英语词源

• precept 英文词源 precept (n.) late 14c., from Old French percept , percet (12c.), from Latin praeceptum "maxim, rule of conduct, order," noun use of neuter past participle of praecipere "give rules to, order, advise," literally "take beforehand," from prae "before" (see pre- ) + capere (past participle captus ) "to take" (see capable ). For change of vowel, see biennial . 中文词源 precept ：规范，
• precedence 英文词源 precedence (n.) late 15c., "a being a precedent," from precedent (n.) + -ence . Meaning "fact of preceding another, right of preceding another" is from c. 1600. 中文词源 precedence ：优先权 来自precede,先走，先于，-ence,名词后缀。引申词义优先权。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： precedence 词源， precedence 含义。
• precast 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random verve verve: see verb 中文词源 precast ：预制 pre-,预先，cast,铸造，铸型。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： precast 词源， precast 含义。
• precatory 英文词源 precatory (adj.) 1630s, from Late Latin precatorius "pertaining to petitioning," from precatorem "one who prays," agent noun from precari "to pray" (see pray ). 中文词源 precatory ：委托的，恳求的 来自拉丁语precari,乞求，要求，恳求，来自PIE*prek,要求，恳求，词源同deprecate,pray. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： precatory 词源，
• precancerous 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wander wander: [OE] To wander is etymologically to ‘turn’ off the correct path. The word comes, together with German wandern , from a prehistoric West Germanic * wandrōjan , which was derived from the base * wand -, * wend - ‘turn’ (source also of English wand , went , etc). The German compound wanderlust , literally ‘
• prebuttal 英文词源 prebuttal "(In politics) a response formulated in anticipation of a criticism; a pre-emptive rebuttal", 1990s: blend of pre- and rebuttal. 中文词源 prebuttal ：预先驳斥 pre-,预先，-butt,击打，词源同beat,debut. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prebuttal 词源， prebuttal 含义。
• prearrange 英文词源 pre-arrange (v.) also prearrange , 1792 (implied in pre-arranged ), from pre- + arrange . Related: Pre-arranging . pre-arrangement (n.) also prearrangement , 1775, from pre- + arrangement . 中文词源 prearrange ：预先安排 pre-,预先，arrange,安排。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prearrange 词源， prearrange 含义。
• preamble 英文词源 preamble (n.) late 14c., from Old French preambule (13c.) and directly from Medieval Latin preambulum , neuter adjective used as a noun, properly "preliminary," from Late Latin praeambulus "walking before," from Latin prae- "before" (see pre- ) + ambulare "to walk" (see amble (v.)). 中文词源 preamble ：前言 pre-,在前，早于，amble,走。引申词义前言。 该词的英语词
• preacher 英文词源 preacher (n.) c. 1200, from Old French preecheor "preacher" (Modern French prêcheur ), from Latin praedicatorem (nominative praedicator ) "public praiser, eulogist," literally "proclaimer" (see preach ). Slang short form preach (n.) is recorded by 1968, American English. 中文词源 preacher ：传道者，牧师 来自preach,传道，布道，-er,人。 该词的英语词源请访问
• preach 英文词源 preach preach: [13] Preach goes back ultimately to Latin praedicāre ‘proclaim’ (source also of English predicament and predicate ). Its Old French descendant was prechier , whence English preach (English had actually acquired the word before, directly from Latin in the Anglo-Saxon period, as predician ‘preach’, but this had died out before the Old French word arrived). The se
• pray 英文词源 pray pray: [13] Latin precārī meant ‘ask for, entreat, pray’ (it has given English deprecate [17] and imprecation [16]). In Vulgar Latin it became * precāre , which passed into English via Old French preier . The noun prayer [13] goes back ultimately to the Latin adjective precārius ‘obtained by asking or praying’ (source also of English precarious ), which was derived fro
