英语词源

• racy 英文词源 racy (adj.) 1650s, "having a characteristic taste" (of wines, fruits, etc.), from race (n.2) in its older sense of "flavor" or in the sense "class of wines" + -y (2); meaning "having a quality of vigor" (1660s) led to that of "improper, risqué," first recorded 1901, probably reinforced by phrase racy of the soil "earthy" (1870). Related: Racily ; raciness . 中文词源 racy ：生动的
• racquet 英文词源 racquet (n.) "handled hitting device used in tennis, etc.," c. 1500, probably originally "tennis-like game played with open hand" (late 14c.), from Middle French rachette , requette (Modern French raquette ) "racket for hitting; palm of the hand," perhaps via Italian racchetta or Spanish raqueta , both often said to be from Arabic rahat , a form of raha "palm of the hand," but this ha
• raconteur 英文词源 raconteur (n.) "storyteller, person skilled in relating anecdotes," 1828, from French raconteur , from raconter "to recount, tell, narrate," from re- (see re- ) + Old French aconter "to count, render account" (see account (v.); and compare recount (v.1)). Related: Raconteuse (fem.). 中文词源 raconteur ：善于讲故事的人 来自法语 raconteur,讲故事者，来自 re-,再一次
• racism 英文词源 racism (n.) 1936; see racist . 中文词源 racism ：种族主义，种族歧视 来自 race,人种，种族，-ism,主义。 racist 种族主义者 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： racism 词源， racism 含义。
• raccoon 英文词源 raccoon (n.) also racoon , c. 1600, arocoun , from Algonquian (Powhatan) arahkun , from arahkunem "he scratches with the hands." Early forms included Capt. John Smith's raugroughcum . In Norwegian, vaskebjørn , literally "wash-bear." 中文词源 raccoon ：浣熊 来自北美印第安土著语 arahkun,浣熊。拼写被俗化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• rabies 英文词源 rabies rabies: [17] Latin rabiēs meant ‘fury, madness’ (it is the source of English rage ). Hence it came to be used for ‘madness in dogs’, and was subsequently adopted as the name of the disease causing this, when it came to be identified. The word was derived from the verb rabere ‘be mad’, as also was rabidus , source of English rabid [17]. = rabid , rage rabies (n.) 15
• rabid 英文词源 rabid (adj.) 1610s, "furious, raving," from Latin rabidus "raging, furious, enraged; inspired; ungoverned; rabid," from rabere "be mad, rave" (see rage (v.)). Meaning "made mad by rabies" in English first recorded 1804. Related: Rabidly ; rabidness . 中文词源 rabid ：发狂的，患狂犬病 来自拉丁语 rabere,发狂的，词源同 rage. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• roulette 英文词源 roulette (n.) 1734, "small wheel," from French roulette "gambling game played with a revolving wheel," literally "small wheel," from Old French roelete "little wheel" (12c.), formed on model of Late Latin rotella , diminutive of Latin rota "wheel" (see rotary ). The game of chance so-called from 1745. 中文词源 roulette ：轮盘赌，旋轮线 单词的rou-部分是拉丁词根rot
• rightward 英文词源 sinistrorse (adj.) 1856, a word wanted by the botanists to describe the direction of spiral structures in nature, from Latin sinistrorsus "toward the left side," from sinister "left" (see sinister ). It was paired with dextrorse but confusion over what was the proper point of view to reckon leftward or rightward spiraling prevented the word being as useful as it might have been. 中文词
• rearward 英文词源 rearward (adv.) 1590s, from rear (adj.) + -ward . 中文词源 rearward ：后面的 rear,后面的，-ward,朝向。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rearward 词源， rearward 含义。 rearward ：后面的 rear,后面的，-ward,朝向。
• reverse engineering 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gentle gentle: [13] Expressions like ‘of gentle birth’, and related forms such as gentility [14] and gentleman [13] point up the original link between gentle and ‘family, stock, birth’. The word comes via Old French gentil from Latin gentīlis , a derivative of gēns ‘family, stock’, which in turn goes back to the In
