英语词源

• poetess 英文词源 poetess (n.) 1520s, from poet + -ess . Earlier fem. form was poetresse (early 15c.). Old Norse had skaldkona "poetess." 中文词源 poetess ：女诗人 poet-,诗人，-ess,表阴性。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poetess 词源， poetess 含义。
• poetaster 英文词源 poetaster (n.) 1590s, from Middle French poetastre (1550s), from Latin poeta (see poet ) + -aster , diminutive (pejorative) suffix. Old Norse had skaldfifl "poetaster." 中文词源 poetaster ：打油诗人，蹩脚诗人 poet-,诗人，-aster,表贬义，人。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poetaster 词源， poetaster 含义。
• poet 英文词源 poet (n.) early 14c., "a poet, a singer" (c. 1200 as a surname), from Old French poete (12c., Modern French poète ) and directly from Latin poeta "a poet," from Greek poetes "maker, author, poet," variant of poietes , from poein , poiein "to make, create, compose," from PIE *kwoiwo- "making," from root *kwei- "to pile up, build, make" (cognates: Sanskrit cinoti "heaping up, piling up
• poesy 英文词源 poesy (n.) late 14c., "poetry; poetic language and ideas; literature; a poem, a passage of poetry," from Old French poesie (mid-14c.), from Vulgar Latin poesia (source of Provençal, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian poesia ), from Latin poesis "poetry, a poem," from Greek poesis "composition, poetry," literally "a making, fabrication," variant of poiesis , from poein , poiein "to make or
• poem 英文词源 poem poem: [16] A poem is etymologically ‘something created’. The word comes via Old French poeme and Latin poēma from Greek póēma , a derivative of poeín ‘make, create’. The original sense ‘something created’ developed metaphorically via ‘literary work’ to ‘poem’. From the same Greek verb was derived poētés ‘maker’, hence ‘poet’, which produced Latin
• podiatry 英文词源 podiatry (n.) 1914, formed from Greek pod- , stem of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)) + iatreia "healing," from iatros "physician" (see -iatric ). An attempt to supplant chiropody (see chiropodist ) and distance the practice from the popular impression of unskilled corn-cutters. The National Association of Chiropodists changed its name to American Podiatry
• pod- 英文词源 cephalopod (n.) 1825, from French cephalopode , from Modern Latin Cephalopoda (the class name), from Greek kephale "head" (see cephalo- ) + pod- , stem of pous "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). cheliped (n.) 1859, Modern Latin, from chela "claw," from Greek khele "claw" (see chelicerae ) + Latin pod- , stem of pes "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see f
• podgy 英文词源 podgy (adj.) 1846, later collateral form of pudgy (q.v.). 中文词源 podgy ：微胖的 来自pudgy拼写变体。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： podgy 词源， podgy 含义。
• podcast 英文词源 podcast 2004, noun and verb, from pod- , from iPod , brand of portable media player, + second element abstracted from broadcast . Related: Podcasting . 中文词源 podcast ：播客 来自iPod和broadcast的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： podcast 词源， podcast 含义。
• pod 英文词源 pod (n.1) "seed of beans," 1680s, of uncertain origin; found earlier in podware "seed of legumes, seed grain" (mid-15c.), which had a parallel form codware "husked or seeded plants" (late 14c.), related to cod "husk of seeded plants," which was in Old English. In reference to pregnancy from 1890; in reference to a round belly from 1825. Meaning "detachable body of an aircraft" is from
• pocket 英文词源 pocket pocket: [15] A pocket is etymologically a ‘small bag’. It comes from Anglo-Norman poket , a diminutive form of poke ‘bag’ (source of English poke ‘bag’ [13], now used only in the expression ‘buy a pig in a poke’). Its Old French equivalent was poche , source of English pouch [14] (and of poach ). This was acquired from Frankish * pokka ‘bag’, a derivative of
• pocked 英文词源 pock (v.) "to disfigure with pits or pocks," 1841. Related: Pocked ; pocking . 中文词源 pocked ：有洞的，多坑的 来自pock,痘痕，麻子。比喻用法，引申词义多洞的，多坑的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pocked 词源， pocked 含义。