• praxis 英文词源 praxis praxis: see practice praxis (n.) 1580s, from Medieval Latin praxis "practice, exercise, action" (mid-13c., opposite of theory ), from Greek praxis "practice, action, doing," from stem of prassein , prattein "to do, to act" (see practical ). 中文词源 praxis ：实践 来自拉丁语praxis,实践，行动，来自希腊语prassein,去做，实践，词源同practice,pragmatic
• prawn 英文词源 prawn (n.) early 15c., prayne , of unknown origin. "No similar name found in other langs." [OED]. 中文词源 prawn ：对虾，大虾 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prawn 词源， prawn 含义。
• pravity 英文词源 pravity (n.) "depravity," 1540s, from Latin pravitas "crookedness, distortion, deformity; impropriety, perverseness," from pravus "wrong, bad," literally "crooked." 中文词源 pravity ：歪曲，腐败，堕落 来自拉丁语pravus,弯的，扭曲的，错误的，词源同depravity. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pravity 词源， pravity 含义。
• prattle 英文词源 prattle (v.) 1530s, frequentative of prate (q.v.). Related: Prattled ; prattling . The noun is attested from 1550s. 中文词源 prattle ：唠叨 来自prate,胡扯，瞎吹，-le,表反复。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prattle 词源， prattle 含义。
• pratfall 英文词源 pratfall (n.) 1939, from prat "buttock" + fall (n.). "Chiefly N. Amer. slang " [OED]. As a verb from 1940. 中文词源 pratfall ：屁股蹲儿，出丑 prat,屁股，fall,摔倒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pratfall 词源， pratfall 含义。
• prate 英文词源 prate (v.) early 15c., from or related to Middle Dutch praten "to chatter" (c. 1400), from a Proto-Germanic imitative root (compare East Frisian proten , Middle Low German praten , Middle High German braten , Swedish prata "to talk, chatter"). Related: Prated ; prating . As a noun from 1570s. 中文词源 prate ：胡扯，瞎吹 来自中古英语praten,胡扯，瞎吹，来自Proto-
• prat 英文词源 prat (n.) "buttock," 1560s, criminals' slang, of unknown origin. Later in U.S. criminal slang, "hip pocket" (1914), and in British slang "contemptible person" (1968). 中文词源 prat ：笨蛋，蠢驴，屁股 词源不详，可能来自中古英语prat,恶作剧，欺骗，来自古英语praett,欺骗，诡计，浮夸，耍诈，来自Proto-Germanic*prattuz,夸夸其谈，吹牛，
• praseodymium 英文词源 praseodymium (n.) rare metallic element, 1885, coined in Modern Latin by discoverer Carl Auer von Welsbach (1858-1929) from Greek prasios "leek-green" (from prason "leek") + didymos "double," the name given to an earth in 1840, so called because it was a "twin" to lanthana. When didymia was further analyzed in the 1880s, it was found to have several components, one of which was charac
• prank 英文词源 prank (n.) "a ludicrous trick" [Johnson], 1520s, of uncertain origin, perhaps related to obsolete verb prank "decorate, dress up" (mid-15c.), related to Middle Low German prank "display" (compare also Dutch pronken, German prunken "to make a show, to strut"). The verb in the modern sense also is from 1520s. Related: Pranked ; pranking . 中文词源 prank ：装饰，打扮，炫耀，恶
• prang 英文词源 prang "Crash (a motor vehicle or aircraft)", 1940s: imitative. 中文词源 prang ：使碰撞 拟声词，模仿碰撞的声音。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prang 词源， prang 含义。
• prandial 英文词源 prandial (adj.) "pertaining to dinner," 1820, from Latin prandium "late breakfast, luncheon" (see postprandial ). OED reports it as " affected or jocose ." 中文词源 prandial ：膳食的，正餐的 来自拉丁语prandium,早午餐，用餐，来自per-,整个的，-and,吃，来自-ed,吃，词源同eat,edible. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prandial 词源
• prance 英文词源 prance (v.) late 14c., originally of horses, of unknown origin, perhaps related to Middle English pranken "to show off," from Middle Dutch pronken "to strut, parade" (see prank ); or perhaps from Danish dialectal prandse "to go in a stately manner." Klein suggests Old French paravancier . Related: Pranced ; prancing . As a noun from 1751, from the verb. 中文词源 prance ：阔步行走
• prana 英文词源 prana "Breath, considered as a life-giving force", Sanskrit. 中文词源 prana ：（印度教哲学）生命气息 来自梵语prana,呼吸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： prana 词源， prana 含义。
