerare "to cool down," from re- "again" (see re- ) + frigerare "make cool," from frigus (genitive frigoris ) "cold" (see frigid ). Specifically "freezing provisions as
• refrigerant 英文词源 refrigerant (adj.) 1590s, originally in medicine; from Latin refrigerans , present participle of refrigerare "make cool or cold, to cool down" (see refrigeration ). As a noun from 1670s. 中文词源 refrigerant ：制冷剂，冷冻剂   词根词缀： re-回 + -frig-寒冷 + -er动词词尾 + -ant名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： refrigerant 词源
• refractive 英文词源 refractive (adj.) 1670s, from Late Latin refractivus , or from refract + -ive . 中文词源 refractive ：折射的，屈折的，有折射力的   词根词缀： re-回 + -fract-打破,打碎 + -ive形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： refractive 词源， refractive 含义。
• refract 英文词源 refract (v.) "to bend" (light, sound, heat, etc.), 1610s, back-formation from refraction , and in part from Latin refractus , past participle of refringere . Related: Refracted ; refracting . 中文词源 refract ： (使)折射 词根词缀： re-回 + -fract-打破,打碎 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： refract 词源， refract 含义。
• reflexion 英文词源 reflection (n.) late 14c., reflexion , in reference to surfaces throwing back light or heat, from Late Latin reflexionem (nominative reflexio ) "a reflection," literally "a bending back," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin reflectere "to bend back, bend backwards, turn away," from re- "back" (see re- ) + flectere "to bend" (see flexible ). Of the mind, from 1670s. Meani
• reflexible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random thimble thimble: [OE] A thimble is etymologically a ‘thumb implement’. The word goes back to Old English thymel , a derivative of thūma ‘thumb’. In Old English (where it is recorded only once) it was used for a ‘finger-stall’. By the time it reappears in the 15th century we find it being applied to a ‘leather fing
• reflation 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random croissant croissant: see crescent 中文词源 reflation ： 通货再膨胀   词根词缀： re-再 + -flat-吹 + -ion名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： reflation 词源， reflation 含义。
• reducer 英文词源 redoubt redoubt: [17] Redoubt ‘stronghold’ has no etymological connection with doubt (although redoubtable [14] does – it derives from the French ancestor of doubt , which originally meant ‘fear’, and so historically denotes ‘to be feared’). It was borrowed from French redoute , which goes back via obsolete Italian ridotta to medieval Latin reductus ‘hidden place, refu
• redintegration 英文词源 reintegration (n.) c. 1600, from French réintegration (15c.) or directly from Medieval Latin reintegrationem ; see reintegrate + -ion . Also in classically correct form redintegration . 中文词源 redintegration ：复旧，复原 词根词缀： red-反复,再 + -integr-完整 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： redintegration 词源， redi
• redeemable 英文词源 redeemable (adj.) 1610s, from redeem + -able . 中文词源 redeemable ：可赎的，可拯救的；可改善的；可换成现款的   词根词缀： red-回,再 + -e- + -em-拿,买 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： redeemable 词源， redeemable 含义。
• recreational 英文词源 recreational (adj.) 1650s, from recreation + -al (1). Related: Recreationally . Recreational drug attested from 1967. 中文词源 recreational ：消遣的，娱乐的  词根词缀： re-再 + -cre-创造 + -ation名词词尾 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： recreational 词源， recreational 含义。
• recognizant 英文词源 recognizance (n.) early 14c., reconisaunce , "a bond acknowledging some obligation binding one over to do some particular act," from Old French reconissance "acknowledgment, recognition" (12c., Modern French reconnaissance ), from reconoiss- , present participle stem of reconoistre (see recognize ). Related: Recognizant . 中文词源 recognizant ：认识到的，表示赏识的，表示
• recognizable 英文词源 unrecognizable (adj.) 1817, from un- (1) "not" + recognizable (see recognize (v.)). Related: Unrecognizably . 中文词源 recognizable ：可认出的；可承认的；可认可的   词根词缀： re-再,重复 + co-共同 + -gn-知道 + -ize动词词尾(e略) + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： recognizable 词源， recognizable 含义。
• recognizability 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fill fill: [OE] Fill originated in prehistoric Germanic times as a derivative of the adjective * fullaz ‘full’, source of modern English full . This was * fulljan , which produced German füllen , Dutch vullen , Swedish fylla , Danish fylde , and English fill . = full 中文词源 recognizability ：可知性  词根词缀：
• reanimation 英文词源 re-animation (n.) also reanimation , 1777, from re- + animation . 中文词源 reanimation ：鼓舞   词根词缀： re-再,重复 + -anim-生命 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： reanimation 词源， reanimation 含义。
• ravening 英文词源 ravening (adj.) "voracious," 1520s, present participle adjective from an extinct verb raven "to prey, to plunder, devour greedily" (late 14c., implied in ravener ), from Old French raviner (see ravenous ). It is not etymologically related to raven (n.). 中文词源 ravening ：饥饿的，富于攻击性的 来自 raven,饥饿，狼吞虎咽。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• ratty 英文词源 ratty (adj.) 1856, "resembling a rat;" 1865, "full of rats;" 1867, "wretched, miserable, shabby," from rat (n.) + -y (2). 中文词源 ratty ：老鼠的，易怒的 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ratty 词源， ratty 含义。
• rat-tat 英文词源 rat-tat "A rapping sound (used especially in reference to a sequence of knocks on a door or the sound of gunfire)", Late 17th century: imitative. 中文词源 rat-tat ：吧嗒声 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rat-tat 词源， rat-tat 含义。
• rattan 英文词源 rattan 1650s, from Malay rotan , from raut "to trim, strip, peel, pare." 中文词源 rattan ：藤 来自马来语 rotan. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rattan 词源， rattan 含义。
• ratepayer 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ludicrous ludicrous: see illusion 中文词源 ratepayer ：地方税纳税人 来自 rate,古义税款，地方税，pay,支付。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ratepayer 词源， ratepayer 含义。
• rasterize 英文词源 raster (n.) 1934 in electrical engineering, from German Raster "screen, frame," from Latin rastrum "rake," from rasum , from rodere "to scrape" (see raze ). Related: Rasterization ; rasterize . From Latin form rastellum comes French râteau "rake," formerly ratel , originally rastel . 中文词源 rasterize ：将文本或图像光栅化 来自 raster,栅格，框架，-ize,使。 该词
• rasp 英文词源 rasp (v.) mid-13c., "to scrape," from Middle Dutch raspen and from Old French rasper (Modern French râper ) "to grate, rasp," which is perhaps from a West Germanic source (compare Old English gehrespan ) akin to the root of raffle . Vocalic sense is from 1843. Related: Rasped ; rasping . rasp (n.) "coarse file," 1540s, from Middle French raspe (Modern French râpe ), from Old French