• pock 英文词源 pock pock: see pox pock (n.) Old English pocc "pustule, blister, ulcer," from Proto-Germanic *puh(h)- "to swell up, blow up" (cognates: Middle Dutch pocke , Dutch pok , East Frisian pok , Low German poche , dialectal German Pfoche ), from PIE root *beu- "to swell, to blow" (see bull (n.2)). Middle French pocque is from Germanic. The plural form, Middle English pokkes , is the source o
• poacher 英文词源 poacher (n.) 1660s, "one who poaches game," agent noun from poach (v.1). Attested from 1846 as "vessel for poaching eggs," from poach (v.2). 中文词源 poacher ：偷猎者 来自poach,偷猎。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： poacher 词源， poacher 含义。
• poach 英文词源 poach poach: English has two words poach , both of which go back ultimately to Old French pocher ‘put in a bag’, a derivative of poche ‘bag’ (source of English pocket and pouch ). The cookery term [15] is an allusion to the forming of little ‘bags’ or ‘pockets’ around the yolk of eggs by the coagulating white. Poach ‘steal’ [17] seems to mean etymologically ‘put
• pneumonic 英文词源 pneumonic (adj.) "pertaining to the lungs," 1670s, from Latin pneumonicus , from Greek pneumonikos "of the lungs," from pneumon (see pneumonia ). 中文词源 pneumonic ：肺的，与肺相关的 pneumon-,肺，-ic,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pneumonic 词源， pneumonic 含义。
• pneumonia 英文词源 pneumonia (n.) c. 1600, from Modern Latin, from Greek pneumonia "inflammation of the lungs," from pneumon "lung," altered (perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe") from pleumon "lung," literally "floater," probably cognate with Latin pulmo (see pulmonary ), from PIE *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (see pluvial ). Alteration in Greek perhaps by influence of pnein "to breathe." 中文词源
• pneumo- 英文词源 pneumo- before vowels pneum- , word-forming element meaning "lung," from comb. form of Greek pneumon (see pneumonia ). 中文词源 pneumo- ：pneumono- 肺 来自希腊语pneumon,肺，来自pleumon的异化词，来自PIE*pleu,流动，浮动，词源同pulmonary,pluvial.因肺较其它器官轻能浮于水而得名，比较lung.其拼写可能是受到希腊语pnein影响从而异化
• pneumatic 英文词源 pneumatic pneumatic: [17] Pneumatic denotes etymologically ‘of the wind or breath’. It comes via Latin pneumaticus from Greek pneumatikós , a derivative of pneuma ‘wind, breath’ (which is distantly related to English sneeze ). Despite its similarity, pneumonia [17] does not come ultimately from the same source. It goes back to Greek pleúmōn ‘lung’, a relative of Latin p
• plywood 英文词源 plywood (n.) 1907, from ply (n.) + wood (n.). So called because the layers are arranged so that the grain of one runs at right angles to that of the next. 中文词源 plywood ：压合板 ply,层，wood,木头，木板。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plywood 词源， plywood 含义。
• pluvial 英文词源 pluvial (adj.) 1650s, "pertaining to rain," from French pluvial (12c.), from Latin pluvialis "pertaining to rain, rainy, rain-bringing," from (aqua) pluvia "rain (water)," from fem. of pluvius "rainy," from plovere "to rain," from PIE root *pleu- "to flow, to swim" (cognates: Sanskrit plavate "navigates, swims;" Greek plynein "to wash," plein "to navigate," ploein "to float, swim," pl
• plutonium 英文词源 plutonium (n.) transuranic element, 1942, from Pluto , the planet, + element ending -ium . Discovered at University of California, Berkeley, in 1941, the element named on suggestion of Seaborg and Wahl because it follows neptunium in the periodic table as Pluto follows Neptune in the Solar System. The name plutonium earlier had been proposed for barium and was sometimes used in this s
• plutoid 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shepherd shepherd: [OE] Shepherd is of course a compound of sheep and herd – but not herd ‘group of animals’. This is a different herd , meaning ‘herdsman’, which now survives only in compounds ( cowherd and goatherd are other examples). It comes from the same Germanic source as herd ‘group of animals’. = herd , sh