• pram 英文词源 pram (n.) "baby carriage," 1881, shortening of perambulator , perhaps influenced by pram "flat-bottomed boat" especially a type used in the Baltic (1540s), from Old Norse pramr , from Balto-Slavic (compare Polish prom , Russian poromu "ferryboat," Czech pram "raft"), from PIE *pro- , from root *per- (1) "forward, through" (see per ). 中文词源 pram ：婴儿车 缩写自perambulato
• praline 英文词源 praline (n.) 1727, prawlin , from French praline (17c.), from the name of Marshal Duplessis- Praslin (1598-1675, pronounced "praline"), "whose cook invented this confection" [Klein]. Modern spelling in English from 1809. 中文词源 praline ：果仁糖 来自法国17世纪糖业家Marshal de Plessis-Praslin,其厨师发明了这种果仁糖的配方，后拼写俗化为praline.该名字
• praiseworthy 英文词源 praiseworthy (adj.) mid-15c., from praise (v.) + worthy . Usually hyphenated until mid-19c. Related: Praiseworthiness . 中文词源 praiseworthy ：值得称赞的 praise,称赞，worthy,值得的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： praiseworthy 词源， praiseworthy 含义。
• prairie 英文词源 prairie prairie: [18] Prairie comes ultimately from Latin prātum ‘meadow’ (source also of French pré ‘meadow’). From it was derived Vulgar Latin * prātāria , which passed into English via French prairie . The word was from the start almost exclusively used with reference to the plains of North America. prairie (n.) tract of level or undulating grassland in North America, b
• pragmatics 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cream cream: [14] Cream seems to have come from two distinct late Latin sources: crānum ‘cream’, which may be of Gaulish origin, and chrisma ‘ointment’ (from which English gets chrism [OE]). These two were probably blended together to produce Old French cresme or craime , immediate source of the English word. (Modern Fr
• pragmatic 英文词源 pragmatic pragmatic: [16] The base * prak -, which produced Greek praktós (source of English practice ), also lies behind Greek prágma ‘deed, affair’. From this was derived pragmatikós ‘skilled in affairs’, which passed into English via late Latin pragmaticus . = practice pragmatic (adj.) 1610s, "meddlesome, impertinently busy," short for earlier pragmatical , or else from
• poxy 英文词源 poxy (adj.) 1853 in literal sense, from pox + -y (2). As a deprecatory adjective, attested in English dialects by 1899. 中文词源 poxy ：无价值的，无足轻重的 来自pox,梅毒。引申词义染梅毒的，可怜的，无价值的等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poxy 词源， poxy 含义。
• pox 英文词源 pox pox: [16] Pox originated as an alternation of pocks , the plural of pock [OE]. This originally denoted a ‘pustule’, and later the ‘scar left by such a pustule, pock-mark’. Pox used to be a common term for ‘syphilis’, but today it is mainly found in compounds such as chickenpox [18] (possibly a reference to the comparative mildness of the disease) and smallpox [16] (so
• powwow 英文词源 powwow (n.) 1620s, "priest, sorcerer," from a southern New England Algonquian language (probably Narragansett) powwaw "shaman, medicine man, Indian priest," from a verb meaning "to use divination, to dream," from Proto-Algonquian *pawe:wa "he dreams, one who dreams." Meaning "magical ceremony among North American Indians" is recorded from 1660s. Sense of "council, conference, meeting"
• power-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random continent continent: [14] Continent comes via Old French from Latin continēns , the present participle of continēre ‘hold together, enclose, contain’ (source of English contain ). From the beginning it meant in general ‘exercising self-restraint’; of the more specific senses, ‘chaste’ developed in the 14th century
