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• wellspring 英文词源 wellspring (n.) Old English welspryng "living spring, fountainhead," literal and figurative; see well (n.) + spring (n.2). 中文词源 wellspring ：泉源，源泉 well,泉，spring,喷涌，引申义源泉。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wellspring 词源， wellspring 含义。 wellspring ：泉源，源泉 well,泉，spring,喷涌，引申词义源泉。
• well-nigh 英文词源 well-nigh (adv.) Old English wel neah , from well (adv.) + nigh . 中文词源 well-nigh ：几乎，差不多 well,好的，nigh,几乎，接近，比较级near,最高级next. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： well-nigh 词源， well-nigh 含义。 well-nigh ：几乎，差不多 well,好的，nigh,几乎，接近，比较级 near,最高级 next.
• wellington 英文词源 wellington wellington: [19] The first duke of Wellington (1769–1852) was perhaps the best-known figure in British public life during the first half of the 19th century, having won considerable prestige for his military campaigns during the Napoleonic wars, and (in what amounted virtually to the first instance of personally endorsed clothing) several types of garment worn by or assoc
• well heeled 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random limbo limbo: English has two distinct and probably unrelated words limbo . By far the older is the theological limbo [14], referring originally to that condition in which the souls of the dead exist that are neither in heaven nor in hell. It comes from Latin limbus ‘border, edge’, which in the Middle Ages was used to refer t
• well 英文词源 well well: English has two distinct words well , both of ancient ancestry. The adverb, ‘satisfactorily’ [OE], has relatives throughout the Germanic languages (German wohl , Dutch wel , Swedish väl , and Danish vel ), and probably goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * wel -, * wol -, which also gave English voluntary , wealth , and will . It was not used as an adjective
• welkin 英文词源 welkin (n.) "sky" (poetic), Old English wolcen "cloud," also "sky, heavens," from Proto-Germanic *welk- (cognates: Old Saxon wolkan , Old Frisian wolken , Middle Dutch wolke , Dutch wolk , Old High German wolka , German Wolke "cloud," from PIE *welg- "wet" (cognates: Lithuanian vilgyti "to moisten," Old Church Slavonic vlaga "moisture," Czech vlhky "damp"). 中文词源 welkin ：天空
• welfare 英文词源 welfare (n.) c. 1300, from Old English wel faran "condition of being or doing well," from wel (see well (adv.)) + faran "get along" (see fare (v.)). Similar formation in Old Norse velferð . Meaning "social concern for the well-being of children, the unemployed, etc." is first attested 1904; meaning "organized effort to provide for maintenance of members of a group" is from 1918. Welf
• weld 英文词源 weld weld: [16] Weld is ultimately the same verb as well (as in ‘The tears welled up in his eyes’). This originally meant ‘boil, melt’, but in the 15th century (perhaps under the influence of Swedish välla ‘gush, weld’) it began to be used for ‘fuse metal by heating’. Weld itself presumably arose from the use of the past form welled as a present form. = well weld (n.2
• welcome 英文词源 welcome welcome: [12] Old English had the greeting wilcume , which was a compound word formed from wil - ‘pleasure’ (ancestor of modern English will ) and cume , a derivative of cuman ‘come’. From it was formed the verb wilcumian ‘welcome’. (German has the parallel wilkommen .) Then in the early Middle English period, due to the similarity of well and the influence of the
• weird 英文词源 weird weird: [OE] Originally, weird was a noun, meaning ‘fate, destiny’. Etymologically it denoted ‘that which comes about’: for it was derived from the same base which produced the now obsolete English verb worth ‘come to be, become’ (a relative of German werden ‘become’). It was used adjectivally in Middle English in the sense ‘having power to control fate’ (whic
