英语词源

• qualm 英文词源 qualm (n.) Old English cwealm (West Saxon) "death, murder, slaughter; disaster; plague; torment," utcualm (Anglian) "utter destruction," probably related to cwellan "to kill, murder, execute," cwelan "to die" (see quell ). Sense softened to "feeling of faintness" 1520s; figurative meaning "uneasiness, doubt" is from 1550s; that of "scruple of conscience" is 1640s. Evidence of a direct
• Quaker 英文词源 Quaker (n.) 1651, said to have been applied to them in 1650 by Justice Bennett at Derby, from George Fox's admonition to his followers to "tremble at the Word of the Lord;" but the word was used earlier of foreign sects given to fits of shaking during religious fervor, and that is likely the source here. Either way, it never was an official name of the Religious Society of Friends. Th
• quake 英文词源 quake (v.) Old English cwacian "quake, tremble, chatter (of teeth)," related to cweccan "to shake, swing, move, vibrate," of unknown origin with no certain cognates outside English. Perhaps somehow imitative. In reference to earth tremors, probably by c. 1200. Related: Quaked ; quaking . quake (n.) early 14c., "a trembling in fear," from quake (v.). Rare except in combinations. Now us
• quaint 英文词源 quaint quaint: [13] Quaint was once a more wholehearted term of approval than it is now. In Middle English it meant ‘clever’ or ‘finely or skilfully made’. Its current sense ‘pleasantly curious’ did not emerge until the 18th century. It comes via Old French coint from Latin cognitus ‘known’, the past participle of cognōscere ‘know’ (source of English recognize ).
• quail 英文词源 quail quail: Quail the bird [14] and quail ‘cower’ [15] are not related. The former comes via Old French quaille from medieval Latin coacula , which probably originated in imitation of the bird’s grating cry. It is not known for certain where the verb (which originally meant ‘decline, wither, give way’) came from, although some have linked it with another verb quail , now ob
• quagmire 英文词源 quagmire quagmire: [16] The now virtually defunct word quag denoted a ‘marsh’, particularly one with a top layer of turf that moved when you trod on it. Combination with mire (which also originally meant ‘marsh’, and is related to English moss ) produced quagmire . It is not known where quag came from, but its underlying meaning is generally taken to be ‘shake, tremble’, a
• quag 英文词源 quag (n.) "marshy spot," 1580s, a variant of Middle English quabbe "a marsh, bog," from Old English *cwabba "shake, tremble" (like something soft and flabby). 中文词源 quag ：沼地，泥沼 来自中古英语quabbe,可能来自qu-所表示的拟声词，模仿松软，颤动或颤抖的声音，词源同quaver,quiver. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quag 词
• quaff 英文词源 quaff (v.) 1510s (implied in quaffer ), perhaps imitative, or perhaps from Low German quassen "to overindulge (in food and drink)," with -ss- misread as -ff- . Related: Quaffed ; quaffing . The noun is attested by 1570s, from the verb. 中文词源 quaff ：豪饮 可能来自拟声词，模仿喝酒的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quaff 词源， qu
• quadroon 英文词源 quadroon (n.) 1707, "offspring of a white and a mulatto," from Spanish cuarteron (used chiefly of the offspring of a European and a mestizo), literally "one who has a fourth" (Negro blood), from cuarto "fourth," from Latin quartus (see quart ), so called because he or she has one quarter African blood. Altered by influence of words in quadr- . There also was some use in 19c. of quintr
• quadruplet 英文词源 quadruplet (n.) "one of four children at a single birth," 1787; from quadruple (adj.) with ending from triplet . Related: Quadruplets . Musical sense is from 1873. 中文词源 quadruplet ：四胞胎 quadr-,四，-plet,倍数，词源同triple,triplet.用于指四胞胎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quadruplet 词源， quadruplet 含义。
• quadruple 英文词源 quadruple (v.) late 14c., from Middle French quadrupler , from Late Latin quadruplare "make fourfold, multiply by four," from Latin quadruplus (adj.) "quadruple, fourfold" (see quadruple (adj.)). quadruple (adj.) 1550s, from Middle French quadruple (13c.), from Latin quadruplus "fourfold," from quadri- "four" (see quadru- ) + -plus "-fold" (see -plus ). 中文词源 quadruple ：四倍
