英语词源

• plaid 英文词源 plaid (n.) 1510s, from Scottish, from or related to Gaelic plaide "blanket, mantle," of unknown origin, perhaps a contraction of peallaid "sheepskin," from peall "skin," from Latin pellis (but OED finds this "phonetically improbable"). The wearing of it by males forbidden by act of parliament, under penalty of transportation, 1746-82. As an adjective c. 1600, from the noun. 中文词源
• plaice 英文词源 plaice plaice: [13] The plaice is etymologically the ‘broad’ fish. Its name goes back ultimately to Greek platūs ‘broad’ (which makes it distantly related to place ). From this was descended, via some missing links, late Latin platessa ‘flatfish’, which became Old French plaïs – whence English plaice . = place , plate , platypus plaice (n.) type of European edible flat
• plague 英文词源 plague plague: [14] Etymologically, plague means a ‘blow’ or ‘stroke’. It goes back to the same prehistoric base, * plag - ‘hit’, as produced Latin plangere ‘beat’ (source of English complain , plaintiff [14], plaintive [14], and plangent [19] – which originally denoted the sound of waves ‘beating’ against the shore) and English plankton . From this was derived G
• plagiarize 英文词源 plagiarize plagiarize: [17] Latin plagium meant ‘kidnapping’ – it was a derivative of plaga ‘net’. From it was formed plagārius ‘kidnapper’, which was used metaphorically by the epigrammatist Martial for ‘literary thief’ – the sense in which the word reached English. plagiarize (v.) 1716, from plagiary "plagiarist" (see plagiarism ) + -ize . Related: Plagiarized ;
• plagiarism 英文词源 plagiarism (n.) 1620s, from -ism + plagiary (n.) "plagiarist, literary thief" (1590s), from Latin plagiarius "kidnapper, seducer, plunderer, one who kidnaps the child or slave of another," used by Martial in the sense of "literary thief," from plagiare "to kidnap," plagium "kidnapping," from plaga "snare, hunting net," perhaps from PIE *plag- (on notion of "something extended"), from
• placing 英文词源 alien alien: [14] The essential notion contained in alien is of ‘otherness’. Its ultimate source is Latin alius ‘other’ (which is related to English else ). From this was formed a Latin adjective aliēnus ‘belonging to another person or place’, which passed into English via Old French alien . In Middle English an alternative version alient arose (in the same way as ancient
• placid 英文词源 placid placid: see please placid (adj.) 1620s, from French placide (15c.) and directly from Latin placidus "pleasing, peaceful, quiet, gentle, still, calm," from placere "to please" (see please ). Related: Placidly ; placidness . 中文词源 placid ：平静的 来自拉丁语placate,安抚，安慰，词源同please,placate.引申词义安抚的，平静的。 该词的英语词源请
• placental 英文词源 placental (adj.) 1808, from Modern Latin placentalis , from placenta (see placenta ). 中文词源 placental ：胎盘的 来自placenta,胎盘。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： placental 词源， placental 含义。
• placenta 英文词源 placenta placenta: [17] Latin placenta originally meant ‘flat cake’. It was borrowed from Greek plakóenta , the accusative form of plakóeis ‘flat cake’, which was derived from pláx ‘flat surface’ (possible relative of English plank ). Its application to the afterbirth (originally in the phrase placenta uterīna ‘uterine cake’) is a postclassical development, inspire
• placement 英文词源 placement (n.) 1835, from place (v.) + -ment . 中文词源 placement ：放置，安置 来自place,放置，安置。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： placement 词源， placement 含义。
