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• pupilage 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random brake brake: There are two distinct words brake in English. By far the older is that meaning ‘overgrown area, thicket’ [OE]. Its source is uncertain, but it has been speculated that it is ultimately related to break , its original meaning perhaps having been something like ‘broken wood’. Brake ‘decelerating mechanism’
• pupate 英文词源 pupate (v.) 1864, from pupa + -ate (2). Related: Pupated ; pupating . 中文词源 pupate ：化蛹 来自pupa,蛹，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pupate 词源， pupate 含义。
• pup 英文词源 pup (n.) "young dog," 1760, shortened form of puppy (q.v.). Used from 1580s for "conceited person." Applied to the young of the fur seal from 1815. Used for "inexperienced person" by 1890. Pup tent (also dog tent ) is from 1863. Sopwith pup , popular name of the Sopwith Scout Tractor airplane, is from 1917. 中文词源 pup ：小狗，小动物 缩写自pup. 该词的英语词源请访
• puny 英文词源 puny puny: [16] Etymologically, puny means ‘born later’. It was borrowed from Old French puisne , a compound adjective formed from puis ‘afterwards’ and ne ‘born’ (a relative of English native , nature , etc). This signified ‘junior’, in which sense it was originally acquired by English as puisne . This spelling survives (albeit pronounced the same as puny ) as a term
• punter 英文词源 punter (n.) 1888 in football, agent noun from punt (v.). 中文词源 punter ：顾客，主顾，赌马的人 来自punt,赌博，打赌。即赌客。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： punter 词源， punter 含义。
• punt 英文词源 punt punt: English has three separate words punt . The oldest is punt ‘flat-bottomed boat’ [15], which comes via Middle Low German punte or punto from Latin pontō , a term for a sort of Gaulish boat which also produced English pontoon . Punt ‘bet’ [18] (better known in the form of the agent noun punter ‘better’, hence ‘customer’) comes from French ponter , a derivativ
• punster 英文词源 punster (n.) c. 1700, "a low wit who endeavours at reputation by double meaning" [Johnson], from pun + -ster . 中文词源 punster ：说双关语的人 来自pun,双关语，-ster,人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： punster 词源， punster 含义。
• punnet 英文词源 punnet (n.) "small, round chip basket," 1822, chiefly British, of obscure origin. 中文词源 punnet ：果篮 来自pun,磅，来自pound的方言变体。-et,小词后缀。因该果篮原用于一种测量工具。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： punnet 词源， punnet 含义。
• punky 英文词源 punky (adj.) 1872, of wood, from punk (n.1) + -y (2). Related: Punkiness . 中文词源 punky ：朽木的，闷烧的 来自punk,朽木。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： punky 词源， punky 含义。
• punk 英文词源 punk (adj.) "inferior, bad," 1896, also as a noun, "something worthless," earlier "rotten wood used as tinder" (1680s), "A word in common use in New England, as well as in the other Northern States and Canada" [Bartlett]; perhaps from Delaware (Algonquian) ponk , literally "dust, powder, ashes;" but Gaelic spong "tinder" also has been suggested (compare spunk "touchwood, tinder," 1580
• Punjabi 英文词源 Punjab region on the Indian subcontinent, from Hindi Panjab , from Persian panj "five" (from PIE *penkwo- ; see five ) + ab "water," from Iranian *ap- , from PIE *ap- (2) "water" (see water (n.1)). So called for its five rivers. Related: Punjabi . tandoori (adj.) in reference to a type of Indian cooking, 1958, from adjectival form of Urdu or Punjabi tandur "cooking stove," from Turkis
• pungent 英文词源 pungent (adj.) 1590s, "sharp, poignant" (of pain or grief), from Latin pungentem (nominative pungens ), present participle of pungere "to prick, pierce, sting," figuratively, "to vex, grieve, trouble, afflict," related to pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious ). Meaning "having powerful odor or taste" first recorded 1660s. Literal sense "sharp, pointed" (c. 1600) is very rare in English, most