• running dog 英文词源 running (adj.) present participle adjective from run (v.). Running mate originally was a horse entered in a race to set the pace for another from the same stable who was intended to win (1865); U.S. vice-presidential sense is recorded from 1888. Running dog first recorded 1937, from Chinese and North Korean communist phrases used to describe supposed imperialist lackeys, such as Manda
• ratatouille 英文词源 ratatouille (n.) 1877, from French ratatouille (19c.), first element uncertain, second element evidently touiller "to stir up," ultimately from Latin tudes "hammer" [Gamillscheg]. 中文词源 ratatouille ：蔬菜杂烩，料理鼠王 来自法语ratatouille,蔬菜杂烩，一道法国原尼斯和普罗旺斯地区传统名菜。rata-,词义不详，可能来自tat-,表小词，词源可
• Rambo 英文词源 Rambo used allusively from 1985, in reference to John Rambo , hero of David Morrell's novel "First Blood" (1972), popularized as portrayed by Sylvester Stallone in Hollywood movie version (1982), a U.S. Vietnam veteran, "macho and self-sufficient, and bent on violent retribution" [OED]. The family name is an old one in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, originally Swedish, sometimes said to
• ragging 英文词源 foot-dragging (n.) "deliberate slowness," 1966, from foot (n.) + present participle adjective from drag (v.). 中文词源 ragging ：嘲笑，捉弄 来自rag,嘲笑，捉弄。常用于指比较严重的校园恶作剧。参照印度电影《三个傻瓜》。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ragging 词源， ragging 含义。 ragging ：嘲笑，捉弄 来自
• roue 英文词源 roue (n.) "debauchee," 1800, from French roué "dissipated man, rake," originally past participle of Old French rouer "to break on the wheel" (15c.), from Latin rotare "roll" (see rotary ). Said to have been first applied in French c. 1720 to dissolute friends of the Duke of Orleans (regent of France 1715-23), to suggest the punishment they deserved; but probably rather from a seconda
• Richard Roe 英文词源 Richard Roe "A name given to: a hypothetical (male) person, or one whose real name is unknown or withheld", Late 16th cent. From the male forename Richard + the surname Roe . 中文词源 Richard Roe ：某乙（对诉讼中不知名的当事人称呼） 法官发现比如原告和被告或证人不方便披露姓名时，就用John Doe和Richard Roe代替，前者多是原告，后者多
• regina 英文词源 Regina fem. proper name, from Latin, literally "queen;" related to rex (genitive regis ) "king" (see regal ). Cognate with Sanskrit rajni "queen," Welsh rhyain "maiden, virgin." The city in Canada was named 1882 by the then-governor general of Canada, Marquess of Lorne, in honor of Queen Victoria. 中文词源 regina ：女王 词根 reg-,rect-,rex- 表统治、王室和使保持直。如
• raglan 英文词源 raglan (n.) type of overcoat, 1863, named for British general Lord Raglan (1788-1855), commander of British forces in the Crimean War. The name is from a place in Wales. 中文词源 raglan ：拉格伦式套袖大衣；插肩大衣 这种衣服袖口直接连着领口，没有肩缝。来自19世纪英国陆军元帅Fitzroy James Henry Somerset的爵位（1st Baron Raglan，Raglan是英
• round robin 英文词源 round robin (n.) "petition or complaint signed in a circle to disguise the order in which names were affixed and prevent ringleaders from being identified," 1730, originally in reference to sailors and frequently identified as a nautical term. As a kind of tournament in which each player plays the others, it is recorded from 1895. 中文词源 round robin ：圆形签名请愿书（或抗
• rain check 英文词源 raincheck (n.) also rain-check , rain check , 1884; see rain (n.) + check (n.1). Originally of tickets to rained-out baseball games. 中文词源 rain check ：雨票；补请 源于最受美国人欢迎的棒球赛。一场突如其来的倾盆大雨使棒球等露天赛事不得不取消或中止时，主办方会让观众去取领雨中断比赛的票证或原票票根，以后可凭
• red herring 英文词源 red herring (n.) "smoked herring" early 15c. (they turn red when cured), as opposed to white herring "fresh herring." Supposedly used by fugitives to put bloodhounds off their scent (1680s), hence metaphoric sense (1864) of "something used to divert attention from the basic issue;" earlier simply "a false lead": Though I have not the honour of being one of those sagacious country gent
• Round Table 英文词源 Algonquin one of an Indian people living near the Ottawa River in Canada, 1620s, from French Algonquin , perhaps a contraction of Algoumequin , from Micmac algoomeaking "at the place of spearing fish and eels." But Bright suggests Maliseet (Algonquian) elægomogwik "they are our relatives or allies." Algonquian (1885) was the name taken by ethnologists to describe a large group of Nor
