英语词源

• rival 英文词源 rival rival: [16] A rival is etymologically ‘someone who uses the same stream as another’. The word comes from Latin rīvālis , a noun use of an adjective meaning ‘of a stream’, derived from rīvus ‘stream’ (source of English derive ). People who use or live by the same stream are neighbours and hence, human nature being as it is, are usually in competition with each othe
• republic 英文词源 republic republic: [17] Latin rēspublica meant literally a ‘public matter’. It was a compound noun formed from rēs ‘thing, matter’ (source of English real ) and publicus ‘public’ (source of English public ). It was used as a term for the ‘state’ as governed by its people, and it was first taken over in English in the sense ‘state governed by elected representatives
• rostrum 英文词源 rostrum rostrum: [16] Latin rōstrum originally meant ‘beak’ or ‘muzzle of an animal’ – it was derived from the verb rōdere ‘gnaw’ (source of English corrode [14], erode [17], and rodent [19]). The word was also applied metaphorically to the ‘beaklike’ prows of ships. In 338 BC the platform for public speakers in the Forum in Rome was adorned with the prows of ships
• road 英文词源 road road: [OE] Road comes from the same ultimate source as ride – and indeed in the Old English period it meant either simply ‘riding’ or ‘hostile incursion on horseback’ (a sense preserved in inroads [16] and also in raid , which is historically the same word as road ). By the 14th century the sense ‘sheltered anchorage’ (now represented by the plural roads ) had emerg
• right 英文词源 right right: [OE] Right goes back ultimately to the Indo-European base * reg - ‘move in a straight line’, hence ‘direct’, hence ‘rule’, which also produced English rich and Latin rēx ‘king’ (source of English regal , royal , etc). Combination with the past participial suffix *- to - resulted in Latin rēctus ‘straight, right’, which lies behind English rectify , r
• quinquefid 英文词源 quinquefid "Especially of a leaf, calyx, etc.: divided in five sections to about halfway; five-cleft", Early 18th cent.; earliest use found in Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London . From post-classical Latin quinquifidus divided into five, (of a leaf) divided into five sections from classical Latin quīnque- + -fīdus . 中文词源 quinquefid ：五分裂的，裂成
• quadricornous 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random evening evening: [OE] Evening is a derivative of even [OE], a word for ‘evening’ now restricted to bad poetry. This came ultimately from an Indo- European base, whose general meaning of ‘lateness’ is pointed up by other descendants such as Sanskrit apara - ‘later, western’, Greek opsé ‘late’, and Gothic iftuma ‘
• quizzical 英文词源 quizzical (adj.) 1789, from quiz "odd or eccentric person" (1782), of unknown origin (see quiz (n.)) + -ical . Related: Quizzically . 中文词源 quizzical ：诧异的，奇怪的 词源不详。可能来自quiz,疑问，盘问，引申词义诧异的，奇怪的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quizzical 词源， quizzical 含义。
• qui vive 英文词源 qui vive 1726, in on the qui vive "on the alert," from French qui voulez-vous qui vive? sentinel's challenge, "whom do you wish to live," literally "(long) live who?" In other words, "whose side are you on?" (The answer might be Vive la France , Vive le roi , etc.). 中文词源 qui vive ：密切注视 来自法语，qui,谁，词源同who,vive,存活，词源同survive.哨兵放哨行
• quitter 英文词源 quitter (n.) as an insult, 1881, American English, agent noun from quit (v.). 中文词源 quitter ：虎头蛇尾的人 来自quit,离开。用于指半途而废，虎头蛇尾的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quitter 词源， quitter 含义。
• quits 英文词源 quits (adj.) "even" (with another), 1660s; earlier "discharged of a liability" (c. 1200), perhaps from Medieval Latin quittus (see quit (adj.)). 中文词源 quits ：两清 来自quit 的古形容词加强形式，引申词义结清债务的，两清。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quits 词源， quits 含义。