• weir 英文词源 weir weir: [OE] A weir is etymologically a structure for ‘hindering’ the flow of water. The word’s Old English ancestor was derived from the verb werīan ‘defend, protect’, also ‘hinder’, and hence by extension ‘dam up’, which was distantly related to Sanskrit vr ‘cover’ and vāraya ‘stop, hinder’, and came ultimately from the Indo-European base * wer - ‘co
• weighting 英文词源 bias bias: [16] English acquired bias from Old French biais , but its previous history is uncertain. It probably came via Old Provençal, but where from? Speculations include Latin bifacem ‘looking two ways’, from bi - ‘two’ and faciēs ‘face’, and Greek epikársios ‘oblique’. When the word first entered English it meant simply ‘oblique line’, but by the end of the
• weight 英文词源 weight (n.) Old English gewiht "weighing, weight, downward force of a body, heaviness," from Proto-Germanic *wihti- (cognates: Old Norse vætt , Danish vegt , Old Frisian wicht , Middle Dutch gewicht , German Gewicht ), from *weg- (see weigh ). Figurative sense of "burden" is late 14c. To lose weight "get thinner" is recorded from 1961. Weight Watcher as a trademark name dates from 19
• weigh 英文词源 weigh weigh: [OE] The etymological notion underlying weigh is ‘carrying’: for it comes ultimately from the Indo-European base * wegh -, which also produced Latin vehere ‘carry’ (source of English vector , vehicle , etc). The idea of ‘heaviness’ is a secondary development. The word’s immediate source was prehistoric Germanic * wegan , which also produced Dutch wegen , Swe
• weft 英文词源 weft weft: see weave weft (n.) "threads which run across the web from side to side," Old English weft , wefta "weft," related to wefan "to weave," from Proto-Germanic *weftaz (see weave (v.)). 中文词源 weft ：纬线 来自PIE*webh,编织，穿梭，快速移动，词源同weave,web。用于指纬线。比较warp. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： weft 词源，
• weevil 英文词源 weevil weevil: [15] Old English had a word wifel ‘beetle’, but this appears to have died out, and weevil was probably borrowed from Middle Low German wevel . Both words had the same ultimate origin, however: prehistoric Germanic * webilaz . It is not clear whether this was derived from the base * web -, * wab - ‘weave’ (source of English weave ‘make cloth’ and web ), in wh
• weep 英文词源 weep weep: [OE] Weep goes back to prehistoric Germanic * wōpjan , which probably originated in imitation of the sound of wailing or lamentation. Most of its Germanic relatives have long since died out, but Icelandic still has ǽpa ‘cry out, scream’. weep (v.) Old English wepan "shed tears, cry; bewail, mounr over; complain" (class VII strong verb; past tense weop , past participl
• weeny 英文词源 weeny "Tiny", Late 18th century: from wee 1 , on the pattern of tiny ; compare with teeny. 中文词源 weeny ：极小的 来自wee,极小的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： weeny 词源， weeny 含义。
• weenie 英文词源 weenie (n.) "frankfurter," 1906, with slang sense of "penis" following soon after, from German wienerwurst "Vienna sausage" (see wiener ). Meaning "ineffectual person, effeminate young man" is slang from 1963; pejorative sense via penis shape, or perhaps from weenie in the sense of "small" (see wee ). 中文词源 weenie ：窝囊废 来自wiener拼写变体，香肠，俚语义老二，
• week 英文词源 week week: [OE] Week evolved from a prehistoric Germanic * wikōn , which also produced German woche , Dutch week , Swedish vecka , and Danish uge . This was probably derived from the base * wik - ‘bend, turn, change’ (source also of English weak ), and it is thought that it may originally have denoted ‘time-change’, perhaps with specific reference to the change of phase of th
• weeds 英文词源 weeds (n.) "garments" (now surviving, if at all, in widow's weeds ), plural of archaic weed , from Old English wæd , wæde "robe, dress, apparel, garment, clothing," from Proto-Germanic *wedo (cognates: Old Saxon wadi , Old Frisian wede "garment," Old Norse vað "cloth, texture," Old High German wat "garment"), probably from PIE *wedh- , extended form of root *au- (3) "to weave." Arc