• placeholder 英文词源 lieutenant (n.) late 14c., "one who takes the place of another," from Old French lieu tenant "substitute, deputy," literally "placeholder," from lieu "place" (see lieu ) + tenant , present participle of tenir "to hold" (see tenant ). The notion is of a "substitute" for higher authority. Specific military sense of "officer next in rank to a captain" is from 1570s. Pronunciation with le
• place 英文词源 place place: [13] A place is etymologically a ‘broad’ area. The word comes ultimately from the Greek expression plateia hodós ‘broad way’ (the adjective platús ‘broad’ is probably related to English flat ). Plateia came to be used on its own as a noun, and passed into Latin as platea ‘broad street, open area’. This became changed in postclassical times to * plattja ,
• placatory 英文词源 placatory (adj.) 1630s, from Latin placatorius "pertaining to appeasing," from placat- , past participle stem of placare "to appease" (see placate ). 中文词源 placatory ：安抚的，抚慰的 来自placate,安抚，抚慰。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： placatory 词源， placatory 含义。
• placard 英文词源 placard (n.) late 15c., "formal document authenticated by an affixed seal," from Middle French placquard "official document with a large, flat seal," also "plate of armor," from Old French plaquier "to lay on, cover up, plaster over," from Middle Dutch placken "to patch (a garment), to plaster," related to Middle High German placke "patch, stain," German Placken "spot, patch." Meaning
• pizzicato 英文词源 pizzicato (n.) 1845, from Italian pizzicato "plucked," past participle of pizzicare "to pluck (strings), pinch," from pizzare "to prick, to sting," from Old Italian pizzo "point, edge," from Vulgar Latin *pits- , probably of imitative origin. As an adjective from 1880. 中文词源 pizzicato ：拨奏的 来自意大利语pizzere,刺，拨奏，来自pizzo,尖点，刺，来自俗拉丁
• pizzeria 英文词源 pizzeria (n.) 1943, likely in use in American English in restaurant names by 1930, from pizza with ending as in cafeteria . 中文词源 pizzeria ：比萨饼店 来自pizza,比萨，-eria,小店，词源同cafeteria. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pizzeria 词源， pizzeria 含义。
• pizzazz 英文词源 gin (v.1) in slang phrase gin up "enliven, make more exciting," 1887 ( ginning is from 1825), perhaps a special use of the verb associated with gin (n.2) "engine," but perhaps rather or also from ginger up in the same sense (1849), which is from ginger in sense of "spice, pizzazz;" specifically in reference to the treatment described in the 1811 edition of Grose's slang dictionary und
• pizza 英文词源 pizza pizza: [20] Italian pizza is quite a broad term, signifying ‘cake’, ‘tart’ or ‘pie’ and encompassing dishes as diverse as a closed fruit pie and a flat bread-dough base with a topping. It is the latter, of course, that brought the word into English. At first, both the word and the foodstuff were unfamiliar enough for the tautologous name ‘pizza pie’ to be deemed
• pixilated 英文词源 pixilated (adj.) "mildly insane, bewildered, tipsy," 1848, pix-e-lated , from pixie + -lated , as in elated , etc., perhaps influenced by or a variant of pixie-led . A New England dialect word popularized 1936 by its use in movie "Mr. Deeds Goes to Town." 中文词源 pixilated ：精神失常的，入魔的 改写自pixie-led,被小精灵带偏的，来自pixie,小精灵，led,带领。
• pixie 英文词源 pixie (n.) c. 1630, of obscure origin, perhaps from or related to Swedish dialect pyske "small fairy," but West County origin suggests ultimate source in Cornwall and thus something Celtic. Earliest references were in pixy-path "bewilderment," literally "path on which one is led astray by pixies," and pixie-led "lost." 中文词源 pixie ：小精灵，小仙子 可能来自瑞典方言