• quirk 英文词源 quirk (n.) 1560s, "quibble, evasion," of unknown origin, perhaps connected to German quer (see queer (adj.)) via notion of twisting and slanting; but its earliest appearance in western England dialect seems to argue against this source. Perhaps originally a technical term for a twist or flourish in weaving. Sense of "peculiarity" is c. 1600. 中文词源 quirk ：怪癖，怪异 词源不
• quire 英文词源 quire quire: see quarter quire (n.1) c. 1200, "set of four folded pages for a book; pamphlet consisting of a single quire," from Anglo-French quier , Old French quaier "sheet of paper folded in four," from Vulgar Latin *quaternus , from Latin quaterni "four each," from quater "four times." Meaning "standard unit for selling paper" first recorded late 14c. In quires (late 15c.) means "
• quip 英文词源 quip (n.) 1530s, variant of quippy in same sense (1510s), perhaps from Latin quippe "indeed, of course, as you see, naturally, obviously" (used sarcastically), from quid "what" (neuter of pronoun quis "who;" see who ), and compare quibble (n.)) + emphatic particle -pe . quip (v.) "make a quip," 1570s, from quip (n.). Related: Quipped ; quipping . 中文词源 quip ：俏皮话，妙语
• quintuplet 英文词源 quintuplet (n.) 1873, "set of five things" (originally in music), from quintuple (adj.) with ending from triplet . In plural, "five children at one birth" it is recorded from 1889. 中文词源 quintuplet ：五胞胎 quint-,五，-plet,倍数，词源同triplet,quadruplet.引申词义五胞胎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quintuplet 词源， quintuplet 含
• quintuple 英文词源 quintuple (adj.) 1560s, from French quintuple (15c.), from Late Latin quintuplex , from Latin quintus "fifth" (related to quinque "five;" see quinque- ) on model of quadruple . Related: Quintuplicate . quintuple (v.) 1630s, from quintuple (adj.) or from French quintupler (v.). Related: Quintupled ; quintupling . 中文词源 quintuple ：五倍 quint-,五，-ple,倍数，词源同trip
• quintile 英文词源 quintile (n.) 1610s, originally in astrology, from Latin quintus "the fifth" (see quinque- ) + -ile , from quartile . Use in statistics dates to 1951. 中文词源 quintile ：五分位值 quint-,五分之一，-ile,形容词后缀。引申词义五分位值。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quintile 词源， quintile 含义。
• quintet 英文词源 quintet (n.) 1811, "composition for five voices," from Italian quintetto , diminutive of quinto "fifth," from Latin quintus "the fifth," related to quinque "five" (see quinque- ). Meaning "set of five singers or players" is from 1882. 中文词源 quintet ：五重奏 quint-,五，-et,小词后缀。引申词义五重奏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quinte
• quinoa 英文词源 quinoa (n.) 1620s, from Spanish spelling of Quechua kinua . 中文词源 quinoa ：昆诺阿藜 南美麦料植物。来自南美土著语kinwa. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quinoa 词源， quinoa 含义。
• quinine 英文词源 quinine (n.) alkaloid responsible for curative properties in the cinchona tree, 1821, from French quinine (1820), with chemical ending -ine (2) + Spanish quina "cinchona bark" (from which it is extracted), from Quechua (Peru) kina . Earlier in reduplicated form quinaquina (1727). 中文词源 quinine ：金鸡纳霜 cinchona 别名或本名。来自西班牙语quina,来自南美土著语
• quincentenary 英文词源 quincentenary "The five-hundredth anniversary of a significant event", Late 19th century: from Latin quinque 'five' + centenary. 中文词源 quincentenary ：五百周年纪念 quin-,五，-cent,百，百年，词源同century. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quincentenary 词源， quincentenary 含义。
• quince 英文词源 quince quince: [14] Etymologically, the quince is the ‘fruit from Khaniá’, a port on the northwest coast of Crete from which quinces were exported. In ancient times Khaniá was known as Cydonia (in Greek Kudónia ), so the Greeks called the fruit mélon Kudónion ‘Cydonian apple’. Latin took the term over as cydōneum , later cotōneum , which passed into English via Old Fren
• quinary 英文词源 quinary (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin quinarius "consisting of five, containing five," from quint "five each" (see five ). 中文词源 quinary ：五个的 quin-,五，-ary,形容词后缀。引申词义五个的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quinary 词源， quinary 含义。