• weed 英文词源 weed (n.) "plant not valued for use or beauty," Old English weod , uueod "grass, herb, weed," from Proto-Germanic *weud- (cognates: Old Saxon wiod , East Frisian wiud ), of unknown origin. Also applied to trees that grow abundantly. Meaning "tobacco" is from c. 1600; that of "marijuana" is from 1920s. The chemical weed-killer is attested by 1885. weed (v.) "to clear the ground of weed
• wee 英文词源 wee wee: English has two words wee . The older, ‘small’ [OE], was originally a noun, Old English wēg or wēge . This meant ‘weight’, and is closely related to English weigh . Its use in contexts such as a little wee , literally ‘a small weight’, meant that by the 13th century it had shifted semantically to ‘small amount’, but it did not become an adjective until the 1
• wedlock 英文词源 wedlock (n.) Old English wedlac "pledge-giving, marriage vow," from wed + -lac, noun suffix meaning "actions or proceedings, practice," attested in about a dozen Old English compounds ( feohtlac "warfare"), but this is the only surviving example. Suffix altered by folk etymology through association with lock (n.1). Meaning "condition of being married" is recorded from early 13c. 中文词
• wedgie 英文词源 wedgie (n.) 1940, "wedge-heeled shoe," from wedge (n.) + -ie . The underwear prank so called by 1970s, from the effect it gives the victim. 中文词源 wedgie ：抓着内裤提起某人，恶作剧 来自wedge,楔子，比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wedgie 词源， wedgie 含义。
• wedge 英文词源 wedge (n.) Old English wecg "a wedge," from Proto-Germanic *wagjaz (cognates: Old Norse veggr , Middle Dutch wegge , Dutch wig , Old High German weggi "wedge," dialectal German Weck "wedge-shaped bread roll"), of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Latin vomer "plowshare." From 1610s in reference to other things shaped like a wedge. Of women's shoes or shoe-heels, from 1939. Wedge is
• wedding breakfast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dilate dilate: [14] Latin lātus meant ‘wide’ (it probably came from an earlier * stlātos , represented in Church Slavonic stilati ‘spread out’, and has given English latitude ). It was used with the prefix dis - ‘apart’ to form the verb dīlātāre ‘expand, extend’, which English acquired via Old French dilater
• wedding 英文词源 wedding wedding: [OE] A wedding is etymologically a ceremony at which people ‘promise’ to marry each other. The word’s source, the verb wed [OE], goes back to prehistoric Germanic * wathjōjan (source also of German wetten ‘wager’). This in turn was derived from the noun * wathjam ‘pledge’, which also produced English engage , wage , and wager . = engage , wage , wager w
• wedded 英文词源 married (adj.) "formally wedded," late 14c., from past participle of marry (v.). mate (n.1) "associate, fellow, comrade," mid-14c., also "companion" (late 14c.), from Middle Low German mate, gemate "one eating at the same table, messmate," from Proto-Germanic *ga-maton "having food ( *matiz ) together ( *ga- )," which is etymologically identical with companion . Cognate with Danish an
• wed 英文词源 wed (v.) Old English weddian "to pledge oneself, covenant to do something, vow; betroth, marry," also "unite (two other people) in a marriage, conduct the marriage ceremony," from Proto-Germanic *wadi- (cognates: Old Norse veðja , Danish vedde "to bet, wager," Old Frisian weddia "to promise," Gothic ga-wadjon "to betroth"), from PIE root *wadh- (1) "to pledge, to redeem a pledge" (co
• webzine 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random odd odd: [14] The etymological idea underlying odd is of ‘pointing upwards’. Its ultimate ancestor is a prehistoric Indo-European * uzdho -, a compound formed from * uz - ‘up’ and * dho - ‘put, place’ (source of English do ). From the notion of a ‘pointed vertical object’ developed ‘triangle’, which in turn i
• weblog 英文词源 weblog (n.) by 1994; see blog . 中文词源 weblog ：博客 web,网络，log,记录。该词通常缩写为blog. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： weblog 词源， weblog 含义。 weblog ：博客 web,网络，log,记录。该词通常缩写为 blog.