• pixelate 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random stadium stadium: [16] Greek stádion denoted a ‘racetrack’, particularly the one at Olympia, which was about 185 metres long. In due course the word came to be used as a term for a measure of length equal to this, and that was the sense in which English originally acquired it, via Latin stadium . The original ‘racetrack’
• pixel 英文词源 pixel (n.) 1969, coined to describe the photographic elements of a television image, from pix + first syllable of element . 中文词源 pixel ：像素 来自pix,照片，-el,缩写自element,元素，要素。引申词义像素。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pixel 词源， pixel 含义。 pixel ：像素 词根-pix-指“绘画”，它的更常见形式是
• pix 英文词源 pix (n.) variant of pics , 1930 (see pic ). 中文词源 pix ：照片，影片 缩写自picture. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pix 词源， pix 含义。
• pivotal 英文词源 pivotal (adj.) 1844, in figurative sense, from pivot (n.) + -al (1). 中文词源 pivotal ：核心的 来自pivot,核心。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pivotal 词源， pivotal 含义。
• pivot 英文词源 pivot (n.) 1610s, from French pivot , from Old French pivot "hinge pin, pivot" (12c.), also "penis," of uncertain origin. Figurative sense of "central point" is recorded from 1813. pivot (v.) by 1841, from French pivoter and from pivot (n). Related: Pivoted ; pivoting . 中文词源 pivot ：中心，枢轴，核心 来自古法语pivot,绞链，门合页。引申词义中心，枢轴，
• pity 英文词源 pity pity: [13] Latin pius ‘pious’, an adjective of unknown origin which gave English expiate and pious , had a noun derivative pietās . This has come into English in three distinct forms. First to arrive, more or less contemporaneously, were pity and piety [13], which were borrowed from respectively Old French pite and piete . These both developed from Latin pietās , and were o
• pituitary 英文词源 pituitary pituitary: see pine pituitary (adj.) 1610s, from Latin pituitarius "mucous," from pituita "clammy moisture, phlegm, mucus, slime," possibly from a suffixed form of PIE root *peie- "to be fat, swell" (see fat (adj.)). Taken as the name for the gland because it was believed that it channeled mucus to the nose. As a noun by 1899. 中文词源 pituitary ：脑垂体 来自拉丁语
• pitted 英文词源 pimento (n.) 1680s, pimiento (modern form from 1718), from Spanish pimiento "green or red pepper," also pimienta "black pepper," from Late Latin pigmenta , plural of pigmentum "vegetable juice," from Latin pigmentum "pigment" (see pigment (n.)). So called because it added a dash of color to food or drink. [I]n med.L. spiced drink, hence spice, pepper (generally), Sp. pimiento , Fr. pi
• pittance 英文词源 pittance pittance: see pity pittance (n.) c. 1200, "pious donation to a religious house or order to provide extra food; the extra food provided," also "a small portion, scanty rations," from Old French pitance "pity, mercy, compassion; refreshment, nourishment; portion of food allowed a monk or poor person by a pious bequest," apparently literally "pity," from pitié (see pity ). Mean
• pitta 英文词源 pitta pitta: see pizza 中文词源 pitta ：填馅面包 可能来自希腊语petta,面包，来自peptos,烧制的，来自PIE*pekw,烧，煮，煎，词源同cook,peptic. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitta 词源， pitta 含义。
• piton 英文词源 piton (n.) 1898, from French piton "hook, peak of a mountain, piton, eyebolt," in Old French "nail, hook," from Vulgar Latin root *pitt- "point, peak" [Barnhart]. 中文词源 piton ：钢锥，岩钉 来自法语piton,钩子，钢钉，钉子，来自俗拉丁语根*pitt,尖点，尖刺. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： piton 词源， piton 含义。
• pitiless 英文词源 pitiless (adj.) early 15c., from pity + -less . Related: Pitilessly ; pitilessness . 中文词源 pitiless ：无情的 来自pity,可怜，同情，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitiless 词源， pitiless 含义。