• pundit 英文词源 pundit (n.) 1670s, "learned Hindu," especially one versed in Sanskrit lore, from Hindi payndit "a learned man, master, teacher," from Sanskrit payndita-s "a learned man, scholar," of uncertain origin. Broader application in English is first recorded 1816. Related: Punditry . 中文词源 pundit ：权威 ，专家 来自印度语pandit,智者，大师。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• punctuate 英文词源 punctuate (v.) 1630s, "to point out," from Medieval Latin punctuatus , past participle of punctuare , from Latin punctus (see point (n.)). Meaning in reference to text, "to have pauses or stops indicated," is from 1818, probably a back-formation from punctuation . Hence, "interrupted at intervals" (1833). Related: Punctuated ; punctuating . 中文词源 punctuate ：打标点符号 来自
• punctilious 英文词源 punctilious (adj.) 1630s, probably from Italian puntiglioso, from puntiglio "fine point," from Latin punctum "prick" (see point (n.)). Related: Punctiliously ; punctiliousness . 中文词源 punctilious ：一丝不苟的 来自拉丁语punctum,点，刺点，来自pungere,刺，击，词源同pungent,point.引申词义一丝不苟的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版
• punchy 英文词源 punchy (adj.1) "nervously anxious; irritable from fatigue," 1937, from punch (v.) + -y (2). Perhaps originally a shortening of punch-drunk . Related: Punchily ; punchiness . punchy (adj.2) "full of vigor," 1926, from punch (n.3) + -y (2). Related: Punchily ; punchiness . 中文词源 punchy ：简练的，简洁的 来自punch,击，打，刺点，-y,形容词后缀。引申词义简练
• punchline 英文词源 schm- substituted for the initial sound of a word and reduplicated with it to convey derision (as in "Oedipus schmoedipus" in the punchline of the old joke about the Jewish mother and the psychiatrist), 1929, from the numerous Yiddish words that begin with this sound. tagline (n.) "punchline of a joke," 1926, originally "last line in an actor's speech" (1916), from tag (n.1) + line (n
• punchbowl 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random flannel flannel: [14] Flannel is probably one of the few Welsh contributions to the English language. It appears to be an alteration of Middle English flanen ‘sackcloth’, which was borrowed from Welsh gwlanen ‘woollen cloth’, a derivative of gwlān ‘wool’. This in turn is related to Latin lāna ‘wool’ and English
• punchbag 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random recalcitrant recalcitrant: [19] People who are recalcitrant are etymologically ‘kicking back’ against whatever restrains or upsets them. The word was borrowed from French récalcitrant , a descendant of the present participle of Latin recalcitrāre ‘kick back’. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix re - ‘back
• Punch and Judy show 英文词源 punch punch: English has three distinct words punch , not counting the capitalized character in the Punch and Judy show, but two of them are probably ultimately related. Punch ‘hit’ [14] originated as a variant of Middle English pounce ‘pierce, prod’. This came from Old French poinsonner ‘prick, stamp’, a derivative of the noun poinson ‘pointed tool’ (source of the now
• pun 英文词源 pun pun: [17] Snappy monosyllables produced by breaking off a piece of a longer word were all the rage in late 17th- and early 18th-century England ( mob is a well-known example), and it is thought that pun may be one of them. It seems to be short for pundigrion , a short-lived fanciful 17th- and 18th-century term for a ‘pun’ or ‘quibble’ which may have been adapted from Itali
• pump-priming 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random man man: [OE] Man is a widespread Germanic word (with relatives in German mann ‘man’ and mensch ‘person’, Dutch and Swedish man ‘man’, Danish mand ‘man’, and Swedish menniska ‘person’), and connections have even been found outside Germanic (Sanskrit, for instance, had mánu - ‘man’). But no decisive evide