• webhead 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random drab drab: [16] Drab is a variant of the now obsolete form drap , which was borrowed from Old French drap ‘cloth’ (source also of English drape , draper , and trappings ). It was originally a noun meaning ‘cloth’ in English too, but the beginnings of its transition to the modern English adjective meaning ‘faded and dul
• weber 英文词源 Weber surname attested from 1255; literally "weaver" (see web ). 中文词源 weber ：韦伯（磁通量单位 ） 来自19世纪德国物理学家Wilhelm Eduard Weber,以表彰他对这项研究所做出的贡献。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： weber 词源， weber 含义。
• web 英文词源 web web: [OE] A web is etymologically something ‘woven’. In common with Dutch web , Swedish väf , and Danish voev , the word goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * wabjam . This was derived from the base * wab -, * web -, which also produced English weave ‘make cloth’. The derivative webster [OE] originally denoted a ‘female weaver’, but it now survives only as a surname.
• weave 英文词源 weave weave: English has two distinct verbs weave , but they have grown to resemble each other closely over the centuries. Weave ‘make cloth’ [OE] goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * weben , which also produced German weben , Dutch weven , Swedish väva , and Danish voeve . It was formed from the base * web -, * wab - (source also of English wafer , web , and weft [OE]), which i
• weathervane 英文词源 weather-vane (n.) also weathervane , mid-15c., wederfane ; see weather (n.) + vane . Weathercock also is mid-15c. ( wedurkoke ). 中文词源 weathervane ：风向标 weather,风，天气，vane,风向标。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： weathervane 词源， weathervane 含义。 weathervane ：风向标 weather,风，天气，vane,风向标。
• weatherize 英文词源 weatherize (v.) 1946, from weather (n.) + -ize . Related: Weatherized ; weatherizing . 中文词源 weatherize ：使建筑物御寒 来自weather,天气，风化，经受，-ize,使。引申义使建筑物经受恶劣天气的考验，御寒等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： weatherize 词源， weatherize 含义。 weatherize ：使建筑物御寒 来自 w
• weathering 英文词源 weather (v.) "come through safely," 1650s, from weather (n.). The notion is of a ship riding out a storm. Sense of "wear away by exposure" is from 1757. Related: Weathered ; weathering . Old English verb wederian meant "exhibit a change of weather." neoprene "A synthetic polymer resembling rubber, resistant to oil, heat, and weathering", 1930s: from neo- 'new' + prene (perhaps from pr
• weather 英文词源 weather weather: [OE] Weather goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * we - ‘blow’, which also produced English ventilate and wind . From it were formed two nouns, * wedhrom (source of Russian vedro ‘good weather’) and * wetróm (source of Lithuanian vétra ‘storm’). One or other of these became prehistoric Germanic * wethram , which evolved into German wetter , Du
• weasel 英文词源 weasel (n.) Old English weosule , wesle "weasel," from Proto-Germanic *wisulon (cognates: Old Norse visla , Middle Dutch wesel , Dutch wezel , Old High German wisula , German Wiesel ), probably related to Proto-Germanic *wisand- "bison" (see bison ), with a base sense of "stinking animal," because both animals have a foul, musky smell (compare Latin vissio "stench"). A John Wesilheued
• weary 英文词源 weary weary: [OE] Weary is descended from a West Germanic * wōriga , whose other offspring have all died out. It was formed from the base * wōr -, which also produced Old English wōrian ‘wander, totter’ and Old Norse örr ‘mad’, but its ultimate ancestry is uncertain. weary (adj.) Old English werig "tired, exhausted; miserable, sad," related to worian "to wander, totter," f
• wearisome 英文词源 wearisome (adj.) mid-15c., "weary," also "causing weariness," from weary + -some (1). 中文词源 wearisome ：乏味的 来自weary,乏味的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wearisome 词源， wearisome 含义。
• wear 英文词源 wear wear: [OE] Wear goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * wazjan , of whose other descendants only the Icelandic past participle varinn ‘clad’ survives. This was formed from the base * was -, which in turn was descended from Indo- European * wes -, source of Latin vestis ‘clothing’, from which English gets vest , vestment , etc. = vest wear (v.) Old English werian "to clothe,