• quadriplegic 英文词源 quadriplegic (adj.) also quadraplegic , 1897, from quadriplegia + -ic . A correct, all-Greek formation would be *tessaraplegic . The noun is first attested 1912, from the adjective. 中文词源 quadriplegic ：四肢瘫痪的 quadr-,四，-pleg,瘫痪，缩写自paraplegia. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quadriplegic 词源， quadriplegic 含义。
• quadrillion 英文词源 quadrillion (n.) 1670s, from French quadrillion (16c.) from quadri- "four" (see quadri- ) + (m)illion . Compare billion . In Great Britain, the fourth power of a million (1 followed by 24 zeroes); in the U.S., the fifth power of a thousand (1 followed by 15 zeroes). 中文词源 quadrillion ：千的五次幂(1015) quadr-,四，-illion,百万，缩写自million.此处为million乘以三
• quadrille 英文词源 quadrille (n.) 1773, "lively square dance for four couples," from French quadrille (17c.), originally one of four groups of horsemen in a tournament (a sense attested in English from 1738), from Spanish cuadrilla , diminutive of cuadro "four-sided battle square," from Latin quadrum "a square," related to quattuor "four" (see four ). The craze for the dance hit England in 1816, and it
• quadrilateral 英文词源 quadrilateral (n.) "four-sided," 1640s, with -al (1) + Latin quadrilaterus , from quadri- "four" (see quadri- ) + latus (genitive lateris ) "side" (see oblate (n.)). As an adjective from 1650s. Related: Quadrilaterally . 中文词源 quadrilateral ：四边形的 quadr-,四，-later,边，词源同unilateral. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quadrilateral 词源，
• quadriceps 英文词源 quadriceps (n.) 1840, see quadricep . 中文词源 quadriceps ：四头肌 quadr-,四，-cep,头，词源同captain,cap.引申词义四头肌。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quadriceps 词源， quadriceps 含义。
• quadratic 英文词源 quadratic (adj.) 1650s, "square," with -ic + obsolete quadrate "a square; a group of four things" (late 14c.), from Latin quadratum , noun use of neuter adjective quadratus "square, squared," past participle of quadrare "to square, set in order, complete" (see quadrant ). Quadratic equations (1660s) so called because they involve the square of x. 中文词源 quadratic ：四倍的，平
• quadraphonic 英文词源 quadraphonic (adj.) 1969, irregular formation from quadri- "four" + phonic , from Greek phone "sound, voice," from PIE root *bha- (2) "to speak, tell, say" (see fame (n.)). The goal was to reproduce front-to-back sound distribution in addition to side-to-side stereo. The later term for the same idea, surround sound , is preferable to this. 中文词源 quadraphonic ：四声道的 qua
• quadrant 英文词源 quadrant (n.) late 14c., "a quarter of a day, six hours," from Middle French quadrant , from Latin quadrantem (nominative quadrans ) "fourth part," also the name of a coin worth a quarter of an as , noun use of present participle of quadrare "to make square; put in order, arrange, complete; run parallel, be exact," figuratively "to fit, suit, be proper," related to quadrus "a square,"
• quadrangular 英文词源 quadrangular (adj.) early 15c., from Medieval Latin quadrangularis "having four corners," from Late Latin quadrangulus (see quadrangle ). 中文词源 quadrangular ：四边形的 来自quadrangle,四角形，四边形。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quadrangular 词源， quadrangular 含义。
• quadrangle 英文词源 quadrangle (n.) late 14c., from Old French quadrangle (13c.) and directly from Late Latin quadrangulum "four-sided figure," noun use of neuter of Latin adjective quadrangulus "having four quarters," from Latin quattuor "four" (see four ) + angulus "angle" (see angle (n.)). Meaning "four-sided court between buildings" is from 1590s. 中文词源 quadrangle ：四方形院子 quadr-,四，
• quadr- 英文词源 quadroon (n.) 1707, "offspring of a white and a mulatto," from Spanish cuarteron (used chiefly of the offspring of a European and a mestizo), literally "one who has a fourth" (Negro blood), from cuarto "fourth," from Latin quartus (see quart ), so called because he or she has one quarter African blood. Altered by influence of words in quadr- . There also was some use in 19c. of quintr
