英语词源

• rarefied 英文词源 rarefy (v.) late 14c., from Old French rarefier (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin rarificare , from Latin rarefacere "make rare," from rarus "rare, thin" (see rare (adj.1)) + facere "to make" (see factitious ). Related: Rarefied . subtile (adj.) late 14c., "clever, dexterous, crafty; not dense, thin, rarefied," from Old French subtil (14c.), a learned Latinized reformation of ea
• rant 英文词源 rant (v.) c. 1600, "to be jovial and boisterous," also "to talk bombastically," from Dutch randten (earlier ranten ) "talk foolishly, rave," of unknown origin (compare German rantzen "to frolic, spring about"). Related: Ranted ; ranting . Ranters "antinomian sect which arose in England c. 1645" is attested from 1651; applied 1823 to early Methodists. A 1700 slang dictionary has rantip
• rankle 英文词源 rankle rankle: [14] Etymologically, if something rankles , it festers from the effects of a ‘dragon’s’ bite. Nowadays the word is only used metaphorically, but it originally meant literally ‘be sore, fester’. It was borrowed from Old French rancler , a variant of draoncler . This was derived from draoncle ‘ulcer’, which in turn came from dranculus , the medieval Latin de
• rampant 英文词源 rampant (adj.) late 14c., "standing on the hind legs" (as a heraldic lion often does), thus, also, "fierce, ravenous" (late 14c.), from Old French rampant , present participle of ramper "to climb, scale, mount" (see rampage (v.)). Sense of "growing without check" (in running rampant ), first recorded 1610s, probably is via the notion of "fierce disposition" or else preserves the older
• rampage 英文词源 rampage (v.) 1715, in Scottish, probably from Middle English verb ramp "rave, rush wildly about" (c. 1300), especially of beasts rearing on their hind legs, as if climbing, from Old French ramper (see ramp (n.1), also see rampant ). Related: Rampaged ; rampaging . rampage (n.) 1861, from rampage (v.). 中文词源 rampage ：狂暴行为 来自 ramp,狂暴。 该词的英语词源请访
• rakish 英文词源 rakish (adj.) 1706, "debauched, disreputable," from rake (n.2) + -ish . Related: Rakishly ; rakishness . The meaning "smart, jaunty, dashing" (1824) is said to be a different word, probably from rake "slant, slope" (1620s), used especially in reference to any deviation from the vertical in a ship's masts, of uncertain origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Old Swedish raka "projec
• raked 英文词源 brake (v.) "to apply a brake to a wheel," 1868, from brake (n.1). Earlier, "to beat flax" (late 14c.). Related: Braked ; braking . rake (v.) mid-13c., "clear (rubbish, grass, etc.) by raking; gather (grain) by raking," from rake (n.1), or from a lost Old English verb related to it, or from a similar Scandinavian source (compare Swedish raka , Danish rage "rake"). Of gunfire from 1630s
• raison d'etre 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dandy dandy: [18] The first record of the word dandy comes in Scottish border ballads of the late 18th century, but by the early 19th century it had become a buzz term in fashionable London society. It is generally explained as being an abbreviation of jack-a-dandy ‘affected man’, a word first recorded in the 17th century wh
• raillery 英文词源 raillery (n.) "good-humored ridicule," 1650s, from rail (v.) + -ery , or perhaps from French raillerie , from Middle French railler "to tease" (see rail (v.1)). 中文词源 raillery ：玩笑，戏弄 来自 rail,玩笑，戏弄。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： raillery 词源， raillery 含义。
• raffia 英文词源 raffia (n.) fiber-yielding tree of Madagascar, 1729, rofia , from Malagasy rafia . Modern form is attested from 1882; also raphia (1866). 中文词源 raffia ：酒椰叶纤维 来自马达加斯加语 rafia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： raffia 词源， raffia 含义。