• plutomania 英文词源 plutomania (n.) 1650s, "mad pursuit of wealth," from Greek ploutos "wealth" (see Pluto ) + mania . As "imaginary possession of wealth" from 1894. Related: Plutomaniac . 中文词源 plutomania ：财富妄想症 pluto-,财富，mania,发狂的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plutomania 词源， plutomania 含义。
• plutocracy 英文词源 plutocracy (n.) 1650s, from Greek ploutokratia "rule or power of the wealthy or of wealth," from ploutos "wealth" (see Pluto ) + -kratia "rule" (see -cracy ). Synonym plutarchy is slightly older (1640s). Pluto-democracy "plutocracy masquerading as democracy" is from 1895. 中文词源 plutocracy ：财阀统治 pluto-,财富，-cracy,统治，词源同democracy. 该词的英语词源请
• Pluto 英文词源 Pluto (n.) Roman god of the underworld, from Latin Pluto , Pluton , from Greek Plouton "god of wealth," literally "wealth, riches," probably originally "overflowing," from PIE *pleu- "to flow" (see pluvial ). The alternative Greek name of Hades in his function as the god of wealth (precious metals and gems, coming from beneath the earth, form part of his realm). The planet (since down
• plus-minus 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random tread tread: [OE] Tread comes from a prehistoric Germanic * trethan , which also produced German treten , Dutch treden , Swedish träda , and Danish træde . It does not appear to have any relations outside Germanic, however. Trade comes from the same base, and it is thought that trot [13] may do so too, although its immediate s
• plush 英文词源 plush plush: see pluck plush (adj.) "swank, luxurious," 1927, from plush (n.). Plushy in this sense is recorded from 1923. Related: Plushly ; plushness . plush (n.) "soft fabric," 1590s, from Middle French pluche "shag, plush," contraction of peluche "hairy fabric," from Old French peluchier "to pull, to tug, to pluck" (the final process in weaving plush), from Vulgar Latin *piluccare
• plus ca change 英文词源 plus ca change 1903, French, plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose (1849), literally "the more it changes, the more it stays the same." 中文词源 plus ca change ：换汤不换药 来自法语，plus,多，ca,差不多，词源同circa,change,改变。引申词义表面的改变，换汤不换药。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plus ca change 词源，
• plus 英文词源 plus (n.) 1570s, the oral rendering of the arithmetical sign + , from Latin plus "more, in greater number, more often" (comparative of multus "much"), altered (by influence of minus ) from *pleos , from PIE *pele- (1) "to fill" (see poly- ). As a preposition, between two numbers to indicate addition, from 1660s. [Barnhart writes that this sense "did not exist in Latin and probably ori
• pluralize 英文词源 arcana (n.) "hidden things, mysteries," 1590s, a direct adoption of the Latin plural of arcanum "a secret, a mystery," from neuter of adjective arcanus "secret, hidden, private, concealed" (see arcane ). Occasionally mistaken for a singular and pluralized as arcanas because arcana is far more common than arcanum . atomies (n.) 1590s, "atoms," also "diminutive beings," from atomy , fro
• pluralism 英文词源 pluralism (n.) 1818, as a term in church administration, from plural + -ism . Attested from 1882 as a term in philosophy for a theory which recognizes more than one ultimate principle. In political science, attested from 1919 (in Harold J. Laski) in sense "theory which opposes monolithic state power." General sense of "toleration of diversity within a society or state" is from 1933. R
• plural 英文词源 plural plural: [14] Plural is one of a range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin plūs ‘more’, a descendant (like English full and Greek pólus ‘much’, source of the English prefix poly -) of the Indo-European base * plē - ‘full’. This was borrowed into English directly as plus [17], in the sense ‘with the addition of’. Plural comes via Old French plurel