• quackery 英文词源 quackery (n.) 1690s, from quack (n.) + -ery . 中文词源 quackery ：庸医行径 来自quack,庸医。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quackery 词源， quackery 含义。
• quacker 英文词源 quacker (n.) "a duck," 1846, agent noun from quack (v.). 中文词源 quacker ：鸭子 来自quack,鸭叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quacker 词源， quacker 含义。
• qua 英文词源 qua "as, in the capacity of," from Latin qua "where? on which side? at which place? which way? in what direction?" figuratively "how? in what manner? by what method?; to what extent? in what degree?" correlative pronominal adverb of place, from PIE *kwo- , stem of relative and interrogative pronouns (source also of Old English hwa "who;" see who ). 中文词源 qua ：作为，以...身
• Q-tip 英文词源 Q-tip "A small, thin stick of plastic, paper, or wood with a cotton-wool swab at each end, used in personal hygiene, first aid, etc", 1920s; earliest use found in Lancaster (Ohio) Daily Eagle . From Q, the initial letter of quality + tip. 中文词源 Q-tip ：棉签 联合利华商标。Q缩写自quality. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Q-tip 词源， Q-tip 含义
• qiblah 英文词源 qiblah "The direction of the Kaaba (the sacred building at Mecca), to which Muslims turn at prayer", Mid 17th century: Arabic, 'that which is opposite'. 中文词源 qiblah ：吉布拉，天房 麦加天房方向，为穆斯林礼拜朝向。来自阿拉伯语qibla,相对的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： qiblah 词源， qiblah 含义。
• QED 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random chart chart: [16] English card and chart are related. Both come from Latin charta ‘paper’, but whereas card was routed via French carte , and for some reason changed its t to a d , chart was borrowed directly from the Latin word, in which the meaning ‘map’ had already developed. Latin charta originally denoted ‘leaf of
• quiet 英文词源 quiet quiet: [14] The Latin noun quiēs meant ‘quiet’ (it came from a prehistoric Indo-European base * qwi - ‘rest’, which also produced English while and the final syllable of tranquil ). From it was derived the verb quiēscere ‘be still’ (source of English quiescent [17]). Its past participle quiētus has given English quiet (and its Siamese twin coy ), quit , and quite
• questionnaire 英文词源 questionnaire (n.) 1901, from French questionnaire "list of formal questions," from questionner "to question," (see question (v.)). Purists preferred native formation questionary (1540s); see -ary . 中文词源 questionnaire ：调查表  词根词缀： -quest-寻求 + -ion名词词尾(n双写) + -aire名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： questionnaire
• questionable 英文词源 questionable (adj.) 1580s, "that may be interrogated;" c. 1600, "open to dispute, doubtful," from question (v.) + -able . Deprecatory sense of "dubious in character" is attested from 1806. Related: Questionably . 中文词源 questionable ：可疑的，不可靠的   词根词缀： -quest-寻求 + -ion名词词尾 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• question 英文词源 question question: [13] Question is one of a large family of English words that go back to the Latin verb quaerere ‘seek, ask’. Its past participle quaestus formed the basis of a noun, quaestiō , which has become English question . An earlier form of the past participle was quaesītus , and its feminine version quaesīta eventually passed into English via Old French as quest [14]
• quest 英文词源 quest (n.) c. 1300, "an inquest;" early 14c., "a search for something" (especially of judicial inquiries or hounds seeking game), from Old French queste "search, quest, chase, hunt, pursuit; inquest, inquiry" (12c., Modern French quête ), properly "the act of seeking," and directly from Medieval Latin questa "search, inquiry," alteration of Latin quaesitus (fem. quaesita ) "sought-ou
• quartz 英文词源 quartz (n.) "silicon dioxide," 1756, from German Quarz , Zwarc "rock crystal," from Middle High German twarc , probably from a West Slavic source, compare Czech tvrdy , Polish twardy "quartz," noun uses of an adjective meaning "hard," from Old Church Slavonic tvrudu "hard," from Proto-Slavic *tvrd- , from PIE *(s)twer- "to grasp, hold; hard." 中文词源 quartz ：石英 来源于德语