• Rafferty's rules 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random vacant vacant: [13] Latin vacāre meant ‘be empty’. Its present participle vacāns has provided English with vacant , while its past participle lies behind English vacate [17] and vacation [14]. It also formed the basis of an adjective vacuus ‘empty’, from which English gets vacuous [17] and vacuum [16] (the term vacuum
• radiography 英文词源 radiography (n.) 1896, from radiograph (1880), originally a device to measure sunshine; from radio- , comb. form of radiation , + -graph . As a type of image-making device, from 1896. 中文词源 radiography ：X 光照相 radio-,放射的，-graphy,学说。用以指 X 光照相。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： radiography 词源， radiography 含义。
• radio- 英文词源 radio- word-forming element meaning 1. "ray, ray-like" (see radius ); 2. "radial, radially" (see radial (adj.)); 3. "by means of radiant energy" (see radiate (v.)); 4. "radioactive" (see radioactive ); 5. "by radio" (see radio (n.)). 中文词源 radio- ：放射的，辐射的，无线电的 来自 rad-的扩大形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： radio- 词
• radicalize 英文词源 radicalize (v.) 1820, from radical (adj.) + -ize . Related: Radicalized ; radicalizing . 中文词源 radicalize ：使激进，使标新立异 来自 radical,激进的，-ize,使，化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： radicalize 词源， radicalize 含义。
• rad 英文词源 rad "x-ray dose unit," 1918, shortened form of radiation (q.v.). As shortened form of radical (n.), it is attested in political slang from 1820. Teen slang sense of "extraordinary, wonderful" is from late 1970s (see radical (adj.)). 中文词源 rad ：非常好的，精彩的 俚语，缩写自 radical,激进的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rad 词源，
• racquetball 英文词源 racquetball (n.) 1972, from racquet + ball (n.1). 中文词源 racquetball ：美式墙网球 运动项目，来自 racquet,球拍，ball,球。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： racquetball 词源， racquetball 含义。
• racketeer 英文词源 racketeer 1928 (noun and verb), from racket (n.1) + -eer . Related: Racketeering (1928). 中文词源 racketeer ：诈骗者 来自 racket,诈骗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： racketeer 词源， racketeer 含义。
• racist 英文词源 racist 1932 as a noun, 1938 as an adjective, from race (n.2); racism is first attested 1936 (from French racisme , 1935), originally in the context of Nazi theories. But they replaced earlier words, racialism (1871) and racialist (1917), both often used early 20c. in a British or South African context. In the U.S., race hatred , race prejudice had been used, and, especially in 19c. po
• racing certainty 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random agenda agenda: [17] Agenda is the plural of Latin agendum , which is the gerundive form of the verb agere ‘do’ (see AGENT); it thus means literally ‘things to be done’. When the word first entered the language it was given an anglicized singular form, agend , with the plural agends , but this seems to have disappeared by
• ryegrass 英文词源 ryegrass "A Eurasian grass which is a valuable fodder and lawn grass", Early 18th century: alteration of obsolete ray-grass , of unknown origin. 中文词源 ryegrass ：黑麦草 rye,黑麦，grass,草。一种牧草，因形如黑麦植物而得名。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ryegrass 词源， ryegrass 含义。
• rye 英文词源 rye (n.) Old English ryge , from Proto-Germanic *ruig (cognates: Old Saxon roggo , Old Norse rugr , Old Frisian rogga , Middle Dutch rogghe , Old High German rocko , German Roggen ), related to or from Balto-Slavic words (such as Old Church Slavonic ruži , Russian rozh' "rye;" Lithuanian rugys "grain of rye," plural rugiai ), from a European PIE root *wrughyo- "rye." Meaning "whiskey
• Rx 英文词源 Rx "A doctor’s prescription", Abbreviation of Latin recipe! 'take!'. 中文词源 Rx ：处方 缩写自拉丁语祈使格 recipe!,拿走，即 recipe. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Rx 词源， Rx 含义。
