英语词源

• pacification 英文词源 pacification (n.) "a setting at peace," early 15c., from Middle French pacification "act of making peaceful" (15c.), from Latin pacificationem (nominative pacificatio ) "a peace-making," noun of action from past participle stem of pacificare "to pacify" (see pacify ). 中文词源 pacification ：平定，绥靖；和解，讲和 词根词缀： -paci-和平 + -fic-做,作 + -ation名词
• panoptic 英文词源 panoptic (adj.) 1826, from Greek panoptos "fully visible, seen by all," from panopes "all-seeing," from pan "all" (see pan- ) + optos (see optic ). Related: Panoptical . 中文词源 panoptic ：一目了然的；显示全貌的 词根词缀： pan-总;全;泛 + -opt-视,光 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： panoptic 词源， panoptic 含义。
• pseudology 英文词源 pseudology "The making of false statements, lying", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Goodwin (?1594–1665), Independent minister. From pseudo- + -logy , in sense 1 after ancient Greek ψευδολογία falsehood. 中文词源 pseudology ：说谎，捏造，说谎术  词根词缀： pseud-伪,假拟,虚 + -o- + -log-说话,推理,计算 + -y名词词尾 该词的英语词
• promotor 英文词源 promoter (n.) late 14c., "one who promotes" (the interest of someone), "supporter," agent noun from promote , and also from Old French promoteur and directly from Medieval Latin promotor . Specific financial sense of "one who leads in forming a company" is from 1876; sense of "one who organizes sporting or entertainment events" is attested from 1936. 中文词源 promotor ：发起人；
• prolate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random attrition attrition: see throw 中文词源 prolate ：扁长的，延长的；扩大的，扩展的   词根词缀： pro-前 + -lat-携带,拿取 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prolate 词源， prolate 含义。
• progressist 英文词源 progressist "A person who favours or advocates progress, especially in political or social matters; a reformer, a progressive", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Times . From progress + -ist; in many instances after equivalent terms in Romance languages, as French progressiste , Spanish progresista , adjective and noun, Italian progressista , adjective and noun. 中文词源 p
• producible 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random context context: see text 中文词源 producible ：可生产的，可制出的    词根词缀： pro-前 + -duc-引导→引出→生产 + -ible形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： producible 词源， producible 含义。
• preignition 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random fine fine: [12] Both the adjective and the noun fine have come a very long way since their beginnings in Latin finis ‘end’. The etymological sense of the adjective is ‘finished’ – hence, ‘of high quality’. It comes via Old French fin from Vulgar Latin * fīnus , an adjective formed from the Latin verb fīnīre ‘l
• prefigurative 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hot dog hot dog: [19] This term for a cooked sausage or frankfurter in a bun has its origins in the mid- 19th-century use of dog as an American slang term for a sausage (perhaps an allusion to the sausage’s often dubious contents). By the 1890s hot dog was Yale University slang for a cooked sausage bought at a fast-food stall,
• postnatal 英文词源 postnatal (adj.) 1831, from post- + natal . 中文词源 postnatal ：出生后的；刚出生的 词根词缀： post-后 + -nat-生 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： postnatal 词源， postnatal 含义。
• polypod 英文词源 acrostichoid "Originally: †designating a fern in which the sori arise as a continuous mass covering the lower surface of the fertile frond, typified by, but not exclusive to, the genus Acrostichum (family Polypodiaceae ); characteristic of such a fern ( obsolete ). Now: specifically designating or relating to sori with this pattern of distribution", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use foun