• quin- 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random anguish anguish: [13] English acquired anguish from Old French anguisse , changing its ending to - ish in the 14th century. Its central notion of ‘distress’ or ‘suffering’ goes back ultimately (as in the case of the related anger ) to a set of words meaning ‘constriction’ (for the sense development, compare the phras
• quill 英文词源 quill (n.) c. 1400, "piece of reed or hollow stem of a feather," probably related to Middle High German kil "quill," from Low German quiele , of unknown origin. Meaning "pen made from a (goose) quill" is from 1550s; that of "porcupine spine" is from c. 1600. 中文词源 quill ：鸟翎，翎毛笔 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quill 词源，
• quiff 英文词源 quiff (n.) "curl or lock of hair over the forehead," 1890, originally a style among soldiers, of unknown origin. Perhaps connected with quiff "a puff or whiff of tobacco smoke" (1831, originally Southern U.S.), held to be a variant of whiff (n.). 中文词源 quiff ：额发 词源不详，可能来自whiff 拼写变体。引申词义额发。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• quietus 英文词源 quietus (n.) "discharge, clearing of accounts," 1530s, short for Medieval Latin phrase quietus est "he is quit" (see quit ). Hence, "death" (i.e. "final discharge"), c. 1600. Latin quies also was used for "the peace of death." 中文词源 quietus ：寂灭，解脱 来自quiet,安静的，静止的，-us,名词后缀。委婉语，即安静或平和的死去。 该词的英语词源请
• quietude 英文词源 quietude (n.) 1590s, from Middle French quiétude (c. 1500) or directly from Late Latin quietudo , from Latin quietus (see quiet (n.)). 中文词源 quietude ：安静，寂静 来自quiet,安静的，静止的，-ude,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quietude 词源， quietude 含义。
• quietism 英文词源 quietism (n.) 1680s, from Italian quietismo , literally "passiveness," from quieto "calm, at rest," from Latin quietus (see quiet (adj.)). Originally in reference to the mysticism of Miguel Molinos (1640-1697), Spanish priest in Rome, whose "Guida spirituale" was published 1675 and condemned by the Inquisition in 1685. Related: Quietist . 中文词源 quietism ：老庄思想，清静无
• quiescent 英文词源 quiescent (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin quiescentem (nominative quiescens ), present participle of quiescere , inchoative verb formed from quies "rest, quiet" (see quiet (n.)). 中文词源 quiescent ：静态的，静止的 来自quiet,安静的，静止的，-escent,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quiescent 词源， quiescent 含义。
• quid pro quo 英文词源 quid pro quo 1560s, from Latin, literally "something for something, one thing for another," from nominative and ablative neuter singulars of relative pronoun qui "who" (see who ) + pro "for" (see pro- ) + quo , ablative of quid . 中文词源 quid pro quo ：一物换一物，回报 来自拉丁语，quid,某事，词源同what,pro,为，词源同for,quo,某事，来自quid 的离格。
• quid 英文词源 quid quid: English has two words quid . The colloquial term for a ‘pound’ appears to be the same word as Latin quid ‘something’, and may have been inspired by the expression quid pro quo [16], literally ‘something for something’. Quid ‘piece of chewing tobacco’ [18] is a variant of cud . = cud quid (n.1) "bite-sized piece" (of tobacco, etc.), 1727, dialectal variant of
• quickness 英文词源 quickness (n.) c. 1200, "state of being alive," from quick (adj.) + -ness . Early 15c. as "alacrity;" mid-15c. as "readiness of perception." 中文词源 quickness ：敏捷，迅速 来自quick,有生命力的，敏捷的，-ness,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quickness 词源， quickness 含义。
• quicklime 英文词源 quicklime (n.) late 14c., from quick (adj.) "living" + lime (n.1). A loan-translation of Latin calx viva . So called perhaps for being unquenched, or for the vigorousness of its qualities; compare Old English cwicfyr "sulfur." 中文词源 quicklime ：石灰 来自quick,有生命力的，lime,石灰。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quicklime 词源
• quiche 英文词源 quiche quiche: [20] German kuchen ‘cake’ (a relative of English cake ) is the original of quiche . In the dialect of Alsace it became küchen , which French transformed into quiche . The word found its way into English in the first half of the 20th century, but initially only as a specialist term for a somewhat recherché dish – before World War II, quiche Lorraine was exotic fa