• pumpkin 英文词源 pumpkin pumpkin: [17] Much as they look as though they had been blown up with a pump, pumpkins have no etymological connection with pumps . Greek pépōn denoted a variety of melon that was not eaten until it was fully ripe (the word was a noun use of the adjective pépōn ‘ripe’). Latin took it over as pepō , and passed it on to Old French as * pepon . Through a series of viciss
• pumpernickel 英文词源 pumpernickel (n.) "dark rye bread," 1756, pompernickel , from German (Westphalian dialect) Pumpernickel (1663), originally an abusive nickname for a stupid person, from pumpern "to break wind" + Nickel "goblin, lout, rascal," from proper name Niklaus (see Nicholas ). An earlier German name for it was krankbrot , literally "sick-bread." 中文词源 pumpernickel ：黑麦粗面包 来自
• pummel 英文词源 pummel (v.) 1540s, alteration of pommel in the verbal sense of "to beat repeatedly." In early use pumble , poumle ; current spelling from c. 1600. Related: Pummeled ; pummeling . 中文词源 pummel ：连续猛击，捶打 来自pommel拼写变体，来自pommel,圆球，圆鞍，引申词义连续猛击，捶打。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pummel 词源，
• pumice 英文词源 pumice pumice: [15] Pumice comes via Old French pomis from Latin pūmex ‘pumice’. This went back to a prehistoric Indo-European * poimo -, source also of English foam and of Latin spūma ‘foam, froth’ (from which English gets spume ). = foam , spume pumice (n.) c. 1400, from Anglo-French and Old French pomis (13c.), from Late Latin pomicem (nominative pomex , genitive pumicis
• puma 英文词源 puma (n.) 1777, from Spanish puma , from Quechua (Peru) puma . 中文词源 puma ：美洲狮 来自南美土著语puma. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： puma 词源， puma 含义。
• pulverize 英文词源 pulverize pulverize: see powder pulverize (v.) early 15c., from Late Latin pulverizare "reduce to powder or dust," from Latin pulvis (genitive pulveris ) "dust, powder" (see pollen ). Related: Pulverized ; pulverizing . 中文词源 pulverize ：磨成粉，使粉碎 来自拉丁语pulvis的所有格形式pulveris粉状的，来自pulvis,粉，词源同pulse,pollen.-ize,使。 该词的
• pulsate 英文词源 pulsate (v.) 1741, back-formation from pulsation , from Latin pulsatus , past participle of pulsare "to beat against, strike upon" (see pulsation ). Related: Pulsated ; pulsating ; pulsatile . 中文词源 pulsate ：振动，搏动 来自pulse,脉搏，脉冲，-ate,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pulsate 词源， pulsate 含义。
• pulsar 英文词源 pulsar (n.) 1968, from pulse (n.1), the form on analogy of quasar . When discovered in 1967, they were thought perhaps to be signals from alien civilizations and astronomers informally dubbed them LGM for "Little Green Men." 中文词源 pulsar ：脉冲星 缩写自pulsating star,脉冲星。拼写受quasar影响。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pulsar 词源，
• pulpit 英文词源 pulpit pulpit: [14] Classical Latin pulpitum , a word of unknown origin, denoted ‘platform, stage’. This sense was originally carried over into English (Miles Coverdale, in his 1535 translation of II Chronicles 6:13, wrote ‘Salomon had made a brasen pulpit … upon the same stood he’, where the 1611 Authorized Version was later to have ‘Solomon had made a brasen scaffold …
• pulp 英文词源 pulp (n.) c. 1400, "fleshy part of a fruit or plant," from Latin pulpa "animal or plant pulp; pith of wood," earlier *pelpa , perhaps from the same root as pulvis "dust," pollen "fine flour" (see pollen ); extended to other similar substances by early 15c. The adjective meaning "sensational" is from pulp magazine (1931), so called from pulp in sense of "type of rough paper used in che
• pulmonary 英文词源 pulmonary pulmonary: [18] Latin pulmō meant ‘lung’ (it was related to Greek pleúmōn ‘lung’, ultimate source of English pneumonia ). From it was formed the adjective pulmōnārius , which English adopted at the beginning of the 18th century as pulmonary . pulmonary (adj.) 1704, from French pulmonaire and directly from Latin pulmonarius "of the lungs," from pulmo (genitive pu
• pull-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random refulgent refulgent: see flame 中文词源 pull-up ：引体向上 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pull-up 词源， pull-up 含义。