• P 英文词源 P a rare letter in the initial position in Germanic, in part because by Grimm's Law PIE p- became Germanic f- ; even with the early Latin borrowings in Old English, -p- takes up a little over 4 pages in J.R. Clark Hall's "Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary," compared to 31 pages for B and more than 36 for F . But it now is the third-most-common initial letter in the English vocabulary, an
• pleb 英文词源 pleb (n.) 1856 as a colloquial shortening of plebeian in the ancient Roman sense. West Point sense attested by 1851 (see plebe ). 中文词源 pleb ：普通人，社会地位低下的人 缩写自plebeian,平民，大众。词义贬义化。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pleb 词源， pleb 含义。
• pleather 英文词源 pleather (n.) by 1991, from plastic + leather . 中文词源 pleather ：人造革，塑料皮革 来自plastic和leather的合成词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pleather 词源， pleather 含义。
• pleat 英文词源 pleat pleat: [14] Pleat , plait , and plight ‘predicament’ are essentially the same word, but have become differentiated over the centuries. All three go back to Vulgar Latin * plicitum or * plictum ‘fold’, a noun use of the past participle of Latin plicāre ‘fold’ (source of English ply ). This became Old French pleit , which was originally borrowed into English as plete ‘
• pleasantry 英文词源 pleasantry (n.) "sprightly humor in conversation," 1650s, from French plaisanterie "joke, jest; joking, jesting," from plaisant (see pleasant ). Related: Pleasantries . 中文词源 pleasantry ：客气话，客套 来自pleasant,愉悦的，高兴的，-ry,抽象名词后缀。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pleasantry 词源， pleasantry 含义。
• plead 英文词源 plead plead: [13] Essentially plead and plea are the same word. Both go back ultimately to Latin placitum ‘something pleasant’, hence ‘something that pleases both sides’, ‘something agreed upon’, and finally ‘opinion, decision’. This was a noun formed from the past participle of placēre ‘please’ (source of English please ). It passed into Old French as plaid ‘ag
• plea 英文词源 plea (n.) early 13c., "lawsuit," from Anglo-French plai (late 12c.), Old French plait "lawsuit, decision, decree" (9c.), from Medieval Latin placitum "lawsuit," in classical Latin, "opinion, decree," literally "that which pleases, thing which is agreed upon," properly neuter past participle of placere (see please ). Sense development seems to be from "something pleasant," to "somethin
• plaza 英文词源 plaza (n.) 1830, from Spanish plaza "square, place," from Vulgar Latin *plattia, from Latin platea "courtyard, broad street" (see place (n.)). 中文词源 plaza ：（西班牙语城镇的）露天广场 来自西班牙语plaza,广场，来自拉丁语platea,庭院，开阔地，词源同place,plate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plaza 词源， plaza 含义。
• playwright 英文词源 playwright (n.) 1680s, from play (n.) + wright . 中文词源 playwright ：剧作家 play,戏剧，剧本，wright,作家，词源同work,worker. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： playwright 词源， playwright 含义。
• play-off 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random canine canine: see kennel 中文词源 play-off ：附加赛 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： play-off 词源， play-off 含义。
• playlist 英文词源 play-list (n.) also playlist , 1975 in the radio station sense, from play (v.) + list (n.). 中文词源 playlist ：音乐播放清单 play,播放，list,清单。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： playlist 词源， playlist 含义。
• play 英文词源 play play: [OE] The origins of play are obscure. It had a relative in Middle Dutch pleien ‘dance about, jump for joy’, but this has now died out, leaving it in splendid but puzzling isolation, its ancestry unaccounted for. Its underlying meaning appears to be ‘make rapid movements for purposes of recreation’, but already in Old English times it was being used for ‘perform on
• plaudits 英文词源 plaudits "Praise", Early 17th century: plaudit shortened from Latin plaudite 'applaud!' (said by Roman actors at the end of a play), imperative plural of plaudere . 中文词源 plaudits ：鼓掌，喝彩，赞誉 来自拉丁语plaudite,请鼓掌，来自plaudere的祈使语气，来自plaudere,击，打，拍掌，可能来自拟声词，词源同applaud,plosive.引申名词词义鼓