• Red Cross 英文词源 red cross (n.) early 15c., national emblem of England (St. George's Cross), also the badge of the Order of the Temple. Hence red-cross knight , one bearing such a marking on shield or crest. In 17c., a red cross was the mark placed on the doors of London houses inflected with the plague. Red Cross (in Muslim lands, red crescent ) adopted as a symbol of ambulance service 1864 by the Ge
• revere 英文词源 revere revere: [17] Revere goes back ultimately to Latin verērī ‘hold in awe or fear’, a possible distant relative of English aware and beware . Addition of the intensive prefix re - produced reverērī , which English probably acquired via French révérer . The derivative reverend [15], which comes from the Latin gerundive reverendus ‘to be revered’, has been used from ear
• revel 英文词源 revel (n.) late 14c., "riotous merry-making," from Old French revel "entertainment, revelry," verbal noun from reveler "be disorderly, make merry" (see revel (v.)). Related: Revels ; revel-rout . revel (v.) early 14c., "to feast in a noisy manner;" late 14c., "take part in revels," from Old French reveler , also rebeller "be disorderly, make merry; rebel, be riotous," from Latin rebel
• recuperate 英文词源 recuperate recuperate: see recover recuperate (v.) 1540s, from Latin recuperatus , past participle of recuperare "to get again," in Medieval Latin "revive, convalesce, recover" (see recuperation ). Meaning "to recover from sickness or loss" is from 1864. Related: Recuperated ; recuperating . 中文词源 recuperate ：（使）恢复 它和单词recover（重获；恢复）来自同一个
• rotund 英文词源 rotund (adj.) 1705, from Latin rotundus "rolling, round, circular, spherical, like a wheel," from rota "wheel" (see rotary ). Earlier was rotound (1610s); rotounde (early 15c.). Meaning "full-toned style of oratory" (1830) is after Horace's ore rotundo in "Poetics." 中文词源 rotund ：（指人）圆胖的 它和round（圆的）都来自拉丁语rotundus（圆的）；词根rot指“
• renown 英文词源 renown renown: [14] To be renowned is etymologically to be ‘named again’, and hence to be ‘famous’. The word comes from Old French renon , a derivative of the verb renomer ‘make famous’. This was formed from the prefix re - ‘again’ and nomer ‘name’, a descendant of Latin nōmināre , from which English gets nominate . = nominate , noun renown (n.) c. 1300, from Ang
• Rio de Janeiro 英文词源 Rio de Janeiro literally "January River," named by explorer Amerigo Vespucci because he discovered it on Jan. 1, 1502, and so called because he incorrectly thought the bay was the estuary of a large river. See January . 中文词源 Rio de Janeiro ：里约热内卢 里约是巴西的港口城市，也是巴西世界杯的举办城市之一。它位于瓜纳巴拉湾西岸，1502年葡萄
• ransack 英文词源 ransack ransack: [13] Ransack means etymologically ‘search a house’. It was borrowed from Old Norse rannsaka , a compound verb formed from rann ‘house’ (a relative of Old English ærn ‘house’, which underlies English barn ) and - saka ‘search’ (a relative of English seek ). A now defunct derivative was ransackle or ranshackle , from which we get modern English ramshack
• rabbit 英文词源 rabbit rabbit: [14] Rabbit was probably introduced into English from Old French. No immediate source is known to have existed, but we do have corroborative evidence in French dialect rabotte ‘young rabbit’ and Walloon robète . The latter was a diminutive derivative of Flemish robbe (Walloon is the form of French spoken in Flanders and Belgium), and it seems likely that the word’
• race 英文词源 race race: For such a common word – or rather two words, for ‘people, population’ [16] and ‘speed competition’ [13] are unrelated – surprisingly little is known about the origins of race . The former comes via French from Italian razza , but the antecedents of razza are obscure. The ‘running’ race originally meant ‘rush’, and was borrowed from Old Norse rás ‘rus
• radiance 英文词源 radiance (n.) c. 1600, "brilliant light," from radiant or else from Medieval Latin radiantia "brightness," from radiare "to beam, shine" (see radiation ). Figurative use from 1761. Related: Radiancy . 中文词源 radiance ：容光焕发 来自 radiate,放射，流露自信。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： radiance 词源， radiance 含义。 radiance ：容光