• quib 英文词源 quib (n.) evasion of a point, 1540s, from Latin quibus "by what (things)?," dative or ablative plural of quid "in what respect? to what extent?; how? why?," neuter of relative pronoun quis (see who ). "[A]s a word of frequent occurrence in legal documents ... hence associated with the 'quirks and quillets' of the law." [OED]. Also compare quibble . 中文词源 quib ：逃避问题实质
• queen-size 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random heat heat: [OE] From an etymological point of view, heat is simply ‘hotness’ – that is, the adjective hot with an abstract noun suffix added to it. But the addition took place a long time ago, in the prehistoric ancestor of Old English. The suffix *- īn ‘state, condition’ was tacked on to the adjective * khaitaz ‘ho
• Queensberry Rules 英文词源 Queensberry Rules drawn up 1867 by Sir John Sholto Douglas (1844-1900), 8th Marquis of Queensberry, to govern the sport of boxing in Great Britain. 中文词源 Queensberry Rules ：昆斯伯里规则 拳击比赛规则。来自该规则制定者Sir John Sholto Douglas,8th Marquis of Queesnberry. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Queensberry Rules 词源， Queens
• queasy 英文词源 queasy (adj.) mid-15c., kyse , coysy , of uncertain origin, possibly from a Scandinavian source, such as Old Norse kveisa "boil," perhaps influenced by Anglo-French queisier , from Old French coisier "to wound, hurt, make uneasy," which seems to be from the same Germanic root as kveisa . But the history is obscure and evidences of development are wanting. Related: Queasily ; queasines
• quean 英文词源 quean quean: see gynaecology quean (n.) "young, robust woman," Old English cwene "woman," also "female serf, hussy, prostitute" (as in portcwene "public woman"), from Proto-Germanic *kwenon (cognates: Old Saxon quan , Old High German quena , Old Norse kona , Gothic qino "wife, woman"); see queen . Popular 16c.-17c. in sense "hussy." Sense of "effeminate homosexual" is recorded from 19
• quay 英文词源 quay quay: [14] Quay is of Celtic origin. Its immediate source was Old French kai , but this was borrowed from Gaulish caio , which went back to an Old Celtic * kagio -. The spelling quay was introduced from modern French in the 17th century. The homophonic cay ‘small coral island’ [18] comes from cayo , a Spanish borrowing from French quai . = cay quay (n.) 1690s, variant of Midd
• quaver 英文词源 quaver quaver: [15] Quaver was derived from an earlier and now obsolete Middle English quave ‘tremble’. This was of Germanic origin (Low German has the related quabbeln ‘tremble’), and probably started life as a vocal realization of the action of trembling. The use of the noun quaver for a short musical note (first recorded in the 16th century) comes from the original singing
• quatrain 英文词源 quatrain (n.) 1580s, from Middle French quatrain "four-line stanza" (16c.), from Old French quatre "four," from Latin quattuor "four" (see four ). 中文词源 quatrain ：四行诗 来自拉丁语quattuor,四，词源同four,quadruple,-ain,名词后缀。用于指四行诗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quatrain 词源， quatrain 含义。
• quizmaster 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random find find: [OE] Find is a widespread Germanic verb, with relations in German ( finden ), Dutch ( vinden ), Swedish ( finna ), and Danish ( finde ). Further back in time, however, its ancestry is disputed. Some have connected it with various words for ‘path, way’ in Indo-European languages, such as Sanskrit panthās and Russi
• quiver 英文词源 quiver (v.) "to tremble," late 15c., perhaps imitative, or possibly an alteration of quaveren (see quaver ), or from Old English cwifer- (in cwiferlice "zealously"), which is perhaps related to cwic "alive" (see quick ). Related: Quivered ; quivering . As a noun in this sense from 1715, from the verb. quiver (n.) "case for holding arrows," early 14c., from Anglo-French quiveir , Old F