• platypus 英文词源 platypus platypus: [18] The platypus’s name means literally ‘flat-footed’. It was given to it at the end of the 18th century, and is first recorded in George Shaw’s Naturalists’ Miscellany 1799. It was adapted from Greek platúpous , a compound formed from platús ‘flat’ (source of English place , plaice , and plane the tree) and poús ‘foot’ (a relative of English f
• platter 英文词源 platter platter: see plate platter (n.) late 13c., platere , from Anglo-French plater , from Old French plate "metal plate" (see plate (n.)). 中文词源 platter ：大盘子 来自plate,盘子。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： platter 词源， platter 含义。
• platoon 英文词源 platoon platoon: [17] Platoon means etymologically ‘little ball’. It comes from French peloton , a diminutive form of pelote ‘ball’ (source of English pellet ). The notion of a ‘small ball’ was extended in French to a ‘little cluster of people or group of soldiers’ – hence the meaning of English platoon . = pellet , pelota platoon (n.) 1630s, from French peloton "pla
• Platonism 英文词源 Platonism (n.) 1560s, from Plato (see Platonic ) + -ism . 中文词源 Platonism ：柏拉图学说 来自希腊语Platon,古希腊哲学家柏拉图，-ism,理论，思想，学说。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Platonism 词源， Platonism 含义。
• platitude 英文词源 platitude (n.) 1812, "dullness," from French platitude "flatness, vapidness" (late 17c.), from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)); formed on analogy of latitude , etc. Meaning "a flat, dull, or commonplace remark" is recorded from 1815. Related: Platitudinous . Hence platitudinarian (n.), 1855; platitudinize (1867). 中文词源 platitude ：陈词滥调，老生常谈 来自古法
• platinum 英文词源 platinum (n.) metallic element, 1812, Modern Latin, from Spanish platina "platinum," diminutive of plata "silver," from Old French plate or Old Provençal plata "sheet of metal" (see plate (n.)). The metal looks like silver, and the Spaniards at first thought it an inferior sort of silver, hence the name platina . It was first obtained from Spanish colonies in Mexico and Colombia, bro
• plating 英文词源 chrome chrome: [19] Compounds formed from the element chromium are brilliantly coloured green, red, and yellow. Hence, when it was first described by the French chemist Vauquelin in 1797, he named it chrome , after Greek khrōma ‘colour’. This was soon latinized to chromium , and chrome was henceforth used for chromium pigments or chromium plating. The Greek adjective derived from
• platform 英文词源 platform (n.) 1540s, "plan of action, scheme, design," from Middle French plateforme , platte fourme , literally "flat form," from Old French plat "flat" (see plateau (n.)) + forme "form" (see form (n.)). The literal sense of "raised, level surface" in English is first recorded 1550s. Political meaning, "statement of party policies," is from 1803, probably originally an image of a lit
• plate tectonics 英文词源 plate (n.) mid-13c., "flat sheet of gold or silver," also "flat, round coin," from Old French plate "thin piece of metal" (late 12c.), from Medieval Latin plata "plate, piece of metal," perhaps via Vulgar Latin *plattus , formed on model of Greek platys "flat, broad" (see plaice (n.)). The cognate in Spanish ( plata ) and Portuguese ( prata ) has become the usual word for "silver," su
• platelet 英文词源 platelet (n.) 1895, formed in English from plate (n.) + diminutive suffix -let . 中文词源 platelet ：血小板 来自plate,板，盘子，-let,小词后缀。引申词义血小板。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： platelet 词源， platelet 含义。
• plateau 英文词源 plateau (v.) 1952, from plateau (n.). Related: Plateaued ; plateauing . plateau (n.) 1796, "elevated tract of relatively level land," from French plateau "table-land," from Old French platel (12c.) "flat piece of metal, wood, etc.," diminutive of plat "flat surface or thing," noun use of adjective plat "flat, stretched out" (12c.), perhaps from Vulgar Latin *plattus , from Greek platy