• radial 英文词源 radial (adj.) c. 1400, "of or like a ray or radius," from Medieval Latin radialis, from Latin radius "shaft, rod; spoke of a wheel; beam of light" (see radius ). As a noun, a type of tire, attested from 1965, short for radial-ply (tire). Related: Radially . 中文词源 radial ：放射状的 rad-,辐射，放射，-al,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• rad- 英文词源 calorie (n.) 1866, from French calorie , from Latin calor (genitive caloris ) "heat," from PIE *kle-os- , suffixed form of root *kele- (1) "warm" (cognates: Latin calidus "warm," calere "be hot;" Sanskrit carad- "harvest," literally "hot time;" Lithuanian silti "become warm," silus "August;" Old Norse hlær , Old English hleow "warm"). In scientific use, largely replaced 1950 by the j
• radar 英文词源 radar radar: see radio radar (n.) "electronic system for locating objects by means of radio waves," 1941, acronym (more or less) from radio detecting and ranging . The U.S. choice, it won out over British radiolocation . Figurative from 1950. 中文词源 radar ：雷达 来自 radio detecting and ranging 的首字母合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• rack 英文词源 rack rack: English has no fewer than four distinct words rack . The oldest, ‘framework’ [14], was borrowed from Dutch rak , which was probably a derivative of the Middle Dutch verb recken ‘stretch’. Rack ‘destruction’ [16], now used only in the phrase rack and ruin , is a variant of wrack , which is closely related to wreak and wreck . Rack , or wrack , ‘mass of wind-dri
• racial 英文词源 racial (adj.) 1862, from race (n.2) + -ial . Related: Racially . 中文词源 racial ：种族的 来自 race,人种，种族。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： racial 词源， racial 含义。 racial ：种族的 来自 race,人种，种族。
• radiation 英文词源 radiation (n.) mid-15c., "act or process of radiating," from Middle French radiation and directly from Latin radiationem (nominative radiatio ) "a shining, radiation," noun of action from past participle stem of radiare "to beam, shine, gleam; make beaming," from radius "beam of light; spoke of a wheel" (see radius ). Meaning "rays or beams emitted" is from 1560s. Meaning "divergence
• radiator 英文词源 radiator (n.) 1836, "any thing that radiates," agent noun in Latin form from radiate . Meaning "heater" is from 1851; sense of "cooling device in internal combustion engine" is 1900. 中文词源 radiator ：暖气片，散热器 来自 radiate,放射，发散。后用于指暖气片，散热器等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： radiator 词源， radiator 含
• radish 英文词源 radish radish: see radical radish (n.) late Old English rædic "radish," from Latin radicem (nominative radix ) "root, radish," from PIE root *wrad- "twig, root" (cognates: Greek rhiza , Lesbian brisda "root;" Greek hradamnos "branch;" Gothic waurts , Old English wyrt ; Welsh gwridd , Old Irish fren "root"). Spelling perhaps influenced by Old French radise , variant of radice , from V
• rag 英文词源 rag rag: English has four separate words rag , none of them with very well-documented histories. The origins of the oldest, ‘rough building stone’ [13], are completely unknown. Rag ‘piece of cloth’ [14] is probably a back-formation from ragged [13], which was adapted from Old Norse roggvathr ‘tufted’. This in turn was derived from rogg ‘tuft of fur’, but no one knows w
• ragged 英文词源 ragged (adj.) "rough, shaggy," c. 1300, past participle adjective as though from a verb form of rag (n.). Compare Latin pannosus "ragged, wrinkly," from pannus "piece of cloth." But the word might reflect a broader, older meaning; perhaps from or reinforced by Old Norse raggaðr "shaggy," via Old English raggig "shaggy, bristly, rough" (which, Barnhart writes, "was almost surely devel
• raid 英文词源 raid raid: [15] Raid and road are doublets – that is to say, they have a common ancestor, but have diverged over the centuries. In this case the ancestor was Old English rād ‘riding’, hence ‘hostile incursion on horse-back’, a relative of ride . South of the border this developed to road , and lost its predatory connotations (although they are preserved in inroads ), but in