• pullulate 英文词源 pullulate pullulate: [17] The etymological notion underlying pullulate is of rapid ‘new growth’. It goes back ultimately to Latin pullus ‘young animal’, which also produced English pony and poultry and is distantly related to foal . From this was derived the verb pullulāre ‘grow, sprout’, whose past participle provided English with pullulate . This too originally meant ‘
• Pullman 英文词源 Pullman (n.) sleeping car on a passenger train, 1867, Pullman car , in recognition of U.S. inventor George M. Pullman (1831-1897) of Chicago, who designed a railroad car with folding berths. The Pullman Sleeping Car.--"The Western World." This splendid specimen of car architecture, being one of a number of sleeping-cars to be completed for the Michigan Central road, by Mr. Pullman, ha
• pulley 英文词源 pulley pulley: [14] Although pulleys are used for ‘pulling’, there is no etymological connection between the two words. Pulley comes via Old French polie from Vulgar Latin * polidia , which was probably borrowed from the plural of a medieval Greek * polidion , a diminutive form of Greek pólos ‘pole, pivot’ (source of English pole ‘extremity’). = pole pulley (n.) late 13c.
• pullet 英文词源 pullet pullet: see poultry pullet (n.) late 14c., "young fowl" (late 13c. as a surname), from Anglo-French pullet , Old French poulette , poilette , diminutive of poule , poille "hen," from Vulgar Latin *pulla , fem. of Latin pullus "young animal," especially "young fowl" (source also of Spanish pollo "chicken," Italian pollo "fowl;" see foal (n.)). Technically, a young hen from the t
• pull 英文词源 pull pull: [OE] The main Old and Middle English word for ‘pull’ was draw , and pull did not really begin to come into its own until the late 16th century. It is not known for certain where it came from. Its original meaning was ‘pluck’ (‘draw, drag’ is a secondary development), and so it may well be related to Low German pūlen ‘remove the shell or husk from, pluck’ an
• Pulitzer Prize 英文词源 newspaper (n.) 1660s, though the thing itself is older (see gazette ); from news (n.) + paper (n.). [T]he newspaper that drops on your doorstep is a partial, hasty, incomplete, inevitably somewhat flawed and inaccurate rendering of some of the things we have heard about in the past twenty-four hours -- distorted, despite our best efforts to eliminate gross bias, by the very process of
• pulchritude 英文词源 pulchritude (n.) "beauty," c. 1400, from Latin pulchritudo "beauty; excellence, attractiveness," from pulcher "beautiful," of unknown origin. 中文词源 pulchritude ：美丽，标致 来自拉丁语pulcher,美丽的，可能来自PIE*perk,有斑点的，多彩的，词源同perch,鲈鱼。-itude,名词后缀。字母r,l音变，比较plum,prune. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• pukka 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random consign consign: see sign 中文词源 pukka ：真品的，高质量的 俚语，来自印度语pakka,成熟的，熟透的，实质的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pukka 词源， pukka 含义。
• puke 英文词源 puke puke: [16] The first record of puke in English is in Jaques’s famous ‘Seven Ages of Man’ speech in Shakespeare’s As You Like It 1600: ‘At first the infant, mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms’. Its origins are not known for certain, but it presumably goes back ultimately to some Germanic base imitative of the sound of regurgitation (perhaps the same as produced G
• pujari 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random flotilla flotilla: see float 中文词源 pujari ：印度教祭司 来自puja,拜神。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pujari 词源， pujari 含义。
• puja 英文词源 puja "The act of worship", Sanskrit pūjā 'worship'. 中文词源 puja ：印度教的普迦仪式，拜神，礼拜 来自梵语puja,拜神，祭祀。如Durga Puja,印度西孟加邦最重要的宗教节日。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： puja 词源， puja 含义。
• puissant 英文词源 puissant (adj.) mid-15c., from Middle French puissant "strong, mighty, powerful," earlier poissant (12c.), from stem of Old French poeir "to be able" (see power (n.)). Related: Puissantly . 中文词源 puissant ：大权在握的 来自中古法语puissant,有权的，大权在握的，来自拉丁语posse,有能力的，有力量的，词源同potent,possible. 该词的英语词源请