• weapon 英文词源 weapon weapon: [OE] Weapon comes from a prehistoric Germanic * wǣpnam , a source it shares with German waffe , Dutch wapen , Swedish vapen , and Danish vaaben . But of the ancestry of the Germanic form nothing certain is known. weapon (n.) Old English wæpen "instrument of fighting and defense, sword," also "penis," from Proto-Germanic *wæpnan (cognates: Old Saxon wapan , Old Norse
• wean 英文词源 wean wean: [OE] The etymological notion underlying wean is of ‘becoming accustomed’. The specialization to ‘making accustomed to food other than mother’s milk’ is a secondary development. The word comes from a prehistoric Germanic * wanjan (source also of German gewöhnen ‘accustom’). This was derived from the adjective * wanaz ‘accustomed’, which in turn was formed
• wealth 英文词源 wealth wealth: [13] The now virtually defunct weal [OE] meant ‘welfare’, and also ‘riches’; it was descended from prehistoric West Germanic * welon , a derivative of the same base as produced English well . The abstract-noun suffix - th was added to it in early Middle English to produce wealth . This also originally meant ‘welfare, well-being’ as well as ‘riches’, a se
• weal 英文词源 weal (n.1) "well-being," Old English wela "wealth," in late Old English also "welfare, well-being," from West Germanic *welon- , from PIE root *wel- (2) "to wish, will" (see will (v.)). Related to well (adv.). weal (n.2) "raised mark on skin," 1821, alteration of wale (q.v.). 中文词源 weal ：红肿伤痕 来自PIE*wel,弯，转，拱，词源同walk,vault.引申义肿起来的一块
• weak 英文词源 weak weak: [13] Etymologically, something that is weak is ‘bendable’. The word was borrowed from Old Norse veikr . This was descended from prehistoric Germanic * waikwaz , which also produced German weich and Dutch week ‘soft’. And this in turn was formed from * waikw -, * wikw - ‘give way, yield’, a derivative of the base * wik - ‘bend’, which also produced the witch
• we 英文词源 we we: [OE] We goes back ultimately to Indo- European * wei , which also produced Sanskrit vayám ‘we’. The precise process by which this evolved into German wir , Dutch wij , Swedish and Danish vi , and English we has never been unravelled. we (pron.) Old English we , first person plural pronoun, "I and another or others," from Proto-Germanic *wiz (cognates: Old Saxon wi , Old No
• wazoo 英文词源 wazoo "A person’s buttocks or anus", 1960s: of unknown origin. 中文词源 wazoo ：屁眼 俚语，可能来自拟声词，放屁的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wazoo 词源， wazoo 含义。
• wazir 英文词源 vizier (n.) also vizir , 1560s, from Turkish vezir "counsellor," from Arabic wazir "viceroy," literally "one who bears (the burden of office)," literally "porter, carrier," from wazara "he carried." But Klein says Arabic wazir is from Avestan viçira "arbitrator, judge." He also says it replaced Arabic katib , literally "writer," in the sense "secretary of state." 中文词源 wazir ：
• wayward 英文词源 wayward (adj.) late 14c., shortening of aweiward "turned away," from way (adv.), shortening of away + -ward . Related: Waywardly ; waywardness . 中文词源 wayward ：难以控制的，倔强的 way-,缩写自away,离开，-ward,转走，词源同toward,引申词义难以控制的，倔强的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wayward 词源， wayward 含义。
• waylay 英文词源 waylay (v.) "to ambush," 1510s, from way (n.) + lay (v.), on model of Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wegelagen "besetting of ways, lying in wait with evil or hostile intent along public ways." Related: Waylaid ; waylaying . 中文词源 waylay ：拦路 way,路，lay,放置。引申词义拦路，抢劫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： waylay 词源， waylay
• wayfarer 英文词源 wayfarer (n.) mid-15c., agent noun from way (n.) + fare (v.). Earlier was wayferer (late 14c.). The brand of sunglasses (manufactured by Ray-Ban) dates to 1952. 中文词源 wayfarer ：旅行者 way,路，fare,旅程。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wayfarer 词源， wayfarer 含义。 wayfarer ：旅行者 way,路，fare,旅程。