• railroad 英文词源 railroad (n.) 1757, from rail (n.1) + road . Originally "road laid with rails for heavy wagons (in mining)." The process itself (but not the word) seems to have been in use by late 17c. Application to passenger and freight trains dates from 1825, though tending to be replaced in this sense in England by railway . railroad (v.) "to convict quickly and perhaps unjustly," 1873, American
• ramble 英文词源 ramble (v.) mid-15c., perhaps frequentative of romen "to walk, go" (see roam ), perhaps via romblen (late 14c.) "to ramble." The vowel change perhaps by influence of Middle Dutch rammelen , a derivative of rammen "copulate," "used of the night wanderings of the amorous cat" [Weekley]. Meaning "to talk or write incoherently" is from 1630s. Related: Rambled ; rambling . ramble (n.) "a r
• raisin 英文词源 raisin raisin: [13] Raisin comes ultimately from a Latin word that meant ‘bunch of grapes’. This was racēmus (source also of English raceme [18]). It passed via Vulgar Latin * racīmus into Old French as raisin , by which time it had come to mean just ‘grape’ rather ‘bunch of grapes’. And it was already developing further to ‘dried grape’ by the time English acquired
• rambling 英文词源 rambling (adj.) 1623, present participle adjective from ramble (v.). 中文词源 rambling ：蔓延的，杂乱无章的 来自 ramble,蔓延。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rambling 词源， rambling 含义。
• ranch 英文词源 ranch (n.) 1808, "country house," from American Spanish rancho "small farm, group of farm huts," from Spanish rancho "mess-room," originally, "group of people who eat together," from ranchear "to lodge or station," from Old French ranger "install in position," from rang "row, line" (see rank (n.)). Sense of "large stock-farm and herding establishment" is from 1831. Of houses, "single-
• random 英文词源 random random: [14] The antecedents of random are somewhat murky. It originally meant ‘impetuosity, sudden speed, violence’, and only in the mid 17th century emerged as an adjective meaning ‘haphazard’. It was borrowed from Old French randon , which was probably a derivative of the verb randir ‘run impetuously’. This in turn was based on Frankish * rant ‘running’, whic
• randomize 英文词源 randomize (v.) 1926, from random (adj.) + -ize . Related: Randomized ; randomizing . 中文词源 randomize ：使随机 random,随机的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： randomize 词源， randomize 含义。 randomize ：使随机 random,随机的，-ize,使。
• rangefinder 英文词源 telemeter (n.) 1860, a rangefinder for surveying and artillery, from French télémètre (1852), from télé- "far" (see tele- ) + mètre "meter" (see -meter ). Used from 1953 for a pay-as-you-watch TV system with a coin box attached to the set. Related: Telemetry . 中文词源 rangefinder ：照相机测距仪 range,距离，find,找寻。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• ranger 英文词源 ranger (n.) late 14c., "gamekeeper," agent noun from range (v.)). Attested from 1660s in sense of "man (often mounted) who polices an area." The elite U.S. combat unit is attested from 1942 (organized 1941). 中文词源 ranger ：护林人 来自 range,山脉，山林。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ranger 词源， ranger 含义。 ranger ：护林人 来自
• rap 英文词源 rap (n.) c. 1300, "a quick, light blow, stroke," also "a fart" (late 15c.), native or borrowed from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish rap , Swedish rapp "light blow"); either way probably of imitative origin (compare slap , clap ). Slang meaning "rebuke, blame, responsibility" is from 1777; specific meaning "criminal indictment" (as in rap sheet , 1960) is from 1903. To beat the r
• rank and file 英文词源 rank and file (n.) 1590s, in reference to the horizontal and vertical lines of soldiers marching in formation; thence generalized to "common soldiers" (1796) and "common people, general body" of any group (1860). 中文词源 rank and file ：行列，普通士兵 rank,行，file,列。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rank and file 词源， rank