• puissance 英文词源 puissance (n.) early 15c., "power, strength, authority," from Old French puissance , poissance "power, might" (12c.), from puissant (see puissant ). 中文词源 puissance ：大权，权势 来自puissant,大权在握的，-ance,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： puissance 词源， puissance 含义。
• pugnacious 英文词源 pugnacious pugnacious: [17] Latin pugnus meant ‘fist’ (it may have been related to Greek pugmé ‘fist’, source of English pygmy ). From it was derived the verb pugnāre ‘hit with the fist’, hence ‘fight’, which has given English impugn [14], repugnant [14], and, via the further derivative pugnāx ‘fond of fighting’, pugnacious . = impugn , repugnant pugnacious (adj
• pugilist 英文词源 pugilist (n.) 1789, from Latin pugil "boxer, fist-fighter," related to pugnus "a fist" (see pugnacious ) + -ist . Related: Pugilistic (1789); pugilistically . Pugil occasionally turns up in English as "boxer, fist-fighter" (from 1640s), but it has not caught on. Pugil stick (1962) was introduced by U.S. military as a substitute for rifles in bayonet drills. 中文词源 pugilist ：拳击
• pug 英文词源 pug (n.) 1560s, general term of endearment (also puggy ), probably related to puck (n.2); one of the earliest senses is "sprite, imp" (1610s). The sense of "miniature dog" is from 1749 ( pug-dog ); that of "monkey" is 1660s. The word at various times meant "a bargeman" (1590s), "a harlot" (c. 1600), and "an upper servant in a great house" (1847). 中文词源 pug ：哈巴狗 可能来自
• puffy 英文词源 puffy (adj.) 1610s, of wind, "gusty," from puff + -y (2). Of other things, "swollen," from 1660s. Earliest attested use is figurative, "bombastic" (1590s). Related: Puffily ; puffiness . 中文词源 puffy ：鼓胀的 来自puff,吹气。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： puffy 词源， puffy 含义。
• puffin 英文词源 puffin puffin: [14] Puffin probably goes back to one of the ancestral Celtic languages of the British Isles – perhaps Cornish. Its English guise is no doubt due to its plump appearance, which suggested associations with puff [13] (a word which originated as an imitation of the sound of puffing). puffin (n.) North Atlantic seabird, mid-14c., perhaps connected with puff on notion of a
• pufferfish 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tulip tulip: [16] Tulip and turban [16] are ultimately the same word. Both come from Persian dulband , and the name was applied to the plant because of its flower’s supposed resemblance to a turban. Dulband was borrowed into Turkish as tuliband , and this made its way into English via early modern French tulipan and modern Lat
• puffer 英文词源 puffer (n.) 1620s, agent noun from puff (v.). As "one who praises or extols," from 1736. As a type of fish that inflates itself in defense, from 1814. 中文词源 puffer ：吸入器 puff,吸气，-er,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： puffer 词源， puffer 含义。
• puffball 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cartel cartel: see chart 中文词源 puffball ：马勃菌 puff,吹气，ball,球。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： puffball 词源， puffball 含义。
• puff 英文词源 puff (n.) c. 1200, perhaps Old English, puf , puffe "short, quick blast; act of puffing," from puff (v.). Meaning "type of light pastry" is recorded from late 14c.; that of "small pad for applying powder to skin or hair" is from 1650s. Figurative sense of "flattery, inflated praise" is first recorded 1732. Derogatory use for "homosexual male" is recorded by 1902. puff (v.) Old English
• puerility 英文词源 puerility (n.) late 15c., from Middle French puérilité (15c.), from Latin puerilitatem (nominative puerilitas ) "childishness," from puerilis "boyish, youthful; childish, trivial, silly," from puer "child, boy," from PIE *pau- (1) "few, little," with sense extended to "small, young" (cognates: Latin putus "boy," Sanskrit putrah "son, boy," Avestan puthra- "son, child;" see few (adj.