• way 英文词源 way way: [OE] In common with German and Dutch weg , Swedish väg , and Danish vej , way goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * wegaz . This was formed from the base * weg - ‘move, carry’ (source also of English waggon , wee , and weigh ), which in turn was descended from Indo- European * wegh -. This also produced English vector , vehicle , etc, and a variant of it is responsible f
• waxwork 英文词源 wax (n.) Old English weax "substance made by bees," from Proto-Germanic *wahsam (cognates: Old Saxon, Old High German wahs , Old Norse vax , Dutch was , German Wachs ), from PIE root *wokso- "wax" (cognates: Old Church Slavonic voskŭ , Lithuanian vaškas , Polish wosk , Russian vosk "wax" (but these may be from Germanic). Used of other similar substances from 18c. Slang for "gramopho
• wax 英文词源 wax wax: Wax ‘soft oily substance’ [OE] and the now archaic wax ‘grow, become’ [OE] are distinct words. The former comes (together with German wachs , Dutch was , Swedish vax , and Danish vox ) from a prehistoric Germanic * wakhsam . This in turn was descended from the Indo-European * weg - ‘weave’ (source also of English veil ). Wax originally referred specifically to ‘
• wavy 英文词源 wavy (adj.) 1580s, from wave (n.) + -y (2). Related: Waviness . 中文词源 wavy ：波浪形的 来自wave,水波，波浪。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wavy 词源， wavy 含义。 wavy ：波浪形的 来自 wave,水波，波浪。
• waver 英文词源 waver (v.) late 13c., weyveren , "to show indecision," probably related to Old English wæfre "restless, wavering," from Proto-Germanic *wæbraz (cognates: Middle High German wabern "to waver," Old Norse vafra "to hover about"), a frequentative form from the root of wave (v.). Related: Wavered ; wavering . 中文词源 waver ：动摇，摇摆 来自wave,水波，波浪，引申词义动
• wavelet 英文词源 wavelet (n.) 1808, mainly in poetry, from wave (n.) + diminutive suffix -let . 中文词源 wavelet ：涟漪 来自wave,波浪，-let,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wavelet 词源， wavelet 含义。
• wave 英文词源 wave wave: English has two words wave , distinct in origin, which have grown to resemble each other over the centuries. The verb, ‘move to and fro’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base * wab -, which also produced English waver [14] (borrowed from Old Norse vafra ‘move unsteadily’) and wobble [17]. The noun wave ‘movement of the sea’ [16] seems to be an alteratio
• wattle 英文词源 wattle (n.2) "fleshy appendage below the neck of certain birds," 1510s (extended jocularly to human beings, 1560s), of uncertain origin and of doubtful relationship to wattle (n.1). Related: Wattled . wattle (n.1) "stakes interlaced with twigs and forming the framework of the wall of a building," Old English watol "hurdle," in plural "twigs, thatching, tiles," related to weðel "banda
• watt 英文词源 watt (n.) unit of electrical power, 1882, in honor of James Watt (1736-1819), Scottish engineer and inventor. The surname is from an old pet form of Walter and also is in Watson . 中文词源 watt ：瓦 来自18世纪苏格兰工程师James Watt,以表达对其的敬意。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： watt 词源， watt 含义。 Watt （瓦特）：改进蒸
• Watford 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bandy bandy: [16] To ‘bandy words with someone’ may go back to an original idea of ‘banding together to oppose others’. The word comes from French bander ‘oppose’, which is possibly a derivative of bande ‘group, company’ (source of English band ). The rather complex semantic development goes from ‘taking sides’
• water strider 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tumour tumour: [16] Tumour is one of a small family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin tumēre ‘swell’. Others include contumacy , contumely , tumid ‘swollen’ [16], and tumult [15]. = contumacy , contumely , thigh , thumb , tumid , tumult 中文词源 water strider ：水黾 water,水，stride,跨过，跨步
• waterspout 英文词源 waterspout (n.) late 14c., "drainpipe," from water (n.1) + spout (n.). Meaning "whirlwind on open water" is recorded from 1738. 中文词源 waterspout ：水龙卷 water,水，spout,喷涌。用于指水龙卷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： waterspout 词源， waterspout 含义。 waterspout ：水龙卷 water,水，spout,喷涌。用于指水龙卷。