• power of attorney 英文词源 proxy (n.) early 15c., proccy , prokecye , "agency of one who acts instead of another; letter of power of attorney," contraction of Anglo-French procuracie (c. 1300), from Medieval Latin procuratia "administration," from Latin procuratio "a caring for, management," from procurare "manage" (see procure ). Also compare proctor (n.). Meaning "person who acts in place of another" is from
• powerhouse 英文词源 powerhouse (n.) 1873, "building where power is generated," from power (n.) + house (n.). Figurative sense is from 1913. 中文词源 powerhouse ：权力集团 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： powerhouse 词源， powerhouse 含义。
• powder room 英文词源 powder (n.) c. 1300, "ash, cinders; dust of the earth;" early 14c., "pulverized substance;" mid-14c., "medicinal powder;" late 14c. as "gunpowder," from Old French poudre "dust, powder; ashes; powdered substance" (13c.), earlier pouldre (11c.), from Latin pulverem (nominative pulvis ) "dust" (see pollen ). Specialized sense "gunpowder" is from late 14c. In the sense "powdered cosmetic
• powder 英文词源 powder powder: [13] The ultimate ancestor of powder is Latin pulvis ‘dust’ (source also of English pulverize [16]). This was related to Latin pollen ‘fine flour’ (source of English pollen ), Latin puls ‘gruel’ (source of English poultice and pulse ‘legume’), and Greek póltos ‘gruel’. = pollen , poultice , pulse , pulverize powder (n.) c. 1300, "ash, cinders; dust
• pow 英文词源 pow expression imitative of a blow, collision, etc., first recorded 1881. POW (n.) also P.O.W. , initialism (acronym) for prisoner of war , coined 1919 but not common until World War II. 中文词源 pow ：砰 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pow 词源， pow 含义。
• poutine 英文词源 poutine "A dish of potato chips topped with cheese curds and gravy", 1980s: Canadian French, either from French pouding 'pudding' or directly from pudding. 中文词源 poutine ：肉汁乳酪薯条 来自加拿大法语poutine,可能来自pudding,布丁。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poutine 词源， poutine 含义。
• pout 英文词源 pout (v.) early 14c., of uncertain origin, perhaps from Scandinavian (compare Swedish dialectal puta "to be puffed out"), or Frisian (compare East Frisian püt "bag, swelling," Low German puddig "swollen"); related via notion of "inflation" to Old English ælepute "fish with inflated parts," and Middle Dutch puyt , Flemish puut "frog," from hypothetical PIE imitative root *beu- sugges
• pour 英文词源 pour (v.) c. 1300, of unknown origin, not in Old English; perhaps from Old French (Flanders dialect) purer "to sift (grain), pour out (water)," from Latin purare "to purify," from purus "pure" (see pure ). Replaced Old English geotan . Intransitive sense from 1530s. Related: Poured ; pouring ; pourable . As a noun from 1790. 中文词源 pour ：倾泻，喷涌 词源不详，可能来自
• poundage 英文词源 poundage (n.) late 14c., "tax per pound;" 1903 as "weight;" from pound (n.1) + -age . 中文词源 poundage ：按每磅重量的收费 来自pound,磅，-age,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poundage 词源， poundage 含义。
• pound 英文词源 pound pound: English has three distinct words pound . The measure of weight and unit of currency [OE] goes back ultimately to Latin pondō ‘12- ounce weight’, a relative of pondus ‘weight’ (source of English ponder ) and pendere ‘weigh’ (source of English pension and poise ). It was borrowed into prehistoric Germanic as * pundo , which has evolved into German pfund . Dutch
• pounce 英文词源 pounce pounce: [15] Pounce was originally a noun, denoting the ‘claw of a bird of prey’. It is thought it may have come from puncheon ‘stamping or perforating tool’, which was also abbreviated to punch ‘stamping or perforating tool’ and is probably related to punch ‘hit’. The verb pounce emerged in the 17th century. It at first meant ‘seize with talons’, and was no