• rutherfordium 英文词源 rutherfordium "The chemical element of atomic number 104, a very unstable element made by high-energy atomic collisions", 1960s: modern Latin , named after E. Rutherford (see Rutherford, Sir Ernest ). 中文词源 rutherfordium ：鑪 命名来自 20 世纪初英国物理学家 Ernest Rutherford,以表达对他的敬意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rutherf
• ruthenium 英文词源 ruthenium (n.) metallic element, 1845, named by Russian chemist Karl Klauss, from a name proposed earlier (1828) in reference to a metal extracted from ores from the Ural Mountains of Russia (see Ruthenian ). 中文词源 ruthenium ：钌 由 19 世纪俄罗斯化学家 Karl Klauss 发现的金属元素，命名基于拉丁语 Russi,俄罗斯人，词 源同 Russian. 该词的英语词源
• rutabaga 英文词源 rutabaga (n.) 1799, from Swedish dialectal (West Götland) rotabagge , from rot "root" (see root (n.)) + bagge "bag" (see bag (n.)). Slang meaning "dollar" is from 1940s. 中文词源 rutabaga ：芜菁甘蓝，大头菜 来自瑞典方言 rotabagge,来自 rot,根，词源同 root,bagge,袋子，鼓起，词源同 bag. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rutabaga 词源
• rut 英文词源 rut rut: The rut of deer [15] and the rut of a wheel [16] are not related. The latter in fact is historically the same word as route . Both go back ultimately to Vulgar Latin * rupta , which was a noun use of the past participle of Latin rumpere ‘break’ (source also of English rout and rupture ). The etymological notion underlying it is therefore of a path that has been ‘broken’
• rustler 英文词源 rustler (n.) 1820, "one who rustles," agent noun from rustle (v.). American English meaning "cattle thief" is from 1882. 中文词源 rustler ：偷窥牲口的人 来自 rustle,发出沙沙声，-er,人。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rustler 词源， rustler 含义。
• russet 英文词源 russet russet: [13] Latin russus ‘red’ went back ultimately to the prehistoric Indo-European * reudh - ‘red’, which also produced English red . From it was descended Old French rous , whose modern form roux has given English roux ‘flour and butter mixture’ [19] (it is short for beurre roux ‘browned butter’). This formed the basis of a diminutive form rousset , which pa
• rusk 英文词源 rusk (n.) "light, crisp bits of bread or biscuit," 1590s, from Spanish or Portuguese rosca "roll, twist of bread," literally "coil, anything round and spiral," of unknown origin, perhaps from a pre-Latin Iberian word. 中文词源 rusk ：婴儿食用的脆饼干 来自西班牙语 rosca,面包卷，词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rusk 词源，
• ruse 英文词源 ruse ruse: [15] Ruse and rush ‘hurry’ are ultimately the same word. Both come from Old French ruser ‘drive back, detour’. From this was derived the noun ruse , which brought the sense ‘detour, deviation’ with it into English. It was used in the context of a hunted animal dodging about and doubling back on its tracks to throw off its pursuers, and this led in the early 17th
• Ruritanian 英文词源 Ruritanian (adj.) "utopian," 1896, from Ruritania , name of an imaginary kingdom in "The Prisoner of Zenda" (1894) by Anthony Hope (1863-1933), who coined it from Latin rus (genitive ruris ) "country" (see rural ) + Latinate ending -itania (compare Mauritania ). 中文词源 Ruritanian ：理想王国的 杜撰词，来自拉丁语 rus 的所有格 ruris,乡村的，词源同 rural. 该
• rupee 英文词源 rupee (n.) Indian coin, 1610s, from Hindi or Urdu rupiyah , from Sanskrit rupyah "wrought silver," perhaps originally "something provided with an image, a coin," from rupah "shape, likeness, image." 中文词源 rupee ：卢比 印度货币单位。来自梵语 rupyah,铸银，银币，来自 rupah,形状，成形。比较 ruble. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• runny 英文词源 runny (adj.) 1817, from run (v.) + -y (2). 中文词源 runny ：流鼻涕的 run,流淌，-y,形容词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： runny 词源， runny 含义。