• quarterly 英文词源 quarterly (adv.) early 15c., from quarter (n.) + -ly (2). As an adjective from 1560s, from -ly (1). As a noun, from 1830, "a quarterly publication," from the adjective. 中文词源 quarterly ：每季的 词根词缀： quarter季 + -ly 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quarterly 词源， quarterly 含义。 quarterly ：季度的，季刊 quarter,四分之一，
• quarter 英文词源 quarter quarter: [13] Quarter is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin quattuor ‘four’ and its relatives. Direct descendants of quattuor itself are actually fairly few – among them quatrain [16] and quatrefoil [15] (both via Old French). But its ordinal form quārtus ‘fourth’ has been most prolific: English is indebted to it for quart [14],
• quart 英文词源 quart (n.) "one-fourth of a gallon," early 14c., from Old French quarte "a fourth part" (13c.), from Latin quarta (pars) , from fem. of quartus "the fourth," related to quattuor "four," from PIE root *kewtwor- (see four ). Compare Latin quartarius "fourth part," also the name of a small liquid measure (the fourth part of a sextarius), which was about the same as an English pint. 中文词
• quantity 英文词源 quantity quantity: [14] Latin quantus meant ‘how much’ (it was a compound adjective formed from quī ‘who’). From it was derived the noun quantitās ‘extent, amount’, which passed into English via Old French quantite . Quantum [17], a noun use of the neuter form of the Latin adjective, originally denoted simply ‘amount’; its specific application to a ‘minimum amount
• quantitative 英文词源 quantitative (adj.) 1580s, "having quantity," from Medieval Latin quantitativus , from stem of Latin quantitas (see quantity ). Meaning "measurable" is from 1650s. Related: Quantitatively . 中文词源 quantitative ：数量的，定量的 词根词缀： -quant-量,数量 + -it- + -ative形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quantitative 词源， qua
• quantify 英文词源 quantify (v.) 1840, from Medieval Latin quantificare , from Latin quantus "as much," correlative pronominal adjective (see quantity ) + facere "to make" (see factitious ). Literal sense of "determine the quantity of, measure" is from 1878. Related: Quantified ; quantifying . 中文词源 quantify ：确定数量  词根词缀： -quant-量,数量 + -ify动词词尾 该词的英语词源
• quality 英文词源 quality quality: [13] The ultimate source of quality is Latin quālis ‘of what sort?’, a compound pronoun formed from quī ‘who’ and the adjectival suffix -ālis . From it were derived the noun quālitās , source of English quality , and quālificāre , from which English gets qualify [16]. = qualify quality (n.) c. 1300, "temperament, character, disposition," from Old French
• qualitative 英文词源 qualitative (adj.) early 15c., "that produces a (physical) quality," from Medieval Latin qualitativus "relating to quality," from stem of Latin qualitas "a quality, property, nature" (see quality ). Meaning "concerned with quality" is from c. 1600 in English, from French qualitatif or Medieval Latin qualitativus . Related: Qualitatively . 中文词源 qualitative ：性质上的，质量
• qualify 英文词源 qualify (v.) mid-15c., "to invest with a quality," from Middle French qualifier (15c.) and directly from Medieval Latin qualificare "attribute a quality to; make of a certain quality," from Latin qualis "of what sort?," correlative pronominal adjective (see quality ) + facere "to make" (see factitious ). Meaning "to limit, modify" is from 1530s. Sense of "be fit for a job" first appea
• qualified 英文词源 unqualified (adj.) 1550s, "not having necessary qualifications, from un- (1) "not" + past participle of qualify (v.). Meaning "not modified or limited" is recorded from 1796. As a verb, unqualify "disqualify" is from 1650s. 中文词源 qualified ：有资格的，能胜任的  词根词缀： -qual-性质,特征 + -ify动词词尾(y→i) + -ed 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• qualification 英文词源 qualification (n.) 1540s, "restriction, modification," from Middle French qualification and directly from Medieval Latin qualificationem (nominative qualificatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of qualificare (see qualify ). Meaning "accomplishment that qualifies someone to do something" is from 1660s; that of "necessary precondition" is from 1723. Related: Qualifications