• poultry 英文词源 poultry poultry: [14] Poultry comes ultimately from a Latin word for a ‘young animal’, which also gave English pony . It was borrowed from Old French pouleterie , a derivative of pouletier ‘poultry dealer’. This in turn was based on poulet (source of English pullet [14]), a diminutive form of poule ‘hen’, which went back via Vulgar Latin * pulla to Latin pullus ‘young an
• poultice 英文词源 poultice (n.) 16c. alteration of Middle English pultes (late 14c.), ultimately from Latin pultes , plural of puls "porridge" (see pulse (n.2)). 中文词源 poultice ：泥敷剂 来自中古英语pultes,泥敷剂，来自拉丁语pultes,软泥，糊糊，来自pult的复数形式，来自PIE*pel,粉尘，面粉，词源同pollen,polenta.-ice,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问
• pouffe 英文词源 pouffe "A cushioned footstool or low seat with no back", Late 19th century: from French pouf (see pouf 2 ). 中文词源 pouffe ：坐垫，脚垫 可能来自拟声词，词源同puff. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pouffe 词源， pouffe 含义。
• pouch 英文词源 pouch pouch: see pocket pouch (n.) early 14c., "bag for carrying things," especially (late 14c.) "small bag in which money is carried," from Anglo-French puche , Old North French pouche (13c.), Old French poche "purse, poke," all from a Germanic source (compare Old English pocca "bag;" see poke (n.1)). Extended to cavities in animal bodies from c. 1400. 中文词源 pouch ：口袋 来自
• potty-mouthed 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random diddle diddle: [19] The current meaning of diddle , ‘to cheat or swindle’, was probably inspired by Jeremy Diddler, a character who was constantly borrowing money and neglecting to repay it in James Kenney’s play Raising the Wind (1803) (the expression raise the wind means ‘to procure the necessary money’). Diddler imm
• potty 英文词源 potty (adj.) "crazy, silly," 1916, slang, of unknown origin, perhaps connected to potter (v.). Earlier slang senses were "easy to manage" (1899) and "feeble, petty" (1860). potty (n.) 1942, child's word for "chamber pot," from pot (n.1). Potty-training is attested from 1958. Potty-mouth "one who uses obscene language" is student slang from 1968. 中文词源 potty ：尿壶，幼儿的便
• potto 英文词源 potto "A small, slow-moving nocturnal primate with a short tail, living in the tropical forests of Africa", Early 18th century: perhaps from Guinea dialect. 中文词源 potto ：树熊猴 来自非洲某土著语言。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： potto 词源， potto 含义。
• pottery 英文词源 pottery pottery: see pot pottery (n.) late 15c., "a potter's workshop," from Old French poterie (13c.), from potier (see potter (n.)). Attested from 1727 as "the potter's art;" from 1785 as "potteryware." 中文词源 pottery ：陶器 来自pot,壶，罐子，陶器，-ery,名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pottery 词源， pottery 含义。
• potter 英文词源 potter potter: see put potter (n.) "maker of pots" (they also sometimes doubled as bell-founders), late Old English pottere "potter," reinforced by Old French potier "potter," both from the root of pot (n.1). As a surname from late 12c. Potter's field (1520s) is Biblical, a ground where clay suitable for pottery was dug, later purchased by high priests of Jerusalem as a burying ground
• pottage 英文词源 pottage pottage: see porridge pottage (n.) "soup, broth," c. 1200, potage , literally "that which is put in a pot," from Old French potage "vegetable soup, food cooked in a pot," from pot "pot" (see pot (n.1)). The spelling with double -t- is from early 15c. 中文词源 pottage ：炖菜 来自古法语potage,炖菜，来自pot,炖罐，罐子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• potshot 英文词源 potshot potshot: [19] A potshot was originally a shot taken at an animal or bird simply in order to kill it for food – in order to get it into the ‘pot’, in other words – rather than in accordance with the strict code and precise techniques of shooting as a ‘sport’. Indeed to begin with it was distinctly a contemptuous term among the hunting and shooting fraternity. But gr