• rapist 英文词源 rapist (n.) 1883, agent noun from rape (v.). 中文词源 rapist ：强奸犯 来自 rape,强奸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rapist 词源， rapist 含义。
• rapper 英文词源 rapper (n.) agent noun meaning "one who raps" in any sense (see rap (v.)). Before the hip-hpo performance sense emerged c. 1979, it could mean "door-knocker" (1630s), "spirit-rapper" (1755), "professional perjurer" (1840), prison slang for "prosecutor" (1904), "itinerant antiques buyer," with a tinge of shadiness (1914). Rapster is from 1772. 中文词源 rapper ：说唱歌手 来自
• rapturous 英文词源 rapturous (adj.) 1670s, from rapture + -ous . Related: Rapturously (1660s). 中文词源 rapturous ：狂喜的 来自 rupture,狂喜。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rapturous 词源， rapturous 含义。
• rascal 英文词源 rascal rascal: [14] Rascal has been traced back ultimately to Latin rādere ‘scratch’. Its past participial stem rās - (source of English erase and razor ) formed the basis of a Vulgar Latin verb * rāsicāre . From this was derived the noun * rāsica ‘scurf, scab, dregs, filth’, which passed into Old Northern French as * rasque (its central Old French counterpart, rasche , m
• rash 英文词源 rash rash: English has two words rash . The older, ‘impetuous’ [14], probably comes from an unrecorded Old English * ræsc , which together with its relatives German rasch ‘quick’ and Swedish rask ‘active, vigorous’ goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * raskuz . This was probably derived from the same base as produced English rather , which originally meant ‘more quickly’
• rat 英文词源 rat rat: [OE] Rat is a general western European term, with relatives in French rat , Italian ratto , Spanish rata , German ratte , Dutch rat , Swedish råatta , and Danish rotte . These all come from Vulgar Latin * rattus , whose origin is unknown. rat (n.) late Old English ræt "rat," of uncertain origin. Similar words are found in Celtic (Gaelic radan ), Romanic (Italian ratto , Spa
• rathe 英文词源 rathe "(Of a person or their actions) prompt and eager", Old English hræth , hræd , of Germanic origin; perhaps related to the base of rash 1 . 中文词源 rathe ：早的，快的，急切的 来自古英语 hraed,快的，立即的，来自 Proto-Germanic*hradaz,快的，迅速的，来自 PIE*kret, 摇动，快速的，可能来自 PIE*sker,弯，转，词源同 ring,curve. 该词
• rather 英文词源 rather rather: [OE] Rather originated as the comparative form of the now obsolete adjective rathe ‘quick’, and so to begin with meant ‘more quickly’, hence ‘earlier, sooner’. Its most frequent modern meaning, ‘more willingly’, emerged as recently as the 16th century. Rathe itself went back to a prehistoric Germanic * khrathaz , which may have been derived from the same
• rattlesnake 英文词源 rattlesnake (n.) 1620s, from rattle + snake (n.). 中文词源 rattlesnake ：响尾蛇 rattle,吧嗒声，snake,蛇。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rattlesnake 词源， rattlesnake 含义。 rattlesnake ：响尾蛇 rattle,吧嗒声，snake,蛇。
• rattle 英文词源 rattle rattle: [14] Rattle probably existed in Old English, but in the absence of any direct evidence, it is usually suggested that the word was borrowed from Middle Low German rattelen , a relative of German rasseln ‘rattle’. Whatever its ultimate source, it no doubt originally imitated the sound of rattling. rattle (v.) c. 1300 (intransitive), "To make a quick sharp noise with f
• raw 英文词源 raw raw: [OE] Raw has relatives in German ( roh ), Dutch ( rauw ), Swedish ( rå ), and Danish ( ra ). These all go back to a prehistoric Germanic ancestor * khrawaz , whose ultimate source was Indo-European * krowos (other descendants of the same base include Greek kréas ‘flesh’, from which English gets creosote and pancreas , and Latin crūdus ‘raw’, source of English crude
• rawhide 英文词源 rawhide (n.) "material cut from untanned skins of cattle," 1650s, from raw (adj.) + hide (n.1). 中文词源 rawhide ：生皮 raw,生的，hide,皮，兽皮。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rawhide 词源， rawhide 含义。 rawhide ：生皮 raw,生的，hide,皮，兽皮。