• plenilune 英文词源 plenilune "A full moon; the time of a full moon", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in Higden's Polychronicon . From classical Latin plēnilūnium plenilunium ; compare lune , variant of luna . 中文词源 plenilune ：[诗]满[望]月；满月时期 词根词缀： -plen-充满 + -i- + -lun-月亮 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plenilune 词源， plen
• planate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random malic malic: see pomegranate 中文词源 planate ：夷平，使成平原 词根词缀： plan平坦的 + -ate动词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： planate 词源， planate 含义。
• pictorial 英文词源 pictorial (adj.) 1640s, from Latin pictorius "of a painter," from pictor "painter," from past participle stem of pingere "to make pictures" (see paint (v.)) + -al (1). The noun meaning "journal in which pictures are the main feature" is first recorded 1844. Related: Pictorially . 中文词源 pictorial ：画报 词根词缀： -pict-画,描绘 + -or名词词尾 + -ial形容词词尾 该
• physiological 英文词源 physiological (adj.) c. 1600, "pertaining to natural science," from physiology + -ical . From 1814 as "pertaining to physiology." Related: Physiologically . 中文词源 physiological ：生理的；生理学的 词根词缀： -phys-自然,物理 + -i- + -o- + -logic形容词词尾,学科的 + -al形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： physiological 词源
• photographic 英文词源 photographic (adj.) 1839, from photograph + -ic . Photographic memory is from 1940. Related: Photographical ; photographically . 中文词源 photographic ：摄影的   词根词缀： -photo-光 + -graph-写,画 + -ic形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： photographic 词源， photographic 含义。
• photographer 英文词源 photographer (n.) 1843, agent noun from photograph (v.). ( Photographist also is attested from 1843). 中文词源 photographer ：摄影者，摄影师 词根词缀： -photo-光 + -graph-写,画 + -er名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： photographer 词源， photographer 含义。
• phonogram 英文词源 phonogram (n.) 1845, "a written symbol," from phono- + -gram . From 1879 as "a sound recording." 中文词源 phonogram ：表音符号，语音图，形声字  词根词缀： -phon-声音 + -o- + -gram-写,画 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： phonogram 词源， phonogram 含义。
• philologist 英文词源 philologist (n.) 1640s, "literary person;" 1716, "student of language," from philology + -ist . 中文词源 philologist ：语文学家，语言学家 词根词缀： -phil-爱 + -o- + -logist…学家 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： philologist 词源， philologist 含义。
• persuasion 英文词源 persuasion (n.) late 14c., "action of inducing (someone) to believe (something); argument to persuade, inducement," from Old French persuasion (14c.) and directly from Latin persuasionem (nominative persuasio ) "a convincing, persuading," noun of action from past participle stem of persuadere "persuade, convince," from per- "thoroughly, strongly" (see per ) + suadere "to urge, persuad
• personally 英文词源 personally (adv.) late 14c., from personal + -ly (2). Meaning "as far as I'm concerned" is from 1849. 中文词源 personally ：亲自；就个人来说    词根词缀： person人 + -al形容词词尾 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： personally 词源， personally 含义。
• perfuse 英文词源 perfuse (v.) 1520s, from Latin perfusus , past participle of perfundere "to pour over, besprinkle," from per- + fundere (see found (v.2)). 中文词源 perfuse ：灌注  词根词缀： per-贯穿,通过 + -fus-熔,注 + -e 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： perfuse 词源， perfuse 含义。
• percept 英文词源 percept (n.) 1837, from Latin perceptum "(a thing) perceived," noun use of neuter past participle of percipere (see perceive ). Formed on model of concept . 中文词源 percept ：感觉，感知  词根词缀： per-完全,贯穿 + -cept-拿,取,抓→感觉 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： percept 词源， percept 含义。
• peninsular 英文词源 peninsular (adj.) 1610s, from peninsula + -ar . 中文词源 peninsular ：住在半岛上的居民  词根词缀： pen-几乎 + -insul-岛 + -ar名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peninsular 词源， peninsular 含义。