• runner 英文词源 runner (n.) c. 1300, "messenger on foot," agent noun from run (v.). Meaning "one who runs" is early 14c. Meaning "smuggler" first recorded 1721; sense of "police officer" is from 1771. Meaning "rooting stem of a plant" is from 1660s; that of "embroidered cloth for a table" is from 1888. 中文词源 runner ：奔跑者，跑步者 run,奔跑，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• runnel 英文词源 runnel runnel: see run runnel (n.) "rivulet," 1570s, in Hakluyt, alteration of Middle English ryneil , from Old English rinelle , rynel , a diminutive of ryne "a stream" (see run (n.)) with -el (2). 中文词源 runnel ：小河，小溪 run,流淌，-el,小词后缀。引申词义小河，小溪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： runnel 词源， runnel 含义。
• rung 英文词源 rung (n.) Old English hrung "rod, bar," from Proto-Germanic *khrungo (cognates: Middle Low German runge , Old High German runga "stake, stud, stave," German Runge "stake, stud, stave," Middle Dutch ronghe , Dutch rong "rung," Gothic hrugga "staff"), of unknown origin with no connections outside Germanic. Sense in English narrowed to "round or stave of a ladder" (first attested late 13
• rune 英文词源 rune rune: [17] Old English had a word rūn , which appears originally to have denoted ‘mystery’, and hence ‘carved or written character with mysterious or magical properties’. This had died out by the end of the Middle Ages, but its Old Norse relative * rún lived on to become modern Swedish runa and Danish rune , and when antiquarian interest in the ancient runic writing sys
• rumple 英文词源 rumple (v.) c. 1600, possibly a variant of rimple "to wrinkle" (c. 1400), from Old English hrympel "wrinkle" (possibly influenced by Middle Dutch rumpelen ), related to Old English hrimpan "to fold, wrinkle" (see ramp (v.)). Related: Rumpled ; rumpling . As a noun from c. 1500. 中文词源 rumple ：弄皱，弄乱 来自古英语 hrympel,弄皱，来自 Proto-Germanic*hrimp,卷起，弯
• rump 英文词源 rump (n.) "hind-quarters, buttocks of an animal," mid-15c., from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish, Norwegian rumpe , Swedish rumpa ), from or corresponding to Middle Dutch romp , German Rumpf "trunk, torso." Sense of "small remnant" derives from "tail" and is first recorded 1640s in reference to the English Rump Parliament (December 1648-April 1653). As an adjective from c. 1600.
• rummy 英文词源 rummy (n.) card game, 1910, rhummy , of unknown origin. Gin rummy is first attested 1941. Meaning "drunkard" is 1851, from rum (n.). Meaning "opponent of temperance" in U.S. politics is from 1860. 中文词源 rummy ：拉米纸牌游戏 词源不详，可能来自 run,跑，扑克牌的顺子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rummy 词源， rummy 含义。
• rummage 英文词源 rummage rummage: [16] Rummage is etymologically ‘roomage’. It originally denoted the ‘stowage of cargo in a ship’s hold’. It came from Anglo- Norman * rumage , a reduced form of Old French arrumage . This was derived from the verb arrumer ‘stow in a hold’, which itself was based on run ‘ship’s hold’. And this in turn was borrowed from Middle Dutch ruim ‘space’,
• ruminative 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 中
• ruminate 英文词源 ruminate (v.) 1530s, "to turn over in the mind," also "to chew cud" (1540s), from Latin ruminatus , past participle of ruminare "to chew the cud; turn over in the mind," from rumen (genitive ruminis ) "gullet," of uncertain origin. Related: Ruminated ; ruminating . 中文词源 ruminate ：反刍，沉思，思考 rumin,瘤胃，反刍动物的第一个胃，-ate,使。引申词义沉思
• ruminant 英文词源 ruminant (n.) 1660s, from Latin ruminantem (nominative ruminans ), present participle of ruminare "to chew the cud" (see ruminate ). As an adjective from 1670s. 中文词源 ruminant ：反刍动物 rumin,瘤胃，反刍动物的第一个胃，-ant,表物。引申词义反刍动物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ruminant 词源， ruminant 含义。
• rumbustious 英文词源 rumbustious (adj.) 1778, an arbitrary formation, part of what Farmer describes as "A class of colloquialisms compounded with an intensive prefix" ( ram- or rum- ), probably suggesting in part rum (adj.) in its old slang sense of "good, fine," and ramp (n.2). In this case apparently suggested by boisterous , robustious , bumptious , etc. Coined about the same time were rumbustical , ra