• plasticize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random cessation cessation: see cease 中文词源 plasticize ：使可塑 来自plastic,塑料的，可塑的，-ize,使。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plasticize 词源， plasticize 含义。
• Plasticine 英文词源 Plasticine modeling clay substitute, 1897, from plastic (adj.) + -ine (2). 中文词源 Plasticine ：橡皮泥 商标名。来自plastic,塑料的，-ine,化学名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Plasticine 词源， Plasticine 含义。
• plastic 英文词源 plastic plastic: [16] Plastic is etymologically a ‘mouldable’ substance. The word comes via French plastique and Latin plasticus from Greek plastikós ‘fit for moulding’, a derivative of the verb plássein ‘mould’ (source also of English plasma [18] and plaster ). Up until the 20th century its main use in English was as an adjective, meaning ‘pliable’. The first record
• plaster saint 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random equip equip: [16] Etymologically, equip means ‘fit out or provide crew for a ship’. Its immediate source was French équiper , but this appears to have been a borrowing from Old Norse skipa ‘fit out a ship’, a verb derived from skip ‘ship’ (first cousin of English ship ). The carliest examples of its use in English a
• plastered 英文词源 plastered (adj.) "coated with plaster," late 14c., past participle adjective from plaster (v.). Slang meaning "very drunk" attested by 1912, perhaps from plaster in medical sense of "to apply a remedy to; to soothe" (see plaster (n.)). 中文词源 plastered ：喝醉的 幽默用法，喝醉摔伤打石膏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plastered 词源，
• plaster 英文词源 plaster plaster: [OE] Like plastic , plaster comes ultimately from the Greek verb plássein ‘mould’. Combination with the prefix en - ‘in’ produced emplássein ‘daub on, plaster’. From its past participle emplastós was derived émplastron ‘medicinal application to the skin’, which reached Latin as emplastrum . Medieval Latin shortened it to plastrum , which Old Englis
• plasma 英文词源 plasma plasma: see plastic plasma (n.) 1712, "form, shape" (earlier plasm ), from Late Latin plasma , from Greek plasma "something molded or created," hence "image, figure; counterfeit, forgery; formed style, affectation," from plassein "to mold," originally "to spread thin," from PIE *plath-yein , from root *pele- (2) "flat, to spread" (see plane (n.1)). Sense of "liquid part of bloo
• plaque 英文词源 plaque (n.) 1848, "ornamental plate or tablet," from French plaque "metal plate, coin" (15c.), perhaps through Flemish placke "small coin," from Middle Dutch placke "disk, patch, stain," related to German Placken "spot, patch" (compare placard ). Meaning "deposit on walls of arteries" is first attested 1891; that of "bacteria deposits on teeth" is 1898. 中文词源 plaque ：牌匾，匾
• plantigrade 英文词源 plantigrade (adj.) 1831, from French plantigrade "walking on the sole of the foot" (1795), from Latin planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)) + gradus "step" (see grade (n.)). 中文词源 plantigrade ：脚掌着地行走的，跖行动物 来自拉丁语planta,脚底板，脚掌，grade,行走，步伐。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plantigrade 词源，
• planter 英文词源 planter (n.) "one who sows seeds," late 14c., agent noun from plant (v.). Mechanical sense by 1850. Meaning "proprietor of a cultivated estate in West Indies or southern colonies of North America" is from 1640s, hence planter's punch (1924). Meaning "a pot for growing plants" recorded by 1959. 中文词源 planter ：种植园主 来自plant,植物，种植。 该词的英语词源请访
• plantation 英文词源 plantation (n.) mid-15c., "action of planting," from Middle French plantation , from Latin plantationem (nominative plantatio ) "a planting," noun of action from past participle stem of plantare "to plant" (see plant ). Historically used for "colony, settlement in a new land" (1610s); meaning "large farm on which tobacco or cotton is grown" is first recorded 1706. 中文词源 plantat