• payable 英文词源 payable (adj.) late 14c., "to be paid," from pay (v.) + -able or from Old French paiable . 中文词源 payable ：应付的  词根词缀： pay(-pac-)和平→支付 + -able形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： payable 词源， payable 含义。
• partly 英文词源 partly (adv.) 1520s, from part (n.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 partly ：部分地，不完全地  词根词缀： -part-分,局部 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： partly 词源， partly 含义。
• particularly 英文词源 particularly (adv.) "in a special degree, more than others," 1670s, from particular (adj.) + -ly (2). 中文词源 particularly ：特别地，特别；详细地 词根词缀： -part-分,局部 + -icular形容词词尾 + -ly副词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： particularly 词源， particularly 含义。
• participation 英文词源 participation (n.) late 14c., from Old French participacion (13c.) and directly from Late Latin participationem (nominative participatio ) "partaking," noun of action from past participle stem of Latin participare "participate in, share in, partake of; to make partaker, to share, impart," from particeps (genitive participis ) "partaker, comrade, fellow soldier," also, as an adjective,
• partially 英文词源 advice advice: [13] Like modern French avis , advice originally meant ‘opinion’, literally ‘what seems to one to be the case’. In Latin, ‘seem’ was usually expressed by the passive of the verb vidēre ‘see’; thus, vīsum est , ‘it seems’ (literally ‘it is seen’). With the addition of the dative first person pronoun, one could express the notion of opinion: mihi
• pancosmism 英文词源 pancosmism " Philosophy and Theology . The doctrine that the material universe or cosmos is all that exists", Mid 19th cent. From ancient Greek παν- pan- + κόσμος cosmos + -ism, after pantheism. 中文词源 pancosmism ：物质宇宙论，泛宇宙论   词根词缀： pan-泛 + -cosm-宇宙 + -ism名词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pancosm
• painless 英文词源 painless (adj.) 1560s, from pain (n.) + -less . Related: Painlessly ; painlessness . 中文词源 painless ：无痛的 词根词缀： pain(-pen-)惩罚 + -less形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： painless 词源， painless 含义。
• painful 英文词源 painful (adj.) mid-14c., from pain (n.) + -ful . Related: Painfully ; painfulness . 中文词源 painful ：痛苦的，疼痛的 词根词缀： pain(-pen-)惩罚 + -ful形容词词尾 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： painful 词源， painful 含义。
• Pierian spring 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cable cable: [13] The ultimate source of cable is late Latin capulum ‘lasso’, a derivative of the verb capere ‘take, seize’, either directly or perhaps via Arabic habl . In Provençal, capulum became cable , which produced the Old French form chable : so English must either have borrowed the word straight from Provençal
• pinchbeck 英文词源 pinchbeck "An alloy of copper and zinc resembling gold, used in watchmaking and cheap jewellery", Mid 18th century: named after Christopher Pinchbeck (died 1732), English watchmaker. 中文词源 pinchbeck （便宜货、冒牌货）：发明了替代黄金的合金的英国钟表匠 Christopher pinchbeck（1672-1732年）是英国伦敦的一位钟表匠。他发明了一种廉价的合
• parthian shot 英文词源 Parthian (n.) 1520s, native or inhabitant of Parthia (ancient kingdom northeast of Persia in western Asia), from Old Persian Parthava- "Parthian," dialectal variant of the stem Parsa- , source of Persia . As an adjective, 1580s. Phrase Parthian shot is in reference to their horsemen, who were expert at racing forward, turning, and shooting arrows backward at the moment of retreat. The
• Psyche 英文词源 psyche psyche: [17] Like Latin animus (source of English animal ), Greek psūkhé started out meaning ‘breath’ and developed semantically to ‘soul, spirit’. English adopted it via Latin psychē in the mid-17th century, but it did not really begin to come into its own until the middle of the 19th century, when the development of the sciences of the mind saw it pressed into serv