• potpourri 英文词源 potpourri (n.) also pot-pourri , 1610s, "mixed meats served in a stew," from French pot pourri "stew," literally "rotten pot" (loan-translation of Spanish olla podrida ), from pourri, past participle of pourrir "to rot," from Vulgar Latin *putrire , from Latin putrescere "grow rotten" (see putrescent ). Notion of "medley" led to meaning "mixture of dried flowers and spices," first rec
• potjie 英文词源 potjie "A cast-iron pot with a lid, typically having three legs, for use over an open fire", Afrikaans, literally 'little pot'. 中文词源 potjie ：鼎锅 来自南非荷兰语potjie,小罐，词源同pot. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： potjie 词源， potjie 含义。
• potion 英文词源 potion potion: [13] The Indo-European base * pō -, * pī - ‘drink’ has provided the verb for ‘drink’ in most modern European languages, apart from the Germanic ones: French boire , for instance, Russian pit’ , and Welsh yfed all come from it. Amongst it Latin descendants were the nouns pōtiō ‘drink’, source of English potion (and also poison ) and pōtus ‘drink’,
• potholing 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random pustule pustule: [14] Despite the fact that pustules contain pus, there is no etymological connection between the two words. Pustule comes via Old French pustule from Latin pustula ‘blister’. This was a derivative of a prehistoric Indo-European base * pu - signifying ‘blow’, so etymologically it means ‘inflated area’
• pothole 英文词源 pothole (n.) also pot-hole , 1826, originally a geological feature in glaciers and gravel beds, from Middle English pot "a deep hole for a mine, or from peat-digging" (late 14c.), now generally obsolete, but preserved in Scotland and northern England dialect; perhaps ultimately related to pot (n.1) on notion of "deep, cylindrical shape." Applied to a hole in a road from 1909. 中文词源
• poteen 英文词源 poteen poteen: see pot poteen (n.) "illicit whiskey," 1812, from Irish poitin "little pot," suggesting distillation in small quantities, from English pot (n.1) "vessel" + diminutive suffix -in , -een . 中文词源 poteen ：私酿的威士忌，私酿土豆酒 来自爱尔兰语poitin,小罐子，来自pot,罐子，-in,小词后缀。用来比喻小酒罐酿制的私酒，特别是用土
• potboiler 英文词源 potboiler (n.) also pot-boiler , 1864 in the figurative literary sense, from pot (n.1) + agent noun from boil (v.). The notion is of something one writes solely to put food on the table. 中文词源 potboiler ：圈钱作品，粗制滥造作品 pot,罐子，boil,煮。即罐子里面煮肉，引申词义不管好肉还是烂肉，只要是肉就行，用来比喻那些粗制滥造的电
• potassium 英文词源 potassium (n.) metallic element, 1807, coined by English chemist Sir Humphrey Davy (1778-1829) from Modern Latin potassa , Latinized form of potash (q.v.). Davy first isolated it from potash. Symbol K is from Latin kalium "potash," from Arabic al-qaliy "the ashes, burnt ashes" (see alkali ). 中文词源 potassium ：钾 来自potash,钾碱，-um,化学元素。 该词的英语词源请
• potash 英文词源 potash potash: [17] Potassium carbonate was originally obtained by burning wood or other vegetable matter, soaking the ashes in water, and evaporating the resulting liquid in iron pots. The resulting substance was hence called in early modern Dutch potasschen , literally ‘pot ashes’, and the word was adopted into English as potash . From it, or its French relative potasse , the ch
• potamology 英文词源 potamology (n.) "the study of rivers," 1829, from potamo- + -logy . 中文词源 potamology ：河流学 来自希腊语potamos,河流，流水，词源同hippopotamus. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： potamology 词源， potamology 含义。
• potable 英文词源 potable potable: see potion potable (adj.) early 15c., from Old French potable (14c.) and directly from Late Latin potabilis "drinkable," from Latin potare "to drink" (see potion ). 中文词源 potable ：可饮用的 来自拉丁语potare,饮用，饮水，词源同potion. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： potable 词源， potable 含义。