• pitiful 英文词源 pitiful (adj.) c. 1300, "merciful, compassionate" (implied in pitifully ), from pity + -ful . Sense of "exciting or deserving pity" is from mid-15c.; that of "mean, wretched, contemptible" is 1580s. Related: Pitifulness . 中文词源 pitiful ：可怜的 来自pity,可怜，同情。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitiful 词源， pitiful 含义。
• pitiable 英文词源 pitiable (adj.) mid-15c., "merciful, compassionate," from Old French piteable "compassionate, merciful, pious" (13c.; Modern French pitoyable ), from piteer "to pity" (see pity ). Meaning "deserving pity" is recorded from late 15c. Related: Pitiably . 中文词源 pitiable ：可怜的 来自pity,可怜，同情。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitiable 词源，
• pithy 英文词源 pithy (adj.) early 14c., "strong, vigorous," from pith (n.) + -y (2). Meaning "full of substance or significance" is from 1520s; literal meaning "full of pith" not attested until 1560s. Related: Pithily ; pithiness . 中文词源 pithy ：简练的，精辟的 来自pith,核心，精髓。引申词义简练的，精辟的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pithy
• pith helmet 英文词源 pith (n.) Old English piþa "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: Middle Dutch pitte , Dutch pit , East Frisian pit ), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat , 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood. 中文词源 pith helmet ：热带
• pith 英文词源 pith (n.) Old English piþa "pith of plants," also "essential part," from West Germanic *pithan- (cognates: Middle Dutch pitte , Dutch pit , East Frisian pit ), a Low German root of uncertain origin. Figurative sense was in Old English. Pith helmet (1889, earlier pith hat , 1884) so called because it is made from the dried pith of the Bengal spongewood. pith (v.) "to kill by piercing
• pitfall 英文词源 pitfall (n.) c. 1300, "concealed hole," a type of animal trap, from pit (n.1) + fall (n.). Extended sense of "any hidden danger" is first recorded early 15c. 中文词源 pitfall ：陷阱 pit,深坑，fall,掉落。引申词义陷阱。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitfall 词源， pitfall 含义。
• piteous 英文词源 piteous (adj.) c. 1300, from Anglo-French pitous , Old French pitos "pious; merciful, compassionate, moved to pity; pitiful" (12c., Modern French piteux ), from Medieval Latin pietosus "merciful, pitiful," in Vulgar Latin "dutiful," from Latin pietas "dutiful conduct, compassion" (see piety ). Related: Piteously ; piteousness . 中文词源 piteous ：可怜的 来自pity,可怜，同情
• pitch invasion 英文词源 pitch invasion "An intrusion on to the field of play by spectators during or immediately after a match", 1960s; earliest use found in The Times . 中文词源 pitch invasion ：闯入比赛场地 pitch,场地，invasion,侵入。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitch invasion 词源， pitch invasion 含义。
• pitchfork 英文词源 pitchfork pitchfork: see pike pitchfork (n.) mid-14c., altered (by influence of pichen "to throw, thrust;" see pitch (v.1)) from Middle English pic-forken (c. 1200), from pik (see pike (n.4)) + fork (n.). The verb is attested from 1837. 中文词源 pitchfork ：叉子，干草叉 来自中古英语pickfork,干草叉，词义受pitch（扔，抛）影响而使拼写俗化。 该词的英
• pitcher 英文词源 pitcher pitcher: see beaker pitcher (n.1) "earthen jug," c. 1200, from Old French pichier (12c.), altered from bichier , from Medieval Latin bicarium , probably from Greek bikos "earthen vessel" (see beaker ). Pitcher-plant is recorded from 1819; so called for its resemblance. pitcher (n.2) "one who pitches," 1722, agent noun from pitch (v.1). Originally of one tossing hay into a wago
• pitched battle 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random integrity integrity: see entire 中文词源 pitched battle ：群殴，聚众打斗 来自pitch,场地，battle,打战，打斗。特指打架双方约定时间，地点进行打斗，类似于古代战场下挑战书后进行的打战。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pitched battle 词源， pitched ba