• palmer 英文词源 palmer (n.) "pilgrim who has returned from the Holy Land," late 12c. (as a surname), from Anglo-French palmer (Old French palmier ), from Medieval Latin palmarius , from Latin palma "palm tree" (see palm (n.2)). So called because they wore palm branches in commemoration of the journey. 中文词源 palmer ：朝圣者；变戏法的人 首先，l不发音，其次，palm [pɑːm] n.手掌
• paravent 英文词源 paravent "Chiefly in France or in French contexts: something, especially a screen, that provides protection against the wind; (hence in extended use) a dividing screen or partition", Mid 19th cent. From French paravent from Italian paravento from para- + vento wind. 中文词源 paravent ：挡风屏障；屏风 词根para-表to ward off抵挡、击退，词根vent-表示风，与wind同
• Phaeton 英文词源 phaeton (n.) type of light four-wheeled carriage, 1742, from French (1735), from Greek Phaethon name of the son of Helios and Clymene, who tried to drive his father's sun-chariot but crashed after almost setting fire to the whole earth. His name is literally "shining," from phaein "to shine, gleam," from phaos "light" (see fantasy ). Earlier as a name for a reckless driver (1590s). 中文
• Penelope's web 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random whist whist: [17] The game of whist was originally called whisk , and it is generally assumed that the name came from the ‘whisking’ away of the cards after the tricks had been taken ( whisk [14] itself was borrowed from a Scandinavian source that went back ultimately to the prehistoric Germanic base * wisk - ‘move quickly’
• paparazzi 英文词源 paparazzi paparazzi: [20] In Federico Fellini’s film La Dolce Vita (1959), a press photographer who pesters celebrities is called Paparazzo (the name was supplied by the writer of the film’s scenario, Ennio Flaiano, who in turn got it from Sulle Rive dello Ionio (1957), Margherita Guidacci’s translation of George Gissing’s travel book By the Ionian Sea (1901), in which a resta
• pecking order 英文词源 pecking (n.) verbal noun from peck (v.), late 14c. As a behavior among hens, pecking order (1928) translates German hackliste (T.J. Schjelderuo-Ebbe, 1922); transferred sense of "human hierarchy based on rank or status" is from 1955. 中文词源 pecking order ：长幼尊卑制度；权势等级 原为生物术语。20世纪20年代美国生物学家阿利（W.C. Allee 1885——1955）
• Platonic love 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random daub daub: [14] The ultimate source of daub , Latin dēalbāre , meant literally ‘whiten’. It was derived from the adjective albus ‘white’, ancestor of English albino and album . It developed the specific meaning ‘cover with some white substance, such as whitewash or plaster’, and by the time it reached English, via
• Pandora's box 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random hunger hunger: [OE] Hunger is a widespread word in the Germanic languages, shared by German, Swedish, and Danish as well as English (Dutch spells it honger ), but it is not represented in any of the other Indo-European languages. Indeed, no related forms have been identified for certain, although Greek kégkein ‘be hungry’ a
• pennate 英文词源 pennate "(Of a diatom) bilaterally symmetrical", Mid 19th century: from Latin pennatus 'feathered, winged', from penna 'feather'. 中文词源 pennate ：有翼的；有羽毛的 拉丁语penna、pinna表“羽毛”，许多单词随后产生，如这里的pennate；再如pen（钢笔；笔），从中世纪到19世纪，欧洲使用的都是羽毛笔；而羽毛形状尖尖，所以其
• palanquin 英文词源 palanquin (n.) "a covered litter," 1580s, from Portuguese palanquim (early 16c.), from Malay and Javanese palangki "litter, sedan," ultimately from Sanskrit palyanka-s "couch, bed, litter," from pari "around" + ancati "it bends, curves," related to anka-s "a bend, hook, angle," and meaning, perhaps, "that which bends around the body." Some have noted the "curious coincidence" of Spani