• re 英文词源 re "with reference to," used from c. 1700 in legalese, from Latin (in) re "in the matter of," from ablative case of res "matter, thing." Its use is execrated by Fowler in three different sections of "Modern English Usage." 中文词源 re ：关于（用于信函和邮件回复） 来自拉丁语 re,关于，就有关事项，来自 res 的离格，来自 res,事情，事物，词源同
• reach 英文词源 reach reach: [OE] Reach goes back ultimately to a prehistoric West Germanic * raikjan , a word of uncertain origin which also produced German reichen and Dutch reiken . It originally meant ‘stretch out the hand’, and ‘attain’ and ‘arrive at’ are secondary semantic developments. reach (v.) Old English ræcan , reccan "reach out, stretch out, extend, hold forth," also "succe
• read 英文词源 read read: [OE] In most western European languages, the word for ‘read’ goes back ultimately to a source which meant literally ‘gather, pick up’: French lire , for instance, which comes from Latin legere (source of English legible and collect ), and German lesen . English read , however, is an exception. Its underlying meaning is ‘advise, consider’ (it is related to German
• reader 英文词源 reader (n.) Old English rædere "person who reads aloud to others; lector; scholar; diviner, interpreter," agent noun from rædan (see read (v.)). Compare Dutch rader "adviser," Old High German ratari "counselor." Old English fem. form was rædistre . 中文词源 reader ：读者，读物 来自 read,阅读，-er,人。其古义包含顾问者，建议者，指导老师等。 该词的
• readdress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random ram ram: [OE] Ram is a general West Germanic word for ‘male sheep’, now shared only by Dutch (although German has the derivative ramme ‘rammer’). It may be related to Old Norse ramr ‘strong’, the allusion being to the ram’s strength in butting. This is reflected in the word’s metaphorical applications: it was bei
• readership 英文词源 readership (n.) 1719, "office of a reader," from reader + -ship . Meaning "total number of readers of a publication" is from 1914. 中文词源 readership ：读者 reader,读者，-ship,抽象名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： readership 词源， readership 含义。 readership ：读者 reader,读者，-ship,抽象名词后缀。
• ready 英文词源 ready ready: [12] Ready is a derivative of Old English rǣde ‘ready’, which went back to a prehistoric Germanic * raithjō ‘arranged’, hence ‘prepared’. This also produced German bereit ‘ready’, Dutch gereed ‘ready’, and Swedish reda ‘ready’, and it lies behind the second syllable of curry ‘groom a horse’. ready (adj.) Old English ræde , geræde "prepared,
• realist 英文词源 realist (n.) c. 1600, in philosophy, from real (adj.) + -ist , and compare French réaliste . Also see realism . 中文词源 realist ：现实主义者 real,真实的，现实的，-ist,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： realist 词源， realist 含义。 realist ：现实主义者 real,真实的，现实的，-ist,人。
• reality TV 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hare hare: [OE] The hare seems originally to have been named from its colour. The word comes from prehistoric West and North Germanic * khason , which also produced German hase , Dutch haas , and Swedish and Danish hare , and if as has been suggested it is related to Old English hasu ‘grey’ and Latin cascus ‘old’, its un
• really 英文词源 really (adv.) c. 1400, originally in reference to the presence of Christ in the Eucharist, from real (adj.) + -ly (2). Sense of "actually" is from early 15c. Purely emphatic use dates from c. 1600; interrogative use ( oh, really? ) is first recorded 1815. 中文词源 really ：真正，真实地 real,真实的，现实的，-ly,副词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• reap 英文词源 reap reap: see ripe reap (v.) "to cut grain with a hook or sickle," Old English reopan , Mercian form of ripan "to reap," related to Old English ripe "ripe" (see ripe ). Related: Reaped ; reaping . 中文词源 reap ：收获，收割 来自古英语 ripan,收割，来自 Proto-Germanic*ripana,抓取，来自 PIE*rep,抓走，夺取，词源 同 rape,rip. 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• rear 英文词源 rear rear: There are two separate words rear in English. The older, ‘raise’ [OE], is a descendant of prehistoric Germanic * raizjan , which also produced Old Norse reisa , source of English raise . The Germanic verb denoted literally ‘cause to rise’, and was derived from * reisan , which evolved into English rise . Rear ‘hind’ [16] is descended ultimately from Latin retrō