• pitched 英文词源 flute flute: [14] Provençal flaut was probably the original source of flute , and it reached English via Old French floute or floite . Where flaut came from, however, is another matter, and a much disputed one. Some etymologists claim that it is ultimately simply an imitation of a high-pitched sound, its initial consonant cluster perhaps provided by Provençal flajol ‘small flute o
• pitch 英文词源 pitch (n.2) "resinous substance, wood tar," late 12c., pich , from Old English pic "pitch," from a Germanic borrowing (Old Saxon and Old Frisian pik , Middle Dutch pik , Dutch pek , Old High German pek , German Pech , Old Norse bik ) of Latin pix (genitive picis ) "pitch," which according to Watkins is from a PIE root *pik- "pitch" (cognates: Greek pissa , Lithuanian pikis , Old Churc
• pit-a-pat 英文词源 pit-a-pat (adv.) also pitter-pat , 1520s; imitative. As a noun from 1580s. 中文词源 pit-a-pat ：噼啪声 拟声词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pit-a-pat 词源， pit-a-pat 含义。
• pit 英文词源 pit pit: English has two words pit . The older, ‘hole’ [OE], comes ultimately from Latin puteus ‘pit, well’ (source also of French puits ‘well, shaft’), but reached English via a Germanic route. It was borrowed in prehistoric times into West Germanic as * putti , which has evolved into German pfütze ‘pool’, Dutch put ‘pit’, and English pit . Pit ‘fruit-stone’
• piston 英文词源 piston piston: [18] The Latin verb pinsere meant ‘beat, pound’. Its past participial stem pist - formed the basis for the noun pistillum ‘grinding stick, pestle’ (from which English gets pistil ‘female flower part’ [18], an allusion to its shape). This passed into Italian as pestello , from which English gets pestle [14]. From the Italian stem pest - was formed pestone ‘
• pistol 英文词源 pistol pistol: [16] Pistol is one of a very small and select group of words contributed to English by Czech (others are howitzer and robot ). It comes via German pistole from Czech pišt’ala , which literally means ‘pipe’ (it is related to Russian pischal ‘shepherd’s pipe’). pistol (n.) "small hand-held firearm," 1570s, from Middle French pistole "short firearm" (1566), of
• pistil 英文词源 pistil pistil: see piston pistil (n.) "female organ of a flower," 1718, from French pistil , from Modern Latin pistillum "a pistil," so called from resemblance to a pestle, from Latin pistillum "pestle" (see pestle ). Related: Pistillary ; pistillaceous ; pistillate ; pistilline . 中文词源 pistil ：雌蕊 来自拉丁语pistillum,小杵，来自pinsere,踩，踏，捣，词源同
• piste 英文词源 piste (n.) also pist , 1727, from French piste , from Latin pista (via) "beaten (track)," from pistus , past participle of pinsere "to pound, stamp" (see pestle ). 中文词源 piste ：滑雪道 来自法语piste,滑雪道，来自拉丁语pista via,踩出来的小道，来自pinsere,踩，踏，捣，词源同pestle,piston,via,路，词源同way. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词
• pistachio 英文词源 pistachio (n.) 1590s, from Italian pistacchio , from Latin pistacium "pistachio nut," from Greek pistakion "pistachio nut," from pistake "pistachio tree," from Persian pistah "pistachio." Borrowed earlier (1530s) as pystace , from Old French form pistace (13c.), which also is from the Italian word. 中文词源 pistachio ：开心果 来自拉丁语pistacium,来自希腊语pistake,来自
• piss-up 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random photo photo: [19] Greek phōs meant ‘light’ (it was related to Sanskrit bhā - ‘shine’). Its stem form phōto - was used by the astronomer Sir John Herschel in 1839 to coin the term photograph , based on the Greek element - graphos ‘writing’, and perhaps inspired by a parallel German formation photographie which had