• Pompeii 英文词源 Pompeii Roman town buried by volcanic eruption 79 C.E., excavated beginning in 1755; the name is from Oscan pompe "five," in reference to its five districts. Related: Pompeian . 中文词源 Pompeii ：庞培 庞培古城，为古罗马城市之一，现今是位于意大利那不勒斯附近的一座古城，于公元79年8月24日被维苏威火山爆发时的火山灰覆盖。词根
• paddy 英文词源 paddy (n.1) "rice field," 1620s, "rice plant," from Malay padi "rice in the straw." Main modern meaning "ground where rice is growing" (1948) is a shortening of paddy field . Paddy (n.2) "Irishman," 1780, slang, from the pet form of the common Irish proper name Patrick (Irish Padraig ). It was in use in black slang by 1946 for any "white person." Paddy wagon is 1930, perhaps so called
• peter 英文词源 Peter masc. proper name, 12c., from Old English Petrus (genitive Pet(e)res , dative Pet(e)re ), from Latin Petrus , from Greek Petros , literally "stone, rock," translation of Syriac kefa "stone" (Latinized as Cephas ), nickname Jesus gave to apostle Simon Bar-Jona (Matt. xvi:17), historically known as St. Peter , and consequently a popular name among Christians (Italian Pietro , Span
• Pole 英文词源 pole pole: There are two separate words pole in English. Pole ‘long thin piece of wood’ [OE] comes from a pre- historic Germanic * pāl - (source also of German pfahl , Dutch paal , and Swedish påla ). This was borrowed from Latin pālus ‘stake’, from which English gets pale ‘stake’. Pole ‘extremity’ [14] was acquired from Latin polus , which in turn went back to Gree
• Puck 英文词源 puck (n.) "ice hockey disk," 1891, possibly from puck (v.) "to hit, strike" (1861), which perhaps is related to poke (v.) via notion of "push." Another suggestion traces the noun to Irish poc "bag." Puck "mischievous fairy" (in "A Midsummer Night's Dream"), probably from pouke "devil, evil spirit" (c. 1300), from Old English puca , pucel "goblin," cognate with Old Norse puki "devil, f
• pueblo 英文词源 pueblo (n.) "Indian village," 1808, from Spanish pueblo "village, small town; people, population," from Latin populum , accusative of populus "people" (see people (n.)). 中文词源 Pueblo ：普韦布洛人（美洲土著） 来自pueblo,小村落。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Pueblo 词源， Pueblo 含义。 pueblo ：普韦布洛村落 来自西班牙语
• Pan 英文词源 pan pan: [OE] Pan is a general West Germanic word, with relatives in German ( pfanne ) and Dutch ( pan ), and also, by borrowing, in Swedish ( panna ) and Danish ( pande ). It may have been borrowed into Germanic from Latin patina ‘dish’ (source of English paten [13] and patina [18]), which itself went back to Greek patánē ‘plate, dish’. The verbal use pan out ‘turn out, s
• pluperfect 英文词源 pluperfect (adj.) 1520s, shortened from Latin (tempus praeteritum) plus (quam) perfectum "(past tense) more (than) perfect." Translates Greek khronos hypersyntelikos . See plus and perfect . 中文词源 pluperfect ：过去完成时，极好的 缩写自plus perfect,更加完美的，完成的更多的，用于语法格指过去完成时态。其古义更加 完美的很少使用。 该
• plunk 英文词源 plunk (v.) 1805, "to pluck a stringed instrument;" 1808 in sense of "drop down abruptly;" 1888 as "to hit, wound, shoot." Probably of imitative origin in all cases. Related: Plunked ; plunking . 中文词源 plunk ：扑通一声，弹奏，弹拨 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plunk 词源， plunk 含义。
• plummy 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random challenge challenge: [13] The original notion contained in challenge in English was of ‘accusation’. The word comes, via Old French chalenge or calenge , from Latin calumnia ‘false charge, deception’ (source of English calumny [15]). By the early 14th century, the modern, more neutral sense of ‘inviting to a contest’