• pot 英文词源 pot pot: [OE] Pot was borrowed in the late Old English period from medieval Latin * pottus , which also produced French pot ‘pot’. This may have been an alteration of pōtus ‘drinking-cup’, which in classical Latin meant simply ‘drink’ (it was derived from the same stem as produced pōtiō ‘drink’, source of English poison and potion ). Related or derived forms in Engl
• posy 英文词源 posy posy: see poem posy (n.) also posey , 1530s, "line of verse engraved on the inner surface of a ring," from poesy "poetry; a passage of poetry," which is recorded in this sense from early 15c. Meaning "flower, bouquet" first recorded 1570s, from notion of the language of flowers. 中文词源 posy ：小花束，诗句，刻在戒指内圈的铭文 缩写自poesy,诗句，诗篇，特
• posturing 英文词源 posture (v.) 1620s, literal, from posture (n.). The figurative sense of "take up an artificial mental position" is attested from 1877. Related: Postured ; posturing . 中文词源 posturing ：装腔作势 来自posur做出姿势。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： posturing 词源， posturing 含义。
• postural 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random idea idea: [16] Etymologically, an idea is the ‘look’ of something – it comes ultimately from the same source as produced the Greek verb ídein ‘see’. Greek idéā itself was used by Plato in the specialized sense ‘archetypal form of something’, which survives in the derived adjective ideal [17], but as far as the
• postulate 英文词源 postulate postulate: [16] The noun postulate originally meant ‘demand, request’. It was an anglicization of postulātum , a noun use of the past participle of postulāre ‘demand, request’. It was used in the mid-17th century by mathematicians and logicians for a proposition that (because it was a simple or uncontentious one) ‘demanded’ to be taken for granted for the sake
• post-sync 英文词源 post-sync (1) "= post-synchronization", 1950s. From post- + sync verb . Compare earlier post-synchronization. post-sync (2) "= post-synchronize", 1960s. From post-sync. Compare earlier post-synchronize. 中文词源 post-sync ：后期录音合成 post-,在后，-sync,合成，同时化，缩写自synchronize.引申词义后期配音，后期录音合成。 该词的英语词源请访问
• postprandial 英文词源 postprandial (adj.) also post-prandial , 1820, from post- "after" + Latin prandium "luncheon" (usually bread, fish, or cold meat, taken around noon), from *pram "early" (from PIE *pre- , variant of root per- (1) "forward, through;" see per ) + edere "to eat" (see edible ) + -al (1). 中文词源 postprandial ：饭后的 post-,在后，prandial,膳食的，正餐的。 该词的英语词
• postposition 英文词源 postposition (n.) "act of placing after, 1630s, from post- + position (n.). Related: Postpositional . 中文词源 postposition ：后置词 post-,在后，position,放置。引申词义后置词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： postposition 词源， postposition 含义。
• post-partum 英文词源 post-partum (adj.) also postpartum , 1837, "occurring after birth," from Latin post partum "after birth," from post "after" (see post- ) + accusative of partus "a bearing, a bringing forth," from partus , past participle of parere "to bring forth" (see pare ). Phrase Post-partum depression first attested 1929. 中文词源 post-partum ：分娩后的 post-,在后，partum,分娩，词源
• post-natal 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random think think: [OE] Think goes back to an Old English thencan . This was a variant of thyncan ‘seem, appear’, which survives in the archaic methinks (literally ‘it seems to me’), and so etymologically think probably carries the notion of ‘causing images, reflections, etc to appear to oneself, in one’s brain’. The nou
• post-mortem 英文词源 post-mortem (adj.) also postmortem , 1734 (adverb), from Latin post mortem , from post "after" (see post- ) + mortem , accusative of mors "death" (see mortal (adj.)). From 1835 as an adjective. As a noun, shortening of post-mortem examination , it is recorded from 1850. 中文词源 post-mortem ：死后，事后反思 post-,在后，mortem,死亡，词源同mortal. 该词的英语词源