• rumba 英文词源 rumba (n.) 1919, from Cuban Spanish rumba , originally "spree, carousal," derived from Spanish rumbo "spree, party," earlier "ostentation, pomp, leadership," perhaps originally "the course of a ship," from rombo "rhombus," in reference to the compass, which is marked with a rhombus. The verb is recorded from 1932. Related: Rumbaed ; rumbaing . 中文词源 rumba ：伦巴舞 来自古巴
• rum 英文词源 rum (n.) "liquor from sugar cane or molasses," 1650s, shortening of rumbullion (1651), rombostion (1652), of uncertain origin, perhaps from rum (adj.). The chiefe fudling they make in the Island [i.e. Barbados] is Rumbullion alias Kill-Devill, and this is made of suggar cane distilled, a hott, hellish and terrible liquor. ["A briefe Description of the Island of Barbados," 1651] The En
• ruffle 英文词源 ruffle (v.) early 14c., "to disturb the smoothness of," perhaps from Old Norse hrufla "to scratch," or Low German ruffelen "to wrinkle, curl," both of unknown origin. Meaning "disarrange" (hair or feathers) first recorded late 15c.; sense of "annoy, distract" is from 1650s. Related: Ruffled ; ruffling . ruffle (n.) "ornamental frill," 1707, from ruffle (v.). 中文词源 ruffle ：弄皱
• ruffian 英文词源 ruffian (n.) 1530s, "a boisterous, brutal fellow, one ready to commit any crime," from Middle French rufian "a pimp" (15c.), from Italian ruffiano "a pander, pimp," of uncertain origin, perhaps from a Germanic source related to rough (adj.), but Dutch roffiaan , German Ruffian are said to be from French. English meaning might have been influenced by similarity of sound to rough . Rela
• rueful 英文词源 rueful (adj.) early 13c., rewfulle , reowfule , from rue (n.2) + -ful . Related: Ruefulness . 中文词源 rueful ：懊悔的，悲伤的 rue,感到懊悔，-ful,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rueful 词源， rueful 含义。
• rue 英文词源 rue rue: Rue ‘regret’ [OE] and rue the plant [14] are distinct words. The former goes back to a prehistoric Germanic source, of uncertain ultimate origins, which meant ‘distress’, and which also produced German reuen and Dutch rouwen . In the early Middle English period, when it still meant ‘cause to feel pity’ (a sense which has now died out), a noun ruth ‘pity’ was f
• rudimentary 英文词源 rudimentary (adj.) 1827; see rudiment + -ary . Earlier was rudimental (1590s). 中文词源 rudimentary ：基础的，基本的 rudiment,基本，基础，-ary,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rudimentary 词源， rudimentary 含义。
• rudiment 英文词源 rudiment (n.) 1540s, from Middle French rudiment (16c.) or directly from Latin rudimentum "early training, first experience, beginning, first principle," from rudis "unlearned, untrained" (see rude ). Related: Rudiments . 中文词源 rudiment ：雏形，萌芽，基本原理，基础 rude,原始的，-ment,名词后缀。引申诸相关词义。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• ruckus 英文词源 ruckus (n.) 1890, possibly a blend of ruction and rumpus . 中文词源 ruckus ：喧闹，争吵 可能来自 ruction 和 rumpus 的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ruckus 词源， ruckus 含义。
• rucksack 英文词源 rucksack (n.) 1866, from German Rucksack, from Alpine dialect Rück "the back" (from German Rücken ; see ridge ) + Sack "sack" (see sack (n.1)). 中文词源 rucksack ：背包，旅行包 来自德语 Rucksack,背包，来自 Rucken,背，词源同 ridge,Sack,包，词源同 sack. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rucksack 词源， rucksack 含义。
• ruck 英文词源 ruck (1) "A loose scrum formed around a player with the ball on the ground", Middle English (in the sense 'stack of fuel, heap'): apparently of Scandinavian origin; compare with Norwegian ruke 'heap of hay'. ruck (2) "Compress or move (cloth or clothing) so that it forms a number of untidy folds or creases", Late 18th century (as a noun): from Old Norse hrukka . ruck (3) "A quarrel or