• quakeproof 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fidelity fidelity: see faith 中文词源 quakeproof ：防震的   词根词缀： quake震动 + -proof防…的 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： quakeproof 词源， quakeproof 含义。
• quadruped 英文词源 quadruped (n.) 1640s, from French quadrupède (16c.), from Latin quadrupes (genitive quadrupedis ) "four-footed, on all fours," also, as a noun, "a four-footed animal," from quadri- "four" (see quadri- ) + pes "foot" (see foot (n.)). The adjective is attested from 1741. Related: Quadrupedal (1610s). 中文词源 quadruped ：四足动物 词根词缀： quadru-四 + -ped-足 该词的英
• quota 英文词源 quota (n.) 1660s, from Medieval Latin quota , from Latin quota pars "how large a part," from quota , fem. singular of quotus "which, what number (in sequence);" see quote (v.). Earliest reference is to contributions of soldiers or supplies levied from a town or district; immigration sense is from 1921. 中文词源 quota ：分配额，限额 quota 分配额，限额 quota直接借自拉
• quotation 英文词源 quotation (n.) mid-15c., "numbering," later (1530s) "marginal notation," noun of action from quote (v.) or else from Medieval Latin quotationem (nominative quotatio ), noun of action from past participle stem of quotare "to number." Meaning "an act of quoting" is from 1640s; that of "passage quoted" is from 1680s. Quotation marks attested by 1777. 中文词源 quotation ：语录 quot
• queue 英文词源 queue queue: [16] Etymologically a queue is simply a ‘tail’. That was the meaning of its Latin ancestor cauda , a word of unknown origin which has also given English caudal ‘of a tail’ [17] and, via Italian, coda [18] (literally a ‘tail’-piece). To begin with in English queue (acquired via French) was used only as a technical term in heraldry for a ‘tail’. It was not u
• quick 英文词源 quick quick: [OE] Originally quick meant ‘alive’ (as in the now fossilized phrase the quick and the dead ); it was not until the 13th century that the sense ‘rapid’ began to emerge. It goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * kwikwaz (which also produced Swedish kvick ‘rapid’); and this was descended from an Indo-European base * gwej -, which branched out into Latin vīvus ‘
• quibble 英文词源 quibble quibble: [17] Quibble probably originated as a rather ponderous learned joke-word. It is derived from an earlier and now obsolete quib ‘pun’, which appears to have been based on quibus , the dative and ablative plural of Latin quī ‘who, what’. The notion is that since quibus made frequent appearances in legal documents written in Latin, it became associated with petti
• quisling 英文词源 quisling quisling: [20] Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician who from 1933 led the National Union Party, the Norwegian fascist party (Quisling was not his real name – he was born Abraham Lauritz Jonsson). When the Germans invaded Norway in 1940 he gave them active support, urging his fellow Norwegians not to resist them, and in 1942 he was installed by Hitler as a puppet premi
• quiz 英文词源 quiz quiz: [19] No one has ever been able satisfactorily to explain the origins of quiz . A word of that form first appeared at the end of the 18th century, meaning ‘odd person’ or, as a verb, ‘make fun of’ (in the early 19th century it was claimed to have been coined by a Dublin theatre proprietor by the name of Daly, but no proof has ever been found for this). The verb later
• quasi 英文词源 quasi (adv.) late 15c., Latin, in hypothetical comparisons, "as if, just as if, as though;" in real comparisons "just as, as;" in approximation, "somewhat like, nearly, not far from;" from quam "as" relative pronominal adverb of manner (see who ) + si "if," from PIE pronominal stem *swo- "so" (see so ). 中文词源 quasi ：类，半 来自拉丁词quasi, 看起来似，类似。其中