• puerile 英文词源 puerile puerile: [17] Latin puer denoted ‘child’, or more specifically ‘boy’ (like Greek pais ‘child’, source of English paediatric , pedagogue , etc, it came ultimately from a base which signified ‘smallness’, and also gave English pusillanimous ). The derived adjective puerīlis ‘childlike’ began to acquire its negative connotations in Latin, and brought them wit
• 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
• pudgy 英文词源 pudgy (adj.) also podgy , 1824, from colloquial pudge "anything short and thick" + -y (2). Perhaps related to pudsy "plump" (1754), possibly a diminutive of nursery word pud "hand, forepaw" (from 17c.). A connection with pudding also has been conjectured. In late 19c. often on lists of English local or dialectal words; sources also mention puddy , punchy , pluggy , pudget as relatives
• pudeur 英文词源 pudeur (n.) "modesty," especially in sexual matters, 1937, from French pudeur "modesty," from Latin pudor "shame, modesty," from pudere "make ashamed" (see pudendum ). The same word had been borrowed into English directly from Latin as pudor (1620s), but this became obsolete. 中文词源 pudeur ：谦逊，稳重 来自法语pudeur,谦逊，稳重，来自拉丁语pudor,害羞，谦逊
• pudendum 英文词源 pudendum (n.) "external genitals," late 14c. ( pudenda ), from Latin pudendum (plural pudenda ), literally "thing to be ashamed of," neuter gerundive of pudere "make ashamed; be ashamed," from PIE root *(s)peud- "to punish, repulse." Translated into Old English as scamlim ("shame-limb"); in Middle English also anglicized as pudende (early 15c.). Related: Pudendal . 中文词源 pudend
• puddle 英文词源 puddle puddle: [14] Old English pudd , a word of unknown origin but related to German dialect pfudel ‘puddle’, denoted ‘ditch, furrow’, and puddle was a diminutive formed from it. In Middle English, it was often used for quite large bodies of water, what we would now call a pond or pool , but by the 17th century it had largely narrowed down to its present-day meaning. = poodle
• pudding 英文词源 pudding pudding: [13] The original puddings were sausages – whose present-day survivor is the black pudding . They were encased in the intestines or stomachs of animals, and it was this casing that provided the spring-board for the word’s subsequent development in meaning. It came to be applied to any food cooked in a bag (hence the cannon-ball shape of the traditional Christmas p
• puckish 英文词源 puckish puckish: [19] In English folklore from the late Middle Ages onward, Puck was a mischievous but essentially harmless sprite, up to all sorts of tricks (hence the coining of puckish for ‘mischievous’). But his Anglo-Saxon ancestor Pūca was a far less pleasant proposition – for this was the Devil himself. He gradually dwindled over the centuries, but a hint of his former p
• pucker 英文词源 pucker pucker: [16] The etymological notion underlying pucker seems to be of forming into ‘pockets’ or small baglike wrinkles (the same idea led to the use of the verb purse for ‘wrinkle, pucker’ – now dated in general usage, but fossilized in the expression purse the lips ). The word was based on the stem pock - of pocket . pucker (v.) 1590s, "prob. earlier in colloquial us
• 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
• puce 英文词源 puce puce: [18] Puce is etymologically ‘fleacoloured’. It was borrowed from French puce ‘flea’, a descendant of Latin pūlex ‘flea’, which goes back to the same Indo-European source as English flea [OE]. = flea puce (n.) "brownish-purple," 1787, from French puce "flea-color; flea," from Latin pucilem (nominative pulex ) "flea," from PIE *plou- "flea" (cognates: Sanskrit pl