• ruche 英文词源 ruche (n.) "frill," 1827, from French ruche , literally "beehive" (13c.), of Celtic origin (compare Breton rusken ), from Proto-Celtic *rusca "bark." Related: Ruched ; ruching . 中文词源 ruche ：褶边，褶带 来自中古法语 rusche,褶边，来自拉丁语 rusca,树皮。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ruche 词源， ruche 含义。
• rubric 英文词源 rubric (n.) c. 1300, "directions in religious services" (often in red writing), from Old French rubrique , rubriche "rubric, title" (13c.), from Latin rubrica "red ochre, red coloring matter," from ruber , from PIE root *rudhro- (see red ). Meaning "title or heading of a book" is from early 15c. Related: Rubrical . 中文词源 rubric ：红字标题，题目 来自拉丁语 rubrica,红
• ruble 英文词源 ruble (n.) unit of the Russian monetary system, 1550s, via French rouble , from Russian rubl' , perhaps from Old Russian rubiti "to chop, cut, hew," so called because the original metallic currency of Russia (14c.) consisted of silver bars, from which the necessary amount was cut off; from Proto-Slavic *rub- , from PIE root *reub- , *reup- "to snatch" (see rip (v.)). 中文词源 rubl
• rubidium 英文词源 rubidium "The chemical element of atomic number 37, a rare soft silvery reactive metal of the alkali metal group", Mid 19th century: modern Latin , from Latin rubidus 'red' (with reference to its spectral lines). 中文词源 rubidium ：铷 来自拉丁语 rubidus,红色的，来自 PIE*reudh,红色的，词源同 red,ruby.因这种金属元素呈红 色而得名。 该词的英语词源
• rubicund 英文词源 rubicund (adj.) "inclining to redness," c. 1500, from Middle French rubicond (14c.), or directly from Latin rubicundus , from rubere "to be red," from ruber "red" (see red (adj.1)). Related: Rubicundity . 中文词源 rubicund ：红润的 来自拉丁语 rubicundus,红色的，来自 rubere,变红，来自 PIE*reudh,红色的，词源同 red,ruby. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• Rubicon 英文词源 Rubicon (n.) in phrase to cross (or pass) the Rubicon "take a decisive step," 1620s, a reference to a small stream to the Adriatic on the coast of northern Italy which in ancient times formed part of the southern boundary of Cisalpine Gaul; crossed by Caesar Jan. 10, 49 B.C.E., when he left his province to attack Pompey. The name is from Latin rubicundus "ruddy," in reference to the c
• Rubenesque 英文词源 Rubenesque (adj.) of a woman's body, "rounded and alluringly plump," 1904, of the type characteristic of the paintings of Flemish painter Sir Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640). 中文词源 Rubenesque ：鲁本斯风格的 来自 17 世纪荷兰画家 Sir Peter Paul Rubens.其绘画风格常突出女人的丰满美。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Rubenesque 词源，
• rubella 英文词源 rubella (n.) "German measles," 1883, Modern Latin, literally "rash," from neuter plural of Latin rubellus "reddish," diminutive of ruber "red" (see red (adj.1)). 中文词源 rubella ：风疹 来自拉丁语 ruber,红色的，-ella,小词后缀，词源同 red,ruby.用于指风疹。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rubella 词源， rubella 含义。
• rubble 英文词源 rubble rubble: [14] Old French robe (a relative of English rob ) originally meant ‘loot, odds and ends stolen’ (its later sense ‘stolen clothes’ led on to English robe ). From it was derived Anglo- Norman * robel ‘bits of broken stone’, which passed into English as rubble . The plural of * robel would have been * robeus , and this may have been the starting point for Anglo
• rubbing 英文词源 electricity electricity: [17] The earliest manifestation of electricity was that produced by rubbing amber, and hence the name, based on ēlectrum , Latin for ‘amber’ (which in turn derives from Greek ēlektron ). The first evidence of this in a Latin text is in William Gilbert’s De magnete 1600, but by the middle of the century we find the word being used in English treatises,
• rubbery 英文词源 rubbery (adj.) 1890, from rubber (n.) + -y (2). Related: Rubberiness . 中文词源 rubbery ：橡胶似的 来自 rubber,橡胶，-y,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rubbery 词源， rubbery 含义。