• quite 英文词源 quite quite: [14] Quite is essentially the same word as the adjective quit ‘free, absolved, discharged, cleared’ (which in Middle English commonly took the alternative form quite ). It came to be used as an adverb meaning ‘thoroughly, clearly’. The weaker modern sense ‘fairly’ did not develop until as recently as the mid-19th century. = quit quite (adv.) early 14c., adverb
• quit 英文词源 quit quit: [13] Quit comes from the same ultimate source as quiet – Latin quiētus . This originally meant simply ‘quiet, calm’, but in medieval Latin it developed a wider range of senses, including ‘unharmed’ and ‘free’. From it was derived the verb quiētāre ‘set free, discharge’, which reached English via Old French quiter . The derived forms acquit and requite [
• quilt 英文词源 quilt quilt: [13] The ultimate source of quilt is Latin culcita ‘mattress’, which passed into English via Old French cuilte . Its function gradually evolved from that of a mattress for lying on to that of a coverlet for lying under. A long-standing characteristic of such quilts is that their stuffing is held in place by cross-stitching. This does not emerge as a distinct meaning o
• quicksilver 英文词源 quicksilver (n.) Old English cwicseolfor , literally "living silver," translating Latin argentum vivum (source also of Italian argento vivo ), literally "living silver;" so called from its liquid mobility. See quick (adj.) + silver (n.). Similar formation in Dutch kwikzilver , Old High German quecsilbar , German quecksilber , French vif-argent , Italian argenta viva . 中文词源 qui
• quicksand 英文词源 quicksand (n.) c. 1300, from Middle English quyk "living" (see quick (adj.)) + sond "sand" (see sand (n.)). Old English had cwecesund , but this might have meant "lively strait of water." 中文词源 quicksand ：流沙，困境 来自quick,活的，sand,沙子。比喻用法，引申词义困境。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quicksand 词源， quicksand 含
• quicken 英文词源 quicken (v.) c. 1300, "come to life; give life to," from quick (adj.) + -en (1). Meaning "become faster" is from 1805. Related: Quickened ; quickening . An earlier verb was simply quick (c. 1200), from Old English gecwician . 中文词源 quicken ：使复活，苏醒，加快 来自quick,有生命的，快速的，-en,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quic
• queue-jumping 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random grace grace: [12] Latin grātus meant ‘pleasing’. Its most obvious English descendants are grateful , gratify , gratuity , etc, but it is also responsible for grace (not to mention the even better disguised agree ). Its derived noun grātia ‘pleasure, favour, thanks’ passed into English via Old French grace . Gracious [1
• questioner 英文词源 questioner (n.) 1550s, agent noun from question (v.). 中文词源 questioner ：提问人 来自question,问题。即提问题的人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： questioner 词源， questioner 含义。
• query 英文词源 query (n.) 1530s, quaere "a question," from Latin quaere "ask," imperative of quaerere "to seek, look for; strive, endeavor, strive to gain; ask, require, demand;" figuratively "seek mentally, seek to learn, make inquiry," probably ultimately from PIE *kwo- , root forming the stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (see who ). Spelling Englished or altered c. 1600 by influence of
• querulous 英文词源 querulous querulous: see quarrel querulous (adj.) c. 1400, from Old French querelos "quarrelsome, argumentative" and directly from Late Latin querulosus , from Latin querulus "full of complaints, complaining," from queri "to complain." Retains the original vowel of quarrel (n.1). Related: Querulously ; querulousness . 中文词源 querulous ：抱怨的，恼怒的 来自拉丁语quer
• quench 英文词源 quench (v.) Old English acwencan "to quench" (of fire, light), from Proto-Germanic *kwankjan , probably a causative form of root of Old English cwincan "to go out, be extinguished," Old Frisian kwinka . Related: Quenched ; quenching . 中文词源 quench ：扑灭，熄灭 可能来自古英语cwincan,离开，扑灭，灭火。进一步词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• quell 英文词源 quell quell: [OE] Quell and kill are probably closely related – indeed, in Old and Middle English quell was used for ‘kill’ (‘birds and small beasts with his bow he quells’, William of Palerne 1350). Quell goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * kwaljan (source also of German quälen ‘torture’), which may have had a variant * kuljan , that could have produced English kill