• watershed 英文词源 watershed (n.) "line separating waters flowing into different rivers," 1803, from water (n.1) + shed in a topographical sense of "ridge of high ground between two valleys or lower ground, a divide," perhaps from shed (v.) in its extended noun sense of "the part of the hair of the head" (14c.). Perhaps a loan-translation of German Wasser-scheide . Figurative sense is attested from 1878
• watermelon 英文词源 watermelon (n.) 1610s, from water (n.1) + melon . So called for being full of thin juice. Compare French melon d'eau . 中文词源 watermelon ：西瓜 这是一个复合词，来自 water（水）+ melon（瓜）→ 即一种水分较多的瓜，按理说这应该叫做“水瓜”，但由于这种瓜最先是从西域传入我国的，所以咱们的古人就将其取名为“西瓜
• Waterloo 英文词源 Waterloo Waterloo: [19] The decisive battle at which the army of Napoleon was finally defeated by British, Dutch, and Prussian forces was fought just outside the village of Waterloo, near Brussels in Belgium, on 18 June 1815. The word Waterloo soon came to be used metaphorically for a ‘final and crushing defeat, something that puts one hors de combat for ever’. The first record of
• waterlogged 英文词源 waterlogged (adj.) 1759 (in an account of the Battle of Lagos in "Universal Magazine," September), from water (n.1) + log (n.); the notion apparently is of "reduce to a log-like condition." WATER LOGGED, the state of a ship when, by receiving a great quantity of water into her hold, by leaking, c., she has become heavy and inactive upon the sea, so as to yield without resistance to th
• watered silk 英文词源 mohair (n.) 1610s, earlier mocayre , 1560s, "fine hair of the Angora goat," also "a fabric made from this," from Middle French mocayart (16c.), Italian mocaiarro , both from Arabic mukhayyar "cloth of goat hair," literally "selected, choice," from khayyara "he chose." Spelling influenced in English by association with hair . Moire "watered silk" (1650s) probably represents English moh
• watercress 英文词源 watercress (n.) also water-cress , c. 1300, from water (n.1) + cress . Compare Middle Low German, Middle Dutch waterkerse , German wasserkresse . It grows in or near streams. 中文词源 watercress ：水田芥，豆瓣菜 water,水，cress,水芹。用于指水田芥。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： watercress 词源， watercress 含义。 watercress ：水田
• water chestnut 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random be be: [OE] There are four distinct components that go to make up the modern English verb be . The infinitive form be comes ultimately from an Indo-European base * bheu -, * bhu -, which also produced, by other routes, future and physical . Its Germanic descendant was * bu -, which signified on the one hand ‘dwell’ (from whi
• waterboarding 英文词源 waterboard (n.) 1610s (n.), "gutter," from water (n.1) + board (n.1). Waterboarding as the name of a type of torture is from 2005, but the practice is older. 中文词源 waterboarding ：水刑 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： waterboarding 词源， waterboarding 含义。
• water 英文词源 water water: [OE] Water is an ancient and widespread word, which goes back ultimately to prehistoric Indo-European * wodōr . Its relatives include Greek húdōr ‘water’ (source of the English prefix hydro -), Latin unda ‘wave’ (source of English redundant , surround , undulate , etc), Russian voda ‘water’ (source of English vodka ), Gaelic uisge ‘water’ (source of Eng
• watchword 英文词源 watchword (n.) also watch-word , c. 1400, "password," from watch (n.) in the military sense of "period of standing guard duty" + word (n.). In the sense of "motto, slogan" it dates from 1738. 中文词源 watchword ：口号，标语 来自军事用语watch,看，站岗，word,词。原指站岗的暗号，口令，引申义口号，标语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• watch 英文词源 watch watch: [OE] Ultimately, watch and wake are the same word. The two verbs share a common ancestor (prehistoric Germanic * wakōjan ), and to begin with watch was used for ‘be awake’ (‘He sleepeth on the day and watcheth all the night’, John Lydgate, 1430). The notion of being ‘alert and vigilant’, of being ‘on the look-out’, is implicit in that of being ‘awake’
• wastrel 英文词源 wastrel (n.) "spendthrift, idler," 1847, from waste (v.) + pejorative suffix -rel . Earlier "something useless or imperfect" (1790). 中文词源 wastrel ：二流子 waste,废物，-rel,贬义后缀，词源同doggerel. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wastrel 词源， wastrel 含义。 wastrel ：二流子 waste,废物，-rel,贬义后缀，词源同 doggerel.