• plantar 英文词源 plantar (adj.) 1706, from Latin plantaris "pertaining to the sole of the foot," from planta "sole of the foot" (see plant (n.)). 中文词源 plantar ：跖的，足底的 来自拉丁语planta,脚底板，脚掌，来自PIE*plat,展开，来自PIE*pele,展开，词源同plan,plain. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： plantar 词源， plantar 含义。
• plantain 英文词源 plantain plantain: Two entirely unrelated plants have the name plantain . Both get it from their broad leaves. One, an insignificant-looking weed [14], comes via Old French plantain from Latin plantāgō , a derivative of planta ‘sole of the foot’ (source of English plantigrade and possibly plant ). The other, a tropical plant of the banana family [16], was originally named by the
• plant 英文词源 plant plant: [OE] Etymologically, a plant is probably something you press into the ground with the ‘sole’ of your foot. The word was borrowed from Latin planta ‘shoot, sprout, cutting’, a derivative of the verb plantāre ‘plant, transplant’, and it has been speculated that this was based on Latin planta ‘sole of the foot’ (source of English plantain and plantigrade ‘
• planner 英文词源 planner (n.) 1716, "one who plans," agent noun from plan (v.). Derogatory variant planster attested from 1945. Meaning "book or device that enables one to plan" is from 1971. 中文词源 planner ：规划者，设计者 来自plan,规则，设计，平面图。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： planner 词源， planner 含义。
• plankton 英文词源 plankton plankton: [19] The ultimate source of plankton is Greek plázein ‘hit’, a descendant of the same base as produced English apoplexy , plague , and plectrum . The link between these two unlikelysounding relatives is that something that is hit moves or wanders, and plankton are minute organisms that wander or drift in the ocean. The Greek derivative plagtón meant ‘wandere
• planking 英文词源 bulwark (n.) "planking or woodwork round the uppermost parts of a vessel," early 15c., from Middle Dutch bulwerke or Middle High German bolwerc , probably from bole "plank, tree trunk" (from Proto-Germanic *bul- , from PIE root *bhel- (2) "to blow, swell;" see bole ) + werc "work" (see work (n.)). Figurative sense "means of defense or security" is from 1570s. 中文词源 planking ：木
• plank 英文词源 plank plank: [13] The etymological idea underlying plank may be ‘flatness’. It comes via planke , a northern dialect version of Old French planche (source of English planchette [19]), from late Latin planca ‘slab’, a derivative of the adjective plancus ‘flat’. This may have come from the same source as Greek pláx ‘flat surface’, ancestor of English placenta . = planch
• plangent 英文词源 plangent plangent: see plague plangent (adj.) "beating with a loud sound," 1822, from Latin plangentem (nominative plangens ), present participle of plangere "to strike, beat" (see plague (n.)). Related: Plangently . 中文词源 plangent ：哀婉的，凄凉的 来自拉丁语plangere,哀悼，悲痛，词源同plague,plaint. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pl
• plane tree 英文词源 plantain plantain: Two entirely unrelated plants have the name plantain . Both get it from their broad leaves. One, an insignificant-looking weed [14], comes via Old French plantain from Latin plantāgō , a derivative of planta ‘sole of the foot’ (source of English plantigrade and possibly plant ). The other, a tropical plant of the banana family [16], was originally named by the
• planetary 英文词源 planetary (adj.) 1590s; see planet + -ary . Probably from Late Latin planetarius "pertaining to a planet or planets," but this is attested only as "an astrologer." Planetary nebula , so called for its shape, attested from 1785. 中文词源 planetary ：行星的 来自planet,行星，-ary,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： planetary 词源， pl
• planetarium 英文词源 planetarium (n.) 1734, "orrery," Modern Latin, from Late Latin planeta (see planet ) + Latin -arium "a place for." Sense of "device for projecting the night sky onto the interior of a dome" is attested from 1929. 中文词源 planetarium ：天文馆 来自planet,行星，-arium,表地点。即看星星的地方，引申词义天文馆。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文