• royalist 英文词源 royalist (n.) 1640s, from royal + -ist . In England, a partisan of Charles I and II during the Civil War; in the U.S., an adherent of British government during the Revolution; in France, a supporter of the Bourbons. 中文词源 royalist ：君主主义者 royal,君主的，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： royalist 词源， royalist 含义。
• rower 英文词源 flame-thrower (n.) also Flamethrower , 1917, translating German flammenwerfer (1915). See flame (n.) + throw (v.). grower (n.) "one who produces," mid-15c., agent noun from grow (v.). Meaning "that which increases" is from 1560s. 中文词源 rower ：划船者 row,划，划船，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rower 词源， rower 含义。
• rowdyism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random about about: [OE] About in Old English times meant ‘around the outside of’; it did not develop its commonest present-day meaning, ‘concerning’, until the 13th century. In its earliest incarnation it was onbūtan , a compound made up of on and būtan ‘outside’ (this is the same word as modern English but , which was i
• rowboat 英文词源 rowboat (n.) also row-boat , 1530s, from row (v.) + boat . Similar formation in Dutch roeiboot . 中文词源 rowboat ：划艇，小船 row,划，划船，boat,船。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rowboat 词源， rowboat 含义。
• rowan 英文词源 rowan (n.) "mountain ash," 1804, from rowan-tree, rountree (1540s), northern English and Scottish, from a Scandinavian source (compare Old Norse reynir , Swedish Ronn "the rowan"), ultimately from the root of red , in reference to the berries. There were those in this neighbourhood, long after the beginning of the present century, who believed that a slip of rowan tree carried on thei
• rover 英文词源 rover rover: see rob rover (n.) late 14c., "sea-robber, pirate," from Middle Dutch rover "robber, predator, plunderer," especially in zeerovere "pirate," literally "sea-robber," from roven "to rob," from Middle Dutch roof "spoil, plunder," related to Old English reaf "spoil, plunder," reafian "to reave" (see reave (v.)). Meaning "remote-controlled surface vehicle" is from 1970. 中文词
• rove 英文词源 rove (v.) "to wander with no fixed destination," 1530s (earliest sense was "to shoot arrows at a mark selected at pleasure or at random," late 15c.); possibly a Midlands dialectal variant of northern English and Scottish rave "to wander, stray," from Middle English raven , probably from Old Norse rafa "to wander, rove" (compare rave (v.)). Influenced by rover , if not a back-formation
• roux 英文词源 roux roux: see russet roux (n.) sauce made from browned butter or fat, 1813, from French ( beurre ) roux "browned (butter)," from roux "red, reddish-brown," from Latin russus (see russet ). 中文词源 roux ：油面酱 来自法语 beurre roux,棕黄油，来自 beurre,黄油，词源同 butter,roux,红棕色的，来自拉丁语 russus,红棕色的，词源同 red,russet. 该词的英
• rout 英文词源 rout rout: English has two words rout . ‘Disorderly retreat’ [16] comes via archaic French route ‘dispersed group’ and Italian rotta ‘breakage’ from Vulgar Latin * rupta , a noun use of the past participle of Latin rumpere ‘break’ (source of English corrupt , disrupt [17], erupt , and rupture and related to English rob ). Other English descendants of * rupta are route
• roustabout 英文词源 roustabout (n.) "deck hand, wharf worker," 1868, perhaps from roust + about . But another theory connects it to British dialect rousing "rough, shaggy," a word associated perhaps with rooster . With extended senses in U.S., including "circus hand" (1931); "manual laborer on an oil rig" (1948). 中文词源 roustabout ：杂工，非技术工 roust,唤醒，about,到处。比喻用法。
• roust 英文词源 roust (v.) 1650s, probably an alteration of rouse . Related: Rousted ; rousting . 中文词源 roust ：唤醒，打扰，驱逐 可能来自 rouse 拼写变体或过去分词，引申词义打扰，驱逐等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： roust 词源， roust 含义。