• plummet 英文词源 plummet plummet: see plumb plummet (n.) late 14c., "ball of lead, plumb of a bob-line," from Old French plomet "graphite, lead; plummet, sounding lead," diminutive of plom "sounding lead" (see plumb (n.)). plummet (v.) 1620s, "to fathom, take soundings," from plummet (n.). Meaning "to fall rapidly" first recorded 1933, perhaps originally among aviators. Related: Plummeted ; plummeting
• plume 英文词源 plume plume: [14] Latin plūma originally denoted ‘down, feathers’ (it is probably related to English fleece ). Eventually, though, it came to signify a ‘single feather’, and evolved in this sense to Italian piuma , Spanish pluma , and French plume – source of English plume . The derivative plumage [15] originated in Old French. = fleece , plumage plume (n.) late 14c., "a fe
• plumbous 英文词源 plumbous (adj.) 1680s, "leaden;" 1854 in chemistry sense, "containing lead" (especially in a low valence), from Latin plumbosus "full of lead," from plumbum (see plumb (n.)). 中文词源 plumbous ：铅的 来自plumb,铅，-ous,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plumbous 词源， plumbous 含义。
• plumb line 英文词源 aplomb aplomb: [18] Originally, aplomb meant literally ‘quality of being perpendicular’. It was borrowed from French, where it was a lexicalization of the phrase à plomb ‘according to the plumb line’ ( plomb came from Latin plumbum ‘lead’, also the ultimate source of English plumb , plumber , plumbago , and plummet ). The notion of ‘uprightness’ gave rise in the 19th
• plumbing 英文词源 plumbing (n.) mid-15c., "the weighting of a fishing line," verbal noun from plumb (v.). Specific meaning "water and drainage pipes" is recorded by 1875, American English. THE apparatus by which the water from a reservoir is carried about over a building and delivered at points convenient for use, is called by the general name of plumbing . The word "plumbing" means lead-work; and it i
• plumbago 英文词源 plumbago (n.) "graphite," 1784, from Latin plumbago "a type of lead ore, black lead," from plumbum "lead" (see plumb (n.)); it renders Greek molybdaina , which was used of yellow lead oxide and also of a type of plant (leadwort). Attested in English in the yellow oxide sense from 1610s; as a type of plant from 1747. Related: Plumbaginous . 中文词源 plumbago ：石墨 来自拉丁语
• plumage 英文词源 plumage (n.) late 14c., "feathers," from Old French plumage "plumage, appearance" (14c.), from plume (see plume (n.)). 中文词源 plumage ：鸟的全身羽毛 来自plume,羽毛，-age,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plumage 词源， plumage 含义。
• plum 英文词源 plum plum: [OE] Plum and prune ‘dried plum’ are ultimately the same word. Their common ancestor was Greek proumnon , a word which originated somewhere in Asia Minor. This was later contracted to prounon , and borrowed into Latin as prōnum . Its plural prōna came to be regarded in post-classical times as a singular, and this is where English gets prune from, but prōna was also b
• plug-ugly 英文词源 plug-ugly (n.) "ruffian," 1856, originally in Baltimore, Maryland, from plug (n.), American English slang name for the stovepipe hats then popular among young men, + ugly . 中文词源 plug-ugly ：恶棍，极丑陋的 来自plug 的俚语词义，拳击，拳打，引申词义无赖，恶棍，ugly,丑陋的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plug-ugly 词源，
• ploy 英文词源 ploy (n.) 1722, "anything with which one amuses oneself," Scottish and northern England dialect, possibly a shortened form of employ or deploy . Popularized in the sense "move or gambit made to gain advantage" by British humorist Stephen Potter (1900-1969). 中文词源 ploy ：计谋，策略，花招 缩写自deploy,部署，词源同ply,complicate.引申词义计谋，策略，花招
• plow 英文词源 plow (n.) late Old English plog , ploh "plow; plowland" (a measure of land equal to what a yoke of oxen could plow in a day), possibly from a Scandinavian source (such as Old Norse plogr "plow," Swedish and Danish plog ), from Proto-Germanic *plogo- (cognates: Old Saxon plog , Old Frisian ploch "plow," Middle Low German ploch , Middle Dutch ploech , Dutch ploeg , Old High German pfluo