• reason 英文词源 reason reason: [13] Reason , together with rational , represent in English the ‘thinking’ aspects of the Latin verb rērī (it also meant ‘calculate’, and in that guise has given English rate , ration , etc). From it was derived the noun ratiō ‘thinking, calculation’ (source of English ratio and the rest). This spawned a Vulgar Latin variant * ratiōne , which passed into
• rearing 英文词源 ramp ramp: [18] A ramp is etymologically something you ‘climb’ up. The word was borrowed from French rampe , a derivative of the verb ramper ‘climb’, hence ‘slope’. This goes back to a Frankish * rampōn , and was borrowed into English in the 13th century as ramp . It now survives mainly in the form of its present participle, rampant [14], which preserves the sense ‘rear
• rearguard 英文词源 rearguard "The soldiers at the rear of a body of troops, especially those protecting a retreating army", Late Middle English (denoting the rear part of an army): from Old French rereguarde . 中文词源 rearguard ：后卫部队 rear,后面的，guard,守卫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： rearguard 词源， rearguard 含义。 rearguard ：后卫部队 rea
• reasoning 英文词源 reasoning (n.) late 14c., "exercise of the power of reason; act or process of thinking logically;" also "an instance of this;" verbal noun from reason (v.). 中文词源 reasoning ：推理，论据 来自 reason,推理，推论。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： reasoning 词源， reasoning 含义。
• reasonable 英文词源 reasonable (adj.) c. 1300, "having sound judgment, sane, rational," from Old French raisonable , from Latin rationabilis , from ratio (see reason (n.)). What the majority of people consider to be 'reasonable' is that about which there is agreement, if not among all, at least among a substantial number of people; 'reasonable' for most people, has nothing to do with reason, but with con
• rebuke 英文词源 rebuke (v.) early 14c., "to reprimand, reprove; chide, scold," from Anglo-French rebuker "to repel, beat back," Old French rebuchier , from re- "back" (see re- ) + buschier "to strike, chop wood," from busche (French bûche ) "wood," from Proto-Germanic *busk- (see bush (n.)). Related: Rebuked ; rebuking . rebuke (n.) early 15c., "a reproof, reprimand," from rebuke (v.). 中文词
• receiver 英文词源 receiver (n.) mid-14c. (mid-13c. as a surname), agent noun from receive , or from Old French recevere (Modern French receveur ), agent noun from recievere . As a telephone apparatus, from 1877; in reference to a radio unit, from 1891; in U.S. football sense, from 1897. 中文词源 receiver ：接收者，电话听筒 来自 receive,接收，收到，-er,表物。 该词的英语词源请
• recent 英文词源 recent recent: [16] English acquired recent from Latin recēns ‘new, fresh’, possibly via French récent . It is not clear where the Latin word came from, although some have linked it with Greek kainós ‘new’ (source of the English geological term cainozoic [19]) and Sanskrit kanīna - ‘young’. recent (adj.) early 15c., from Latin recentem (nominative recens ) "lately done
• receptionist 英文词源 receptionist (n.) "person hired to receive clients in an office," 1900, from reception + -ist . Originally in photography studios. Let me not forget the receptionist -- generally and preferably, a woman of refined and gentle manners, well informed and specially gifted in handling people of varied dispositions. A woman especially who knows how to handle other women, and who can make he
• reciprocal 英文词源 reciprocal reciprocal: [16] English adapted reciprocal from Latin reciprocus ‘alternating’. This was a compound adjective based ultimately on the elements re - ‘back, backwards’ and prō - ‘for, forwards’. reciprocal (adj.) 1560s, with -al (1) + stem of Latin reciprocus "returning the same way, alternating," from pre-Latin *reco-proco- , from *recus (from re- "back;" see r