• queer 英文词源 queer queer: [16] Queer was probably borrowed from German quer ‘across, oblique’, hence ‘perverse’. This went back to a prehistoric Indo- European * twerk -, which also produced English thwart and Latin torquēre ‘twist’ (source of English torch , torture , etc). = thwart , torch , torment , tort , torture queer (adj.) c. 1500, "strange, peculiar, eccentric," from Scottish
• Q 英文词源 Q 16th letter of the classical Roman alphabet, from the Phoenician equivalent of Hebrew koph , qoph , which was used for the more guttural of the two "k" sounds in Semitic. The letter existed in Greek, but was little used and not alphabetized; the stereotypical connection with -u- began in Latin. Anglo-Saxon scribes adopted the habit at first, but later used spellings with cw- or cu-
• q.v. 英文词源 q.v. "Used to direct a reader to another part of a book or article for further information", From Latin quod vide , literally 'which see'. 中文词源 q.v. ：参见该条 缩写自拉丁语quod vide,来自quod,哪里，什么，词源同what,vide,看，词源同visit. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： q.v. 词源， q.v. 含义。
• quotient 英文词源 quotient (n.) "number of times one quantity is contained in another," mid-15c., from Latin quotiens "how often? how many times?; as often as," pronominal adverb of time, from quot "how many?" (see quote (v.)). The Latin adverb quotiens was mistaken in Middle English for a present participle in -ens . 中文词源 quotient ：商 来自拉丁语quot,多少，来自PIE*kwo,疑问代词词
• quotidian 英文词源 quotidian (adj.) mid-14c., "everyday, daily," from Old French cotidian (Modern French quotidien ), from Latin quotidianus "daily," from Latin quotus "how many? which in order or number?" (see quote (v.)) + dies "day" (see diurnal ). Meaning "ordinary, commonplace, trivial" is from mid-15c. 中文词源 quotidian ：普通的，日常的 来自拉丁语quotidianus,日常的，每天的，
• quoth 英文词源 quoth quoth: see bequeath quoth (v.) Old English cwæð , third person singular past tense of cweðan "to say, speak; name, call; declare, proclaim" (Middle English quethan ), from Proto-Germanic *kwithan (cognates: Old Saxon quethan , Old Norse kveða , Old Frisian quetha , Old High German quedan , Gothic qiþan ), from PIE root *gwet- "to say, speak" (see bequeath ). Compare also ar
• quotable 英文词源 quotable (adj.) 1804, from quote (v.) + -able . Related: Quotably . 中文词源 quotable ：适合引用的 来自quote,引用。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quotable 词源， quotable 含义。
• quorum 英文词源 quorum quorum: [15] Quorum began life as the genitive plural of the Latin pronoun quī ‘who’. This appeared in former times in the Latin text of commissions issued to persons who because of some special expertise were required to act as justices of the peace in a particular case (if two JPs were required, for instance, the wording would be quorum vos … duos esse volumnus ‘of w
• Quorn 英文词源 Quorn "A type of protein-rich food made from an edible fungus and used as a meat substitute", 1980s: the name of a former company in the Leicestershire village of Quorndon. 中文词源 Quorn ：阔恩素肉 品牌名。来自该公司所在地Leicestershire village of Quorndon. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Quorn 词源， Quorn 含义。
• quorate 英文词源 quorate (adj.) "attended by a quorum," 1969, from quorum + -ate (1). 中文词源 quorate ：达到法定人数的 来自quoram,法定人数。-ate,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quorate 词源， quorate 含义。
• Quonset hut 英文词源 Quonset hut 1942, from Quonset Point Naval Air Station, Rhode Island, where this type of structure was first built, 1941. The place name is from a southern New England Algonquian language and perhaps means "small, long place." 中文词源 Quonset hut ：尼森式铁皮屋 来自地名Quonset Point Naval Air Station,美国驻罗德岛军事基地。因首次于该地建造而得名。