• plover 英文词源 plover plover: [14] Etymologically, the plover is the ‘rain-bird’. Its name comes via Anglo-Norman plover from Vulgar Latin * ploviārius , a derivative of Latin pluvia ‘rain’ (source of French pluie , Italian pioggia , and Spanish Iluvia ‘rain’ and related to English flow ). Various theories have been put forward as to how it came to be so called, among them that migratin
• ploughshare 英文词源 ploughshare "The main cutting blade of a plough, behind the coulter", Late Middle English: from plough + Old English scær , scear 'ploughshare' (related to shear). 中文词源 ploughshare ：犁铧 plough,犁，share,铧，词源同shear. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： ploughshare 词源， ploughshare 含义。
• plosive 英文词源 plosive (n.) type of consonantal sound, 1899, from explosive . As an adjective from 1909. 中文词源 plosive ：爆破音 缩写自explosive,爆炸的。引申词义爆破音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plosive 词源， plosive 含义。
• plop 英文词源 plop (v.) 1821, imitative of the sound of a smooth object dropping into water. Related: Plopped ; plopping . Thackary (mid-19c.) used plap (v.). As a noun from 1833. 中文词源 plop ：扑通，扑通一声落下 拟声词，模仿物体落水的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plop 词源， plop 含义。
• plonker 英文词源 plonker "A foolish or inept person", Mid 19th century (as a dialect word meaning 'something large of its kind'): from the verb plonk 1 + -er 1 . 中文词源 plonker ：笨蛋 俚语，来自plonk,砰。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plonker 词源， plonker 含义。
• plonk 英文词源 plonk plonk: English has two distinct words plonk . The one that means ‘put down firmly and heavily’ [19] was no doubt originally simply an imitation of the sound made by the action (alternative realizations of which are plank and plunk ). The other, ‘cheap bog-standard wine’ [20], appears to have originated among Australian troops serving in France during World War I, which l
• plodding 英文词源 plodding (adj.) "diligent and dull," 1580s, present participle adjective from plod (v.). 中文词源 plodding ：沉重的，苦闷的 来自plod,沉重的走。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plodding 词源， plodding 含义。
• plodder 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random maim maim: [13] Maim and mayhem [15] are ultimately the same word. Both go back to a Vulgar Latin verb * mahagnāre ‘wound’, whose origins are unknown. This passed into Old French as mahaignier (whose probable Anglo-Norman derivative * mahangler was the source of English mangle ‘mutilate’ [14]). Mahaignier became mayner
• plod 英文词源 plod (v.) 1560s, of uncertain origin, perhaps imitative of the sound of walking heavily or slowly. Related: Plodded ; plodding . 中文词源 plod ：沉重的走 可能来自拟声词，模仿沉重的在地上走的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plod 词源， plod 含义。
• plinth 英文词源 plinth (n.) 1610s, from French plinthe (16c.) and directly from Latin plinthus , from Greek plinthos "brick, squared stone," cognate with Old English flint (see flint ). 中文词源 plinth ：底座，基座 来自希腊语plinthos,砖，方砖，来自PIE*splind,分开，劈开，词源同split,flint.其原义为劈开 石块或石材使成砖块或建筑物，引申词义底座，基
• Plimsoll line 英文词源 Plimsoll line "A marking on a ship’s side showing the limit of legal submersion when loaded with cargo under various sea conditions", Named after Samuel Plimsoll (1824–98), the English politician whose agitation in the 1870s resulted in the Merchant Shipping Act of 1876, ending the practice of sending to sea overloaded and heavily insured old ships, from which the owners profited
• pliers 英文词源 pliers pliers: see ply pliers (n.) "pincers," 1560s, plural agent noun from ply (n.). French cognate plieur meant "folder." 中文词源 pliers ：钳子 来自ply,弯，转，折叠，-er,表施动。引申词义钳子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pliers 词源， pliers 含义。