• Quisling 英文词源 quisling quisling: [20] Vidkun Quisling was a Norwegian politician who from 1933 led the National Union Party, the Norwegian fascist party (Quisling was not his real name – he was born Abraham Lauritz Jonsson). When the Germans invaded Norway in 1940 he gave them active support, urging his fellow Norwegians not to resist them, and in 1942 he was installed by Hitler as a puppet premi
• quixotic 英文词源 quixotic quixotic: [18] Quixotic commemorates Don Quixote, the hero of Cervantes’s novel of the same name (published in two parts in 1605 and 1615). He was a slightly dotty Spanish gentleman whose head became turned by tales of chivalric derring-do, which he sought to emulate in real life. His most famous exploit was to charge with his lance at windmills, under the mistaken impressi
• quarantine 英文词源 quarantine quarantine: [17] Quarantine denotes etymologically a period of ‘forty’ days. It goes back ultimately to Latin quadrāgintā ‘forty’, whose Italian descendant quaranta formed the basis of the noun quarantina ‘period of forty days’. English used it originally for a ‘period of forty days’ isolation’, but gradually the stipulation of the number of days faded o
• queen 英文词源 queen queen: [OE] Queen goes back ultimately to prehistoric Indo-European * gwen - ‘woman’, source also of Greek guné ‘woman’ (from which English gets gynaecology ), Persian zan ‘woman’ (from which English gets zenana ‘harem’), Swedish kvinna ‘woman’, and the now obsolete English quean ‘woman’. In its very earliest use in Old English queen (or cwēn , as it th
• quack 英文词源 quack quack: English has two words quack . The one denoting the call of a duck [17] originated of course as an imitation of the sound itself. Quack ‘person claiming to be a doctor’ [17] is short for an earlier quacksalver , which etymologically denoted ‘someone who prattles on or boasts about the efficacy of his remedies’. It was borrowed from early modern Dutch quacksalver ,
• quote 英文词源 quote quote: [14] Latin quot meant ‘how many’. From it was derived the adjective quotus ‘of what number’, whose feminine form quota was used in post-classical times as a noun, denoting literally ‘how great a part’ – whence English quota [17]. Quotus also formed the basis of the medieval Latin verb quotāre ‘number’, which was used specifically for the practice of mar
• quintessence 英文词源 quintessence quintessence: [15] Just as modern particle physicists search for the ultimate constituent of matter, the common denominator of all known forces, so medieval alchemists tried to find a fifth primary essence, which together with earth, air, fire, and water formed the substance of all heaven and earth. This fifth essence, higher and more ethereal than the other four, was pos
• Papua New Guniea 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random store store: [13] Store is a shortened version of the now defunct astor ‘supplies, stock of provisions’. This was borrowed from Old French estor , a derivative of estorer ‘build, restore, furnish, stock’, which in turn came from Latin instaurāre ‘renew, repair, restore’ (source also of English restaurant and restore
• Palau 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random quarter quarter: [13] Quarter is one of a large family of English words that go back ultimately to Latin quattuor ‘four’ and its relatives. Direct descendants of quattuor itself are actually fairly few – among them quatrain [16] and quatrefoil [15] (both via Old French). But its ordinal form quārtus ‘fourth’ has been
• Puerto Rico 英文词源 Puerto Rico Spanish, literally "rich harbor;" Caribbean island, name given in 1493 by Christopher Columbus to the large bay on the north side of the island; he called the island itself San Juan . Over time the name of the bay became the name of the island and the name of the island was taken by the town that grew up at the bay. Often spelled Porto Rico in 19c.; name officially changed