• planer 英文词源 plane plane: English has five distinct planes , four of which are essentially the same word as plain . These come ultimately from Latin plānus , but preserve its ‘flat’ meanings rather than (like plain ) its ‘clear’ meanings. Plane ‘flat surface’ [17] comes from Latin plānum , a noun use of the neuter form of the adjective; it is the plane from which aeroplane , and henc
• plane 英文词源 plane plane: English has five distinct planes , four of which are essentially the same word as plain . These come ultimately from Latin plānus , but preserve its ‘flat’ meanings rather than (like plain ) its ‘clear’ meanings. Plane ‘flat surface’ [17] comes from Latin plānum , a noun use of the neuter form of the adjective; it is the plane from which aeroplane , and henc
• planar 英文词源 planar (adj.) 1850, from Latin planaris "level, flat," from planum "plane" (see plane (n.1)). 中文词源 planar ：平面的 来自plan,平面。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： planar 词源， planar 含义。
• plan 英文词源 plan plan: [18] A plan is etymologically a design that has been ‘planted’ on the ground. Indeed in French, from which English acquired the word, it was originally plant , and was not altered to plan until the 16th century, under the influence of plan ‘flat’ (source of English plane ‘flat’). It was a derivative of the verb planter ‘plant’, and originally referred to the
• plaintive 英文词源 plaintive plaintive: see plague plaintive (adj.) late 14c., "lamenting," from Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint ). Sense of "mournful, sad" first recorded 1570s. Related: Plaintively ; plaintiveness . 中文词源 plaintive ：凄凉的，悲伤的 来自plaint,哀伤，悲痛，-iff,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• plaintiff 英文词源 plaintiff plaintiff: see plague plaintiff (n.) c. 1400, from Anglo-French pleintif (late 13c.), noun use of Old French plaintif "complaining; wretched, miserable," from plainte (see plaint ). Identical with plaintive at first; the form that receded into legal usage retained the older -iff spelling. 中文词源 plaintiff ：原告，起诉人 来自plaint,起诉，诉讼，-iff,形容词
• plaint 英文词源 plaint (n.) "expression of sorrow," c. 1200, from Old French plainte "lament, lamentation" (12c.), from Latin planctus "lamentation, wailing, beating of the breast," from past participle stem of plangere "to lament, to strike" (see plague (n.)). Connecting notion probably is beating one's breast in grief. 中文词源 plaint ：起诉，诉状，凄凉的声音 来自古法语plainte,哀
• plainsong 英文词源 plainsong "Unaccompanied church music sung in unison in medieval modes and in free rhythm corresponding to the accentuation of the words, which are taken from the liturgy", Late Middle English: translating Latin cantus planus . 中文词源 plainsong ：素歌，宗教圣咏 plain,平的，素的，song,吟唱，歌曲。用于指素歌，宗教圣咏。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• plainchant 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random dusk dusk: [OE] In Anglo-Saxon times, dusk was an adjective meaning ‘dark in colour’ (a sense preserved today in the derived adjective dusky [16]). Its modern noun use ‘twilight’ is not recorded until as recently as the early 17th century. The Old English form of the word was dox , which was descended from the same ultim
• plain 英文词源 plain plain: [13] Plain is etymologically the same word as plane in all its uses except the tree-name, and even that comes from the same ultimate source. This was Indo-European * plā - ‘flat’, which produced Greek platús ‘broad’ (source of English place , plaice , and platypus ), Latin plānus ‘flat, clear’, and possibly English flat . The Latin word passed into English
• Plaid Cymru 英文词源 Plaid Cymru "The Welsh Nationalist party, founded in 1925 and dedicated to seeking autonomy for Wales. It won its first parliamentary seat in 1966, and since 1974 has maintained a small number of representatives in Parliament", Welsh, 'party of Wales'. 中文词源 Plaid Cymru ：威尔士党（主张威尔士独立） 来自威尔士语，Plaid,党，党派，Cymru,威士尔本土名字