• postmodifier 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random 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 中文词源 postmo
• postmodernism 英文词源 postmodernism (n.) also post-modernism , by 1977, from post- + modernism . Defined by Terry Eagleton as "the contemporary movement of thought which rejects ... the possibility of objective knowledge" and is therefore "skeptical of truth, unity, and progress" ["After Theory," 2003]. Related: post-modernist (1965). 中文词源 postmodernism ：后现代主义 post-,在后，modernism,现
• posting 英文词源 bail (v.2) "to procure someone's release from prison" (by posting bail), 1580s, from bail (n.1); usually with out . Related: Bailed ; bailing . billboard (n.) 1845, American English, from bill (n.1) + board (n.1). Any sort of board where bills were meant to be posted. Billboard magazine founded 1894, originally a trade paper for the bill-posting industry. Its music sales charts date f
• post hoc 英文词源 post hoc Latin, "after this." Especially in post hoc, ergo propter hoc , logical fallacy, literally "after this, therefore because of this." 中文词源 post hoc ：在此之后，事后归因 来自拉丁短语，post,在后，hoc,这里，这个，词源同here. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： post hoc 词源， post hoc 含义。
• post-haste 英文词源 post-haste "With great speed or immediacy", Mid 16th century: from the direction ‘haste, post, haste’, formerly given on letters. 中文词源 post-haste ：火速 post,立刻，haste,加快。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： post-haste 词源， post-haste 含义。
• posterity 英文词源 posterity (n.) late 14c., from Old French posterité (14c.), from Latin posteritatem (nominative posteritas ) "future, future time; after-generation, offspring;" literally "the condition of coming after," from posterus "coming after, subsequent," from post "after" (see post- ). Old English words for this included æftercneoreso , framcynn . 中文词源 posterity ：后代，后世 来自
• poste restante 英文词源 poste restante "A service offered by a post office whereby mail is kept for an agreed period until collected by the addressee", Mid 18th century: from French, literally 'mail remaining'. 中文词源 poste restante ：邮件寄存服务 来自法语poste,邮件，restante,停留，寄存，词源同rest. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poste restante 词源， p
• poster 英文词源 poster (n.) "bill, placard, thing posted," 1838, from post (v.1). Poster boy/girl/child "someone given prominence in certain causes" is attested by 1990, in reference to fund-raising drives for charities associated with disability, featuring child sufferers, a feature since 1930s. 中文词源 poster ：招贴画，海报 来自post,柱子，张贴。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• postdoctoral 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random intend intend: [14] The Latin verb intendere (a compound formed from the prefix in - ‘towards’ and tendere ‘stretch’) had a variety of metaphorical meanings, some of which have come through into English. Principal among them was ‘form a plan or purpose’, an extension of an earlier ‘direct or ‘stretch’ one’s t
• post-coital 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random obsequious obsequious: see sequence 中文词源 post-coital ：性交后的 post-,在后，coital,性交。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： post-coital 词源， post-coital 含义。
• postcode 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random zodiac zodiac: [14] The zodiac is etymologically a circle of ‘little animals’. Greek zóidion originally denoted a ‘carved figure of an animal’ (it was a diminutive of zóion ‘animal’, a relative of English zoo ). From it was derived the adjective zōidiakós , which was used in the expression zōidiakós kúklos ‘
• posset 英文词源 posset (n.) spiced drink of hot milk and liquor, mid-15c., of unknown origin. 中文词源 posset ：牛奶酒，牛乳酒 词源不详。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： posset 词源， posset 含义。