• publicist 英文词源 publicist (n.) 1792, "person learned in public law or the law of nations," from public (adj.) + -ist . Also from 1795 in English as "writer on current topics," from French publiciste ; in either case a hybrid. Then crept in the "loose" usage. Anybody who wrote or spoke about public affairs came to be dubbed a publicist. It was only a question of time when the dam would give way and th
• publican 英文词源 publican publican: [12] The modern use of publican for ‘innkeeper’ dates from the early 18th century, and presumably arose from an association with public house . Its original meaning was ‘tax collector’. It comes via Old French publicain from Latin pūblicānus ‘person who paid for the privilege of collecting the public revenues, in return for a percentage’. This in turn
• pubis 英文词源 pubis "Either of a pair of bones forming the two sides of the pelvis", Late 16th century: from Latin os pubis 'bone of the pubes'. 中文词源 pubis ：耻骨，耻骨区 来自拉丁语os pubis,耻骨，来自os,骨头，词源同ossify,pubis,阴部的，来自pubes的所有格形式。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pubis 词源， pubis 含义。
• pubic 英文词源 pubic (adj.) 1811, with -ic + medical Latin pubis "bone of the groin" (1590s), short for Latin os pubis , from Latin pubes (genitive pubis ) "genital area, groin," related to pubes (adj.) "full-grown" (see puberty ). 中文词源 pubic ：阴部的 来自pubis,耻骨区，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pubic 词源， pubic 含义。
• pubescent 英文词源 pubescent (adj.) 1610s, a back-formation from pubescence , or else from French pubescent (early 16c.) or directly from Latin pubescentem (nominative pubescens ), present participle of pubescere "to reach puberty" (see pubescence ). 中文词源 pubescent ：青春期的 来自pubes,青春期，-esce,表起始，词源同adolescent. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• pubes 英文词源 pubes (n.) 1560s, "pubic hair," from Latin pubes "pubescent, arrived at the age of puberty, of ripe years, grown up," also, as a noun, "a sign of puberty" (such as pubic hair), also "young men of the age of puberty" (see puberty ). In 19c. also "pubic bone," and earlier "part of either hip bone that forms the front of the pelvis," from Latin os pubis , from pubes "genital area." In mo
• puberty 英文词源 puberty puberty: [14] Latin pūber denoted ‘adult’, and hence, by implication, ‘covered in hair’. Both strands of meaning have followed the word into English: ‘adulthood’ by way of the derivative pūbertās , source of English puberty , and ‘hairiness’ in pubescent [17], which means ‘downy’ as well as ‘having reached puberty’. And the two are combined in pubic ‘
• pube 英文词源 puberty puberty: [14] Latin pūber denoted ‘adult’, and hence, by implication, ‘covered in hair’. Both strands of meaning have followed the word into English: ‘adulthood’ by way of the derivative pūbertās , source of English puberty , and ‘hairiness’ in pubescent [17], which means ‘downy’ as well as ‘having reached puberty’. And the two are combined in pubic ‘
• pterodactyl 英文词源 pterodactyl pterodactyl: [19] Pterodactyl means literally ‘wing-finger’. It was coined in the early 19th century, as Latin pterodactylus , from Greek pterón ‘wing’ (source of English helicopter , and descendant of the Indo-European base * pet - ‘fly’, which also produced English feather ) and dáktulos ‘finger’ (source of English date the fruit). = date , feather pter
• ptarmigan 英文词源 ptarmigan ptarmigan: [16] Ptarmigan was borrowed from Scottish Gaelic tarmachan , a diminutive form of tarmach ‘ptarmigan’. There is no etymological justification for the spelling pt -. It was foisted on the word in the late 17th century in the erroneous belief that it had some connection with Greek pterón ‘wing’ (source of English pterodactyl ). ptarmigan (n.) bird of the gr
• psychotropic 英文词源 psychotropic (adj.) 1956, from psycho- + Greek -tropos "turning," from trepein (see trope ). Hence, what "turns" the mind. 中文词源 psychotropic ：药物等精神类的 psycho-,精神，心理，-trop,转，向，词源同turn,tropic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychotropic 词源， psychotropic 含义。