• pliant 英文词源 pliant pliant: see ply pliant (adj.) late 14c., from Old French ploiant "bending, supple; compliant, fickle," as a noun, "turncoat" (13c.), present participle of ploier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Figurative sense of "easily influenced" is from c. 1400. Related: Pliancy . 中文词源 pliant ：柔顺的，温顺的 来自ply,弯，转，-ant,形容词后缀。引申词义柔顺的，温顺
• pliable 英文词源 pliable pliable: see ply pliable (adj.) late 14c., from Old French ploiable "flexible, bendable," from plier "to bend" (see ply (n.)). Related: Pliably , pliability . 中文词源 pliable ：易弯曲的 来自ply,弯，转，-able,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pliable 词源， pliable 含义。
• plexus 英文词源 plexus (n.) 1680s, Modern Latin, literally "braid, network," noun use of past participle of Latin plectere "to twine, braid, fold" (see complex (adj.)); used of a network, such as solar plexus "network of nerves in the abdomen" (see solar ). Related: Plexal . 中文词源 plexus ：血管，淋巴管，神经等的丛 来自拉丁语plexus,编织，网状结构，来自plectere 的过去
• Plexiglas 英文词源 Plexiglas (n.) 1935, proprietary name (Röhm Haas) for a substance also sold as Perspex and Lucite . Often written incorrectly as plexiglass . 中文词源 Plexiglas ：珀佩斯有机玻璃 商标名。来自希腊语plexis,碰撞，复合化，词源同complex.glass,玻璃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Plexiglas 词源， Plexiglas 含义。
• pleurisy 英文词源 pleurisy pleurisy: [14] Greek pleurá , a word of unknown origin, denoted ‘side’ or ‘rib’. It came to be used as an anatomical term for the ‘inner lining of the chest, containing the lungs’, and the derivative pleurítis ‘inflammation of the chest lining’ was coined (apparently by the physician Hippocrates). This passed into Latin as pleurītis , which in post-classica
• pleura 英文词源 pleura (n.) early 15c., medical Latin, from Greek pleura "side of the body, rib," also "flank of an army, page of a book," of unknown origin. 中文词源 pleura ：胸膜 来自希腊语pleura,肋骨，胸膜，身体侧边，可能来自PIE*pele,放平，展开，词源同plan,plate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pleura 词源， pleura 含义。
• plethora 英文词源 plethora plethora: [16] Greek plēthórē meant ‘fullness’ (it was derived from the verb pléthein ‘fill’, a descendant of the Indo-European base * plē -, from which English gets full , plenty , etc). It was taken over into late Latin as plēthōra , and at first was widely used as a medical term, denoting an ‘excess of blood or other fluids in the body’. That was what it
• pleonastic 英文词源 pleonastic (adj.) 1778, with -ic + Greek pleonastos "abundant," from pleonazein (see pleonasm ). Related: Pleonastical (1650s). 中文词源 pleonastic ：冗言的，赘述的 来自pleonasm,冗言，赘述，-astic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pleonastic 词源， pleonastic 含义。
• pleonasm 英文词源 pleonasm (n.) "redundancy in words," 1580s, from Late Latin pleonasmus , from Greek pleonasmos , from pleonazein "to be more than enough, to be superfluous," in grammatical use, "to add superfluously," from comb. form of pleon "more" (see pleio- ). 中文词源 pleonasm ：冗言，赘述 来自希腊语pleonazein,过多，超过，来自pleon,更多的，来自PIE*ple,装满，填满，
• plenum 英文词源 plenum (n.) 1670s, "filled space" (opposite of vacuum ), from Latin plenum (spatium) "full (space)," neuter of adjective plenus "complete, full" (see plenary ). The meaning "of a full assembly of legislators" is first recorded 1772. 中文词源 plenum ：全体会议 plen-,全体的，全部的，-um,中性格。引申词义全体会议。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• plenitude 英文词源 plenitude (n.) early 15c., from Old French plenitude and directly from Latin plenitudinem (nominative plenitudo ) "abundance, completeness, fullness," from plenus "complete, full" (see plenary ). 中文词源 plenitude ：大量，众多 来自plenty,大量的，众多的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plenitude 词源， plenitude 含义。