• Philippines 英文词源 Philippines from Spanish Islas Filipinas , literally "the islands of Philip," named for Philip II, king of Spain. Related: Philippine . 中文词源 Philippines （菲律宾）：菲利普王子的土地 菲律宾位于碧波浩瀚的太平洋的西部，由吕宋、棉兰老等7000多个岛屿组成。1521年， 葡萄牙航海家麦哲伦航行到这里，将其命名为圣拉哈鲁群
• Pepsi 英文词源 dyspepsia (n.) 1706, from Late Latin dyspepsia or a back-formation from dyspeptic (q.v.). Its opposite is eupepsia . Pepsi-Cola U.S. patent filed Sept. 23, 1902, by Caleb D. Bradham (1867-1934), pharmacist and drugstore owner of New Bern, N.C., probably from pepsin ; early Pepsi ads tout it as a digestive aid. pepsin (n.) also pepsine , fermin in gastric juice, used medicinally for ca
• Philadelphia 英文词源 Philadelphia city in Pennsylvania, U.S., from Greek, taken by William Penn to mean "brotherly love," from philos "loving" (see -phile ) + adelphos "brother" (see Adelphia ). Also the name recalls that of the ancient city in Lydia, mentioned in the New Testament, which was so called in honor of Attalos II Philadelphos , 2c B.C.E. king of Pergamon, who founded it. His title is said to h
• Pennsylvania 英文词源 Pennsylvania American colony, later U.S. state, 1681, literally "Penn's Woods," a hybrid formed from the surname Penn (Welsh, literally "head") + Latin sylvania (see sylvan ). Not named for William Penn, the proprietor, but, on suggestion of Charles II, for Penn's late father, Admiral William Penn (1621-1670), who had lent the king the money that was repaid to the son in the form of l
• ponticello 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random xylophone xylophone: [19] Etymologically, a xylophone makes ‘sounds’ from ‘wood’. The term was coined in the 1860s from Greek xúlon ‘wood’ (an allusion to the instrument’s tuned wooden bars) and the combining form - phone ‘sound’. 中文词源 ponticello ：琴马；琴桥 词根pont-表桥，与日耳曼词源的
• psychopathy 英文词源 psychopathy (n.) 1847, from psycho- + -pathy , on model of German psychopathie . 中文词源 psychopathy ：精神变态，心理变态 词根词缀： -psych-心理,精神 + -o- + -path-痛苦→疾病 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychopathy 词源， psychopathy 含义。
• primiparous 英文词源 primiparity "The condition of being primiparous", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in James Matthew Duncan (1826–1890), obstetric physician. From either primipar- or classical Latin prīmipara + -ity, probably after French primiparité . 中文词源 primiparous ：初产的，初次分娩的 词根词缀： -prim-首要 + -i- + -par-生育 + -ous形容词词尾 该词的英语词源
• primiparity 英文词源 primiparity "The condition of being primiparous", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in James Matthew Duncan (1826–1890), obstetric physician. From either primipar- or classical Latin prīmipara + -ity, probably after French primiparité . 中文词源 primiparity ：初产 词根词缀： -prim-首要 + -i- + -par-生育 + -ity名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• primipara 英文词源 primipara (n.) 1842, Modern Latin, from Latin primus "first" (see prime (adj.)) + parus (see -parous ). 中文词源 primipara ：初产的孕妇，只生过一个孩子的妇女 词根词缀： -prim-首要 + -i- + -par-生育 + -a名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： primipara 词源， primipara 含义。
• perorate 英文词源 perorate (v.) c. 1600, back-formation from peroration , or else from Latin peroratus , past participle of perorare . Related: Perorated ; perorating . 中文词源 perorate ：作长篇演说的人，罗罗唆唆讲的人 词根词缀： per-贯穿,通过 + -orat-口,说 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： perorate 词源， perorate 含义。
• patriarchy 英文词源 patriarchy (n.) 1560s, in ecclesiastical sense, from Greek patriarkhia , from patriarkhes (see patriarch ). Meaning "system of society or government by fathers or elder males of the community" first recorded 1630s. 中文词源 patriarchy ：家长制；族长政治；族长制社会；族长管区；父系(社会) 词根词缀： -patr-父 + -i- + -arch-统治→首脑 + -y名词词尾
• pathologist 英文词源 pathologist (n.) 1640s, from pathology + -ist . 中文词源 pathologist ：病理学家 词根词缀： -path-痛苦→疾病 + -o- + -logist名词词尾,…学家 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pathologist 词源， pathologist 含义。