• piss-take 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random effrontery effrontery: [18] The notion of ‘audacity’ or ‘impudence’ is often expressed in terms of ‘exposing or pushing forward the face’: a ‘barefaced lie’ or ‘putting on a bold front’, for instance. And effrontery is no exception. It comes ultimately from late Latin effrōns ‘barefaced, shameless’, a co
• piss artist 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random humble pie humble pie: [17] Until the 19th century, humble pie was simply a pie made from the internal organs of a deer or other animal (‘Mrs Turner did bring us an umble pie hot out of her oven’, Samuel Pepys, Diary 8 July 1663). Humble has no etymological connection with the adjective humble ‘meek’; it is an alteration
• piss 英文词源 piss piss: [13] Piss probably originated in imitation of the sound of urinating. It has been traced back to a hypothetical Vulgar Latin * pisāre , which passed into English via Old French pisser . It has become widely distributed throughout the other European languages (Italian pisciare , for instance, German and Dutch pissen , and Welsh piso ). Pee [18] started life as a euphemism f
• piscine 英文词源 piscine (n.) c. 1300, "reservoir, bathing pool," from Old French piscine "fishpond," from Latin piscina , from piscis "a fish" (see fish (n.)). Ecclesiastical sense is from late 15c., from Medieval Latin piscina . As an adjective from 1799. 中文词源 piscine ：鱼的 来自拉丁语pisces,鱼，词源同fish. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： piscine 词源，
• Pisces 英文词源 Pisces Pisces: see fish Pisces (n.) 12th sign of the zodiac, late Old English, from Latin pisces , from plural of piscis "a fish," cognate with Gothic fisks , Old English fisc (see fish (n.)). Applied to persons born under this sign from 1924. 中文词源 Pisces ：双鱼座 来自拉丁语pisces,鱼，词源同fish.引申词义双鱼座。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英
• piscatorial 英文词源 piscatorial piscatorial: see fish piscatorial (adj.) 1750, from piscatory + -ial . 中文词源 piscatorial ：渔业的 来自拉丁语pisces,鱼，词源同fish. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： piscatorial 词源， piscatorial 含义。
• pirouette 英文词源 pirouette (n.) 1706, from French pirouette "spinning top; pirouette in dancing," from Middle French pirouet "spinning top" (15c.), from Gallo-Roman root *pir- "peg, plug" (source of Italian piruolo "peg top") + diminutive suffix -ette . pirouette (v.) 1822, from pirouette (n.) and also from French pirouetter . Related: Pirouetted ; pirouetting . 中文词源 pirouette ：单脚尖旋转
• pirate 英文词源 pirate pirate: [15] A pirate is etymologically someone who makes an ‘attempt’ or ‘attack’ on someone. The word comes via Latin pīrāta (where the notion of a ‘sea-robber’ first emerged) from Greek peirātés ‘attacker, marauder’, a derivative of the verb peiran ‘attempt, attack’. This came from the same base, * per - ‘try’, as produced English experience , exp
• piranha 英文词源 piranha (n.) also pirana , 1869, from Portuguese piranha , from Tupi (Brazil) pira nya , variant of pira'ya , literally "scissors." 中文词源 piranha ：锯脂鲤，食人鱼 来自葡萄牙语piranha,来自巴西土著语pira,鱼，sainha,牙齿，尖牙。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： piranha 词源， piranha 含义。
• piracy 英文词源 piracy (n.) early 15c., from Medieval Latin piratia , from Greek peirateia "piracy," from peirates (see pirate (n.)). 中文词源 piracy ：海盗行径，盗版 来自pirate,海盗，-acy,行为后缀。引申词义盗版，剽窃。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： piracy 词源， piracy 含义。