• quondam 英文词源 quondam (adj.) "one-time, former," 1580s, from earlier use as an adverb ("formerly") and a noun ("former holder" of some office or position), both 1530s, from Latin quondam (adv.) "formerly, at some time, at one time; once in a while," from quom , cum "when, as" (see who ) + demonstrative ending -dam . 中文词源 quondam ：原来的，曾经的 来自拉丁语quondam,原来的，曾经
• quoit 英文词源 quoit (n.) late 14c., "curling stone," of uncertain origin, perhaps from Old French coite "flat stone" (with which the game was originally played), literally "cushion," variant of coilte (see quilt (n.)). Quoits were among the games prohibited by Edward III and Richard II to encourage archery. In reference to a heavy flat iron ring (and the tossing game played with it) it is recorded
• quatercentenary 英文词源 quatercentenary "The four-hundredth anniversary of a significant event", Late 19th century: from Latin quater 'four times' + centenary. 中文词源 quatercentenary ：四百周年的 来自拉丁语quattuor,四，词源同four,quadruple,-cent,百，百年，词源同century. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quatercentenary 词源， quatercentenary 含义。
• quasi- 英文词源 quasi- word-forming element used since 18c. (but most productively in 20c.) and typically meaning "kind of, resembling, like but not really, as if;" from Latin quasi "as if, as it were" (see quasi ). 中文词源 quasi- ：半，类 来自拉丁语quasi, 看起来相似， 类似。其中qua 来自PIE*kwo, 表疑问， 词源同quality,quantity,how,who,-si 来自PIE*swe,自身，自己，
• quash 英文词源 quash quash: [14] Quash goes back ultimately to Latin quatere ‘shake’ (source also of English rescue [14], which etymologically means ‘shake off, drive away’, and of concussion and percussion ). From it evolved quassāre ‘shake to pieces, break’, which passed into Old French as quasser (its modern descendant is casser , from which English gets cashier ‘dismiss from the a
• quasar 英文词源 quasar (n.) 1964, from " quas(i-stell)ar radio source" (1963); from quasi- + stellar . 中文词源 quasar ：类星体 缩写自quasi-stellar. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quasar 词源， quasar 含义。
• quarto 英文词源 quarto (n.) "book from paper folded to make four pages to the sheet," late 15c., from Medieval Latin in quarto "in the fourth (part of a sheet of paper)," from quarto , ablative singular of Latin quartus "fourth" (see quart ). 中文词源 quarto ：四开本 来自拉丁语quarto,四分之一部分，来自quartus的离格，词源同four,quarter.用于指纸张的四开本。 该词的
• quartile 英文词源 quartile (n.) c. 1500, originally in astronomy; see quartile (adj.). In statistics, from 1879. quartile (adj.) mid-15c., "90 degrees apart" (of astronomical measurements), from Middle French quartil , from Medieval Latin quartilus "of a quartile," from Latin quartus "fourth" (see quart ). 中文词源 quartile ：四分位数 quart-,四，四分之一，-ile,形容词后缀。引申词义
• quartet 英文词源 quartet (n.) 1773, "musical composition for four instruments or voices," from French quartette, from Italian quartetto , diminutive of quarto "fourth," from Latin quartus "fourth" (see quart ). Meaning "set of four singers or musical performers" is from 1814. 中文词源 quartet ：四重奏 quart-,四，-et,小词后缀。引申词义四重奏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• quartermaster 英文词源 quartermaster (n.) early 15c., "subordinate officer of a ship," from French quartier-maître or directly from Dutch kwartier-meester ; originally a ship's officer whose duties included stowing of the hold; later (c. 1600) an officer in charge of quarters and rations for troops. See quarters . 中文词源 quartermaster ：军需官 quarter,营房，后勤，master,管理者。用于指军
• quarter-final 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random publish publish: [14] To publish something is etymologically to make it ‘public’. The word comes from publiss -, the stem of Old French publier , which was descended from Latin pūblicāre ‘make public’, a derivative of pūblicus ‘public’. The earliest record of its use in English for ‘bring out a book’ comes fro
• quarterdeck 英文词源 companion companion: [13] Etymologically, your companion is someone who shares your ‘bread’ with you. It comes, via Old French compaignon , from Vulgar Latin * compāniō , a compound noun formed from Latin com - ‘with’ and pānis ‘bread’. The Old French stem compaign - also formed the basis of compaignie , from which English gets company [13]. Compare MATE. The companion