• waste 英文词源 waste waste: [12] The etymological notions underlying waste are ‘emptiness’ and ‘desolation’. Its main modern sense, ‘squander’, is a comparatively recent development, first recorded in English in the 14th century. Its ultimate source is Latin vāstus ‘empty’, which has also given English devastate and vast . From this was formed the verb vāstāre ‘devastate, lay wa
• wassail 英文词源 wassail wassail: [13] Wassail was borrowed from Old Norse ves heill , literally ‘be healthy’. This was a toast or salutation given when about to drink (much like English good health! ). Ves was the imperative singular of vesa or vera ‘be’ (a relative of English was and were ) and heill is essentially the same word as English hale and whole , and related to healthy . = hale , h
• wasp 英文词源 wasp wasp: [OE] Etymologically, the wasp may be the ‘weaver’. The word comes ultimately from Indo- European * wobhes - or * wops -, which was probably derived from the base * webh -, * wobh - ‘weave’ (source of English weave , web , etc); the allusion is presumably to the papery nest which many species construct. West Germanic took this over as * wabis - or * waps -, and the p
• wash 英文词源 wash wash: [OE] Etymologically, to wash something is probably to clean it with ‘water’. Like German waschen , Dutch wasschen , and Swedish vaska , it goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * waskan , which seems to have been derived from * wat -, the base which produced English water . ( Washer ‘small disc with a hole’ [14] is usually assumed to come from the same source, but its
• was 英文词源 was (v.) Old English wesan, wæs, wæron 1st and 3rd person singular of wesan "to remain," from Proto-Germanic *was- (cognates: Old Saxon wesan , Old Norse vesa , Old Frisian wesa , Middle Dutch wesen , Dutch wezen , Old High German wesen "being, existence," Gothic wisan "to be"), from PIE root *wes- (3) "remain, abide, live, dwell" (cognates Sanskrit vasati "he dwells, stays;" compar
• wasabi 英文词源 wasabi (n.) herb root used in cooking, 1903, from Japanese. 中文词源 wasabi ：山嵛菜 来自日语，可能来自汉字山葵。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： wasabi 词源， wasabi 含义。
• wary 英文词源 wary wary: see ware wary (adj.) late 15c., with -y (2) + ware , from Old English wær "prudent, aware, alert, wary," from Proto-Germanic *waraz (cognates: Old Norse varr "attentive," Gothic wars "cautious," Old Saxon giwar , Middle Dutch gheware , Old High German giwar , German gewahr "aware"), from PIE root *wer- (4) "to perceive, watch out for" (see ward (n.)). Related: Warily ; war
• wart 英文词源 wart (n.) Old English weart "wart," from Proto-Germanic *warton- (cognates: Old Norse varta , Old Frisian warte , Dutch wrat , Old High German warza , German warze "wart"), from PIE root *wer- (1) "high, raised spot on the body, or other bodily infirmity" (cognates: Latin verruca "swelling, wart;" see vary ). Phrase warts and all "without concealment of blemishes" is attested from 176
• warrior 英文词源 warrior warrior: see war warrior (n.) c. 1300, from Old North French werreier (Old French guerroieor ) "a warrior, soldier, combatant, one who wages war," from werreier "wage war," from werre (see war (n.)). 中文词源 warrior ：武士 来自war,战争。即战士，后该词用于指武士。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： warrior 词源， warrior 含义。
• warren 英文词源 warren warren: [14] A warren is etymologically a ‘fenced-off’ area. The word was acquired from warenne , the Anglo-Norman version of Old French garenne ‘game-park’. This in turn came from Gaulish * varrenna ‘area bounded by a fence’, which was derived from * varros ‘post’. The specific link with rabbits (originally as a reserve set aside for breeding rabbits, now an ar
• warranty 英文词源 warranty (n.) mid-14c., legal term for various types of clauses in real estate transactions, from Anglo-French and Old North French warantie "protection, defense, safeguard" (Old French garantie ), from warant (see warrant (n.)). 中文词源 warranty ：保修单 来自warrant,担保，引申词义保修单。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： warranty 词源，