• pique 英文词源 pique pique: see pick pique (v.) "to excite to anger," 1670s, from French piquer "to prick, sting" (see pike (n.2)). Softened meaning "to stimulate, excite" is from 1690s. Related: Piqued ; piquing . pique (n.) 1530s, "fit of ill feeling," from Middle French pique "a prick, sting, irritation," noun of action from piquer (see pike (n.2)). 中文词源 pique ：刺，刺激，使恼怒，
• piquant 英文词源 piquant (adj.) 1520s, from Middle French piquant "pricking, stimulating, irritating," present participle of piquer "to prick, sting, nettle" (see pike (n.2)). 中文词源 piquant ：辛辣的，开味的 来自pique,刺，刺激。引申词义辛辣的，开味的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： piquant 词源， piquant 含义。
• pipsqueak 英文词源 pipsqueak (n.) also pip-squeak , 1910, from the trivial noise a young or weak creature makes. 中文词源 pipsqueak ：小人物 来自pip-squeak,叽叽声，啾啾声，拟声词，模仿小动物的叫声，引申词义小人物。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pipsqueak 词源， pipsqueak 含义。
• pippin 英文词源 pippin (n.) "excellent person or thing," 1897, from coveted varieties of apple that were raised from seed (so called since early 15c.), from Middle English pipin "seed" (see pip (n.1)). 中文词源 pippin ：红苹果，优秀的东西 来自中古英语pipin,种子，核，词源同pip.后用于指一种由苹果核种出来的做甜食的红苹果，引申词义优秀的东西或优秀
• pipit 英文词源 pipit "A mainly ground-dwelling songbird of open country, typically having brown streaky plumage", Mid 18th century: probably imitative. 中文词源 pipit ：鹨，小百灵 拟声词，模仿这种小鸟的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pipit 词源， pipit 含义。
• pipette 英文词源 pipette (n.) also pipet , 1818, from French pipette , from Middle French pipette "tube," diminutive of Old French pipe , from Vulgar Latin *pipa (see pipe (n.1)). 中文词源 pipette ：实验室用小管 来自pipe,管子，-ette,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pipette 词源， pipette 含义。
• pipe dream 英文词源 pipe dream (n.) 1870; the sort of improbable fantasy one has while smoking opium; from pipe (n.1) + dream (n.). Old English pipdream meant "piping." 中文词源 pipe dream ：妄想，不切实际的愿望 比喻用法，来自pipe,烟管，吸烟片，dream,梦。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pipe dream 词源， pipe dream 含义。
• pipe 英文词源 pipe pipe: [OE] The etymological notion underlying pipe is of a ‘piping’ sound. The word goes back to a Common Romance * pīpa , a derivative of the Latin verb pīpāre ‘chirp’. This was formed from the base * pīp -, imitative of the sounds made by young birds, which also lies behind English pigeon . Prehistoric Germanic took over * pīpa , and it has since evolved to German
• pip 英文词源 pip (n.1) "seed of an apple," 1797, shortened form of pipin "seed of a fleshy fruit" (early 14c.), from Old French pepin (13c.), probably from a root *pipp- , expressing smallness (compare Italian pippolo , Spanish pepita "seed, kernel"). pip (n.2) "disease of birds," late 14c., probably from Middle Dutch pippe "mucus," from West Germanic *pipit (cognates: East Frisian pip , Middle Hi
• pious 英文词源 pious pious: [17] Pious is one of a nexus of English words descended from Latin pius , an adjective of unknown origin. Its derivative pietās has given English piety and pity , and the derived verb piāre ‘appease, atone’ lies behind English expiate [16]. Pious itself was probably borrowed direct from Latin. = expiate , piety , pity pious (adj.) mid-15c., from Latin pius "dutiful,
• pioneering 英文词源 pioneer (v.) 1780, from pioneer (n.). Related: Pioneered ; pioneering . 中文词源 pioneering ：开拓性的 来自pioneer,先驱，先锋。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pioneering 词源， pioneering 含义。
• pioneer 英文词源 pioneer pioneer: [16] Pioneer was borrowed from French pionnier , a descendant of Old French paonier . This originally denoted a ‘foot soldier sent on ahead to clear the way’, and was a derivative of paon ‘foot soldier’ (whose Anglo-Norman version poun gave English pawn ). = foot , pawn , pedal pioneer (n.) 1520s, "foot soldier who prepares the way for the army," from Middle F