• quarterback 英文词源 quarterback (n.) in U.S. football, 1876, from quarter (n.) + back (n.); so called from his position on the field at the start of play, between the halfback and the center. As a verb from 1945. Figurative sense from 1952. Monday morning quarterback is 1932 (n.), 1972 (v.); originally pro football player slang for sportswriters (U.S. professional football games typically are played on S
• quarry 英文词源 quarry quarry: Quarry from which stone is extracted [15] and quarry which one hunts [14] are quite different words. The former was borrowed from Old French quarriere , a derivative of * quarre ‘square stone’. This went back to Latin quadrum ‘square’, which was based on the stem quadr - ‘four’, source of English quadrangle , quadrant , quadruped , etc. The sort of quarry th
• quarrelsome 英文词源 quarrelsome (adj.) 1590s, from quarrel (n.1) + -some (1). Related: Quarrelsomeness . 中文词源 quarrelsome ：好争吵的 来自quarrel,争吵，-some,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quarrelsome 词源， quarrelsome 含义。
• quarrel 英文词源 quarrel quarrel: English has two words quarrel , one of them now little more than a historical memory. Quarrel ‘argument’ [14] goes back via Old French querele to Latin querēla , a derivative of querī ‘complain’. Also based on querī was querulus ‘complaining’, from which English gets querulous [15]. Quarrel ‘crossbow arrow’ [13] comes via Old French quarel from Vulg
• quark 英文词源 quark quark: [20] The term quark was applied to a type of fundamental particle by its discoverer, the American physicist Murray Gell-Mann. He seems first to have used quork , but then he remembered quark , a nonsense word used by James Joyce in Finnegan’s Wake 1939, and he decided to plump for that. It first appeared in print in 1964. quark (n.) 1964, applied by U.S. physicist Murra
• quantum leap 英文词源 quantum (n.) 1610s, "one's share or portion," from Latin quantum (plural quanta ) "as much as, so much as; how much? how far? how great an extent?" neuter singular of correlative pronominal adjective quantus "as much" (see quantity ). Introduced in physics directly from Latin by Max Planck, 1900; reinforced by Einstein, 1905. Quantum theory is from 1912; quantum mechanics , 1922; quan
• quantum 英文词源 quantum (n.) 1610s, "one's share or portion," from Latin quantum (plural quanta ) "as much as, so much as; how much? how far? how great an extent?" neuter singular of correlative pronominal adjective quantus "as much" (see quantity ). Introduced in physics directly from Latin by Max Planck, 1900; reinforced by Einstein, 1905. Quantum theory is from 1912; quantum mechanics , 1922; quan
• quantifier 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random accomplice accomplice: [15] This word was borrowed into English (from French) as complice (and complice stayed in common usage until late in the 19th century). It comes from Latin complex , which is related to English complicated , and originally meant simply ‘an associate’, without any pejorative associations. The form acco
• quango 英文词源 quango quango: [20] Quango is an acronym created probably in the late 1960s to refer, in a none too complimentary way, to an administrative body hovering in the grey area between public accountability and private control. It is commonly explained as being based on the initial letters of quasi-autonomous national government organization , but there is no actual evidence for that unwiel
• quandary 英文词源 quandary quandary: [16] Quandary may have originated as a quasi-latinism. One of its early forms was quandare , which suggests that it may have been a pseudo-Latin infinitive verb, coined on the fanciful notion that Latin quandō ‘when’ was a first person present singular form. quandary (n.) "state of perplexity," 1570s, of unknown origin, perhaps a quasi-Latinism based on Latin q