• psychotic 英文词源 psychotic (adj.) 1889, coined from psychosis , on the model of neurotic / neurosis , from Greek psykhe- "mind, soul" (see psyche ). psychotic (n.) "a psychotic person," 1901, from psychotic (adj.). 中文词源 psychotic ：精神病患者 psycho-,精神，心理，-otic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychotic 词源， psychotic 含义。
• psychotherapy 英文词源 psychotherapy (n.) 1892 in modern sense, from psycho- + therapy , in model of French psychothérapie (1889). In early use also of hypnotism. Related: Psychotherapeutic . 中文词源 psychotherapy ：心理治疗，精神治疗 psycho-,精神，心理，therapy,治疗。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychotherapy 词源， psychotherapy 含义。
• psychosomatic 英文词源 psychosomatic (adj.) 1847, "pertaining to the relation between mind and body," from Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche ) + somatikos , from soma (genitive somatos ) "body" (see somato- ). Applied from 1938 to physical disorders with psychological causes. Etymologically it could as easily apply to emotional disorders with physical causes, but it is rarely used as such. 中文词源 psych
• psychosis 英文词源 psychosis (n.) 1847, "mental derangement," Modern Latin, from Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche ) + -osis "abnormal condition." Greek psykhosis meant "a giving of life; animation; principle of life." 中文词源 psychosis ：精神病 psycho-,精神，心理，-osis,疾病症状。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychosis 词源， psychosis 含义。
• psychopathology 英文词源 psychopathology (n.) 1847, from psycho- + pathology , on model of German psychopathologie . 中文词源 psychopathology ：精神病理学 psycho-,精神，心理，pathology,病理学。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychopathology 词源， psychopathology 含义。
• psychopath 英文词源 psychopath (n.) 1885, in the criminal psychology sense, a back-formation from psychopathic . The Daily Telegraph had, the other day, a long article commenting on a Russian woman who had murdered a little girl. A Dr. Balinsky prevailed upon the jury to give a verdict of acquittal, because she was a "psychopath." The Daily Telegraph regards this term as a new coinage, but it has been lo
• psychometric 英文词源 psychometric (adj.) also psycho-metric , 1854, from psychometry (1854), the alleged power of reading the history of an object by handling it, + -ic . In reference to the measurement of the duration of mental states, from 1879, from psycho- + -metric . 中文词源 psychometric ：心理测量，精神测量 psycho-,精神，心理，-meter,测量。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• psycholinguistics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random around around: [14] Around was formed in Middle English from the prefix a - ‘on’ and the noun round (perhaps influenced by the Old French phrase a la reonde ‘in the round, roundabout’). It was slow to usurp existing forms such as about – it does not occur in Shakespeare or the 1611 translation of the Bible – and it d
• psychokinesis 英文词源 psychokinesis (n.) 1914 [Henry Holt, "On the Cosmic Relations"], from psycho- + kinesis . Related: Psychokinetic (1904). 中文词源 psychokinesis ：心灵传动，传心致动 psycho-,精神，心理，kinesis致运，运动，词源同cinema. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychokinesis 词源， psychokinesis 含义。
• psychodrama 英文词源 psychodrama (n.) also psycho-drama , 1937 (in writing of U.S. psychiatrist Jacob L. Moreno (1889-1974)), from psycho- + drama . Related: Psychodramatic . 中文词源 psychodrama ：心理剧疗法（重演旧事以帮助精神病患者更好的了解自己） psycho-,精神，心理，drama,戏剧。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychodrama 词源， psychod
• psychobabble 英文词源 psychobabble (n.) 1976, from psycho- (representing psychology ) + babble (n.). Earlier was psychologese (1961). 中文词源 psychobabble ：心理学呓语 psycho-,精神，心理，babble,呓语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： psychobabble 词源， psychobabble 含义。