• roundworm 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random coat coat: [13] Coat seems originally to have signified a sort of short close-fitting cloth tunic with sleeves, worn by men. Over the centuries fashion has lengthened the garment, and its male exclusivity has disappeared (originally, as a woman’s garment a coat was a skirt, a sense preserved in petticoat ). The word is of Germ
• Roundhead 英文词源 Roundhead (n.) "adherent of the Parliamentary party in the English Civil War," 1641, so called for their custom of wearing the hair close-cropped, in contrast to the flowing curls of the cavaliers. 中文词源 Roundhead ：圆颅党 英国 1642-1652 内战期间的议会派分子，与保皇党相对。因保皇党多为骑士阶层，留长发， 而圆颅党人头发剪短，因而得
• rounders 英文词源 baseball (n.) in the modern sense, 1845, American English, from base (n.) + ball (n.1). Earlier references, such as in Jane Austen's "Northanger Abbey," refer to the game of "rounders," of which baseball is a more elaborate variety. Legendarily invented 1839 by Abner Doubleday in Cooperstown, N.Y. Base was used for "start or finish line of a race" from 1690s; and the sense of "safe sp
• roundel 英文词源 roundel (n.) late 13c., "a circle," from Old French rondel "round dance; dance lyric; roundel," from rond "round" (see round (n.)). 中文词源 roundel ：圆形标志 round,圆形，-el,小词后缀。用于指各种小圆形标志。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： roundel 词源， roundel 含义。
• roughshod 英文词源 roughshod (adj.) also rough-shod , 1680s, from rough (adj.) + shod . Originally of horses shod with the nails projecting from the shoe, to prevent slipping. 中文词源 roughshod ：蹂躏 rough,粗糙的，shod,穿鞋子的，自 shoe 的过去分词形式。原指马掌，引申词义践踏，蹂躏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： roughshod 词源， rough
• roughen 英文词源 roughen (v.) 1580s, from rough (adj.) + -en (1). Related: Roughened ; roughening . 中文词源 roughen ：使粗糙 rough,粗糙的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： roughen 词源， roughen 含义。
• roughage 英文词源 roughage (n.) 1883, "rough grass or weeds," from rough (adj.) + -age . Meaning "coarse, bulky food" first recorded 1927. 中文词源 roughage ：食物粗纤维 rough,粗糙的，-age,名词后缀。后用于指食物的粗纤维。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： roughage 词源， roughage 含义。
• rotunda 英文词源 rotunda (n.) "round building," 1680s, from Italian rotonda , especially the Pantheon, from noun use of Latin rotunda , fem. of rotundus "round" (see rotund ). Meaning "circular hall or room within a building" is from 1780. 中文词源 rotunda ：圆形大厅 来自 rotund,圆的，-a,表阴性格。后作名词使用，用于指圆形大厅，圆形建筑物。 该词的英语词源请
• rottor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random spell spell: English has three distinct words spell , although two of them come from the same ultimate source. Spell ‘name the letters of a word’ [13] was adapted from Old French espeler ‘read out’. This was descended from an earlier * espeldre , which was borrowed from prehistoric Germanic * spellōn . And it was a noun
• rotor 英文词源 rotor (n.) 1873, irregular shortening of rotator (see rotate (v.)), originally in mathematics. Mechanical sense is attested from 1903; specifically of helicopters from 1930. 中文词源 rotor ：机器转子，转动部件 缩写自 rotator,来自 rotate,旋转，转动。引申词义机器转子，转动部件等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rotor 词源，
• rotisserie 英文词源 rotisserie (n.) 1868, "restaurant where meat is roasted on a spit," from French rôtisserie "shop selling cooked food, restaurant," from present participle stem of rôtir "to roast," from Old French rostir (see roast (v.)). As an in-home cooking apparatus, attested from 1953. Manufacturers (or their copy writers) back-formed a verb, rotiss (1958). Rotisserie league (1980), a form of f
• rote 英文词源 rote (n.) c. 1300, "custom, habit," in phrase bi rote "by heart," of uncertain origin, sometimes said to be connected with Old French rote "route" (see route (n.)), or from Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary ), but OED calls both suggestions groundless. 中文词源 rote ：死记硬背 词源不详，可能来自拉丁语 rotare,旋转，转动，词源同 round,roll,rotate.比喻用法。