• pathogeny 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random epidemic epidemic: [17] An epidemic is literally something that has an effect ‘among the people’. The word comes from French épidémique , a derivative of the noun épidémie , which goes back via late Latin epidēmia to Greek epidēmíā ‘disease prevalent among the people’. This was a noun use of epidémios , a compou
• pathogenetic 英文词源 pathogenic (adj.) "producing disease," 1836, from French pathogénique , from Greek pathos "disease" (see pathos ) + French -génique "producing" (see -gen ). Related: Pathogenetic (1838); pathogenicity . 中文词源 pathogenetic ：发病的，致病的 词根词缀： -path-痛苦→疾病 + -o- + -gen-生殖,出生 + -etic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• passivism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random sky sky: [13] Our Anglo-Saxon ancestors called the sky heofon ‘heaven’. Not until the early Middle English period did heaven begin to be pushed aside by sky , a borrowing from Old Norse ský ‘cloud’. This came ultimately from an Indo- European base meaning ‘cover’, which also produced Latin obscūrus , source of Engl
• passer 英文词源 passer-by (n.) also passerby , 1560s, from agent noun of pass (v.) + by ; earlier, this sense was in passager (see passenger ). passerine (adj.) 1776, from Latin passerinus "of a sparrow," from passer "sparrow," possibly of imitative origin. The noun is 1842, from the adjective. passeriform "Resembling a sparrow in form or structure; specifically of or relating to the order Passerifor
• particulate 英文词源 particulate (adj.) 1871, from Modern Latin particulatus , from particula (see particle ). As a noun from 1960. Related: Particulates . 中文词源 particulate ：微粒的，粒子的 词根词缀： -part-分,局部 + -i- + -cular形容词词尾(ar略) + -ate形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： particulate 词源， particulate 含义。
• parlour 英文词源 parlour chiefly British English spelling of parlor (q.v.). 中文词源 parlour ：客厅；接待室；营业室，业务室 词根词缀： -parl-说 + -our名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： parlour 词源， parlour 含义。
• parliamentary 英文词源 parliamentary (adj.) 1610s, from parliament + -ary . 中文词源 parliamentary ：议会的，国会的；语气慎重有礼的 词根词缀： -parl-说→商谈→会议 + -ia名词词尾 + -ment名词词尾 + -ary形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： parliamentary 词源， parliamentary 含义。
• parliamentarism 英文词源 parliamentarism "The parliamentary principle or system of government", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Times . From parliamentary + -ism. Compare French parlementarisme . 中文词源 parliamentarism ：议会政治，议会制度 词根词缀： -parl-说→商谈→会议 + -ia名词词尾 + -ment名词词尾 + -ary形容词词尾(y略) + -ism名词词尾,制度 该词的英
• parliamentarian 英文词源 parliamentarian (n.) 1640s as a designation of one of the sides in the English Civil War; meaning "one versed in parliamentary procedure" dates from 1834. See parliamentary + -ian . 中文词源 parliamentarian ：议事法规专家，国会议员 词根词缀： -parl-说→商谈→会议 + -ia名词词尾 + -ment名词词尾 + -arian名词词尾,人 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• panification 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random bashful bashful: see abash 中文词源 panification ：面包制作 词根词缀： -pan-面包 + -i- + -fic-做,作 + -ation名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： panification 词源， panification 含义。
• pacificism 英文词源 pacificism (n.) 1904, from pacific + -ism . 中文词源 pacificism ：和平主义，反战言 词根词缀： -paci-和平 + -fic-做,作 + -ism名词词尾,主义 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pacificism 词源， pacificism 含义。
• pacificatory 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pliable pliable: see ply 中文词源 pacificatory ：和[调]解的，媾和的；平定的；安抚的 词根词缀： -paci-和平 + -fic-做,作 + -atory形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pacificatory 词源， pacificatory 含义。
• pacificator 英文词源 pacificator "A person who or thing which pacificates someone or something; a peacemaker; a thing that soothes or subdues", Mid 16th cent.; earliest use found in Thomas Cromwell (d. 1540), royal minister. From classical Latin pācificātor peacemaker, pacifier from pācificāt- , past participial stem of pācificāre + -or . Compare Middle French, French pacificateur arbiter, peacemake