• Pinyin 英文词源 pinyin pinyin: [20] Pinyin is a system of writing Chinese in Roman characters which began to be introduced in China in the late 1950s. The term in Chinese means literally ‘spell-sound’. pinyin (n.) system of Romanized spelling for Chinese, 1963, from Chinese pinyin "to spell, to combine sounds into syllables," from pin "put together" + yin "sound, tone." Adopted officially by the
• pinto 英文词源 pinto (n.) 1860, "a horse marked black and white," from American Spanish pinto , literally "painted, spotted," from Spanish, from Vulgar Latin *pinctus , variant of Latin pictus "painted," past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)). Pinto bean is attested from 1916, so called for its markings. 中文词源 pinto ：黑白斑纹的 来自拉丁语pictus,描绘的，标记的，
• pint 英文词源 pint (n.) mid-14c., from Old French pinte "liquid measure, pint" (13c.), probably from Vulgar Latin *pincta (source of Old Provençal, Spanish, Italian pinta ), altered from Latin picta "painted," fem. past participle of pingere "to paint" (see paint (v.)), on notion of a painted mark on a vessel indicating this measure. Used elliptically for "pint of ale" (or beer) from 1742. Pint-si
• pinstripe 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random matins matins: see mature 中文词源 pinstripe ：细条纹西服 pin,针，stripe,条纹。用于指细条纹西服。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pinstripe 词源， pinstripe 含义。
• pins and needles 英文词源 pin (n.) late Old English pinn "peg, bolt," from Proto-Germanic *penn- "jutting point or peak" (cognates: Old Saxon pin "peg," Old Norse pinni "peg, tack," Middle Dutch pin "pin, peg," Old High German pfinn , German Pinne "pin, tack") from Latin pinna "a feather, plume;" in plural "a wing;" also "fin, scoop of a water wheel;" also "a pinnacle; a promontory, cape; battlement" (as in Lu
• pinprick 英文词源 pinprick (n.) also pin-prick , 1851, from pin (n.) + prick (n.). Used figuratively of petty irritations from 1885. Earlier pin's prick (1825). 中文词源 pinprick ：小孔，针孔 pin,针，prick,刺，刺点。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pinprick 词源， pinprick 含义。
• pinpoint 英文词源 pinpoint (n.) also pin-point , "point of a pin," 1849, from pin (n.) + point (n.). Taken into aeronautics in sense "place identified from the air," hence verb meaning "locate precisely" (1917), which originally was aviators' slang. Related: Pinpointed ; pinpointing . As an adjective, "performed with precisional accuracy," 1944, originally of aerial bombing. 中文词源 pinpoint ：确定
• Pinocchio 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random also also: [OE] Also was a late Old English compound formed from all ‘exactly, even’ and swa ‘so’; it meant ‘in just this way, thus’, and hence (recalling the meaning of German also ‘therefore’) ‘similarly’. These two uses died out in, respectively, the 15th and 17th centuries, but already by the 13th century
• pinny 英文词源 pinny "A pinafore", Mid 19th century: abbreviation. 中文词源 pinny ：围裙 来自pinafore的口语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pinny 词源， pinny 含义。
• pinnate 英文词源 pinnate pinnate: see pin pinnate (adj.) 1727, from Latin pinnatus "feathered, winged," from pinna "feather, wing" (see pin (n.)). 中文词源 pinnate ：羽毛的，羽状 来自拉丁语pinna,羽毛，来自penna的拼写变体词，词源同feather,pen. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pinnate 词源， pinnate 含义。
• pinnacle 英文词源 pinnacle pinnacle: see pin pinnacle (n.) c. 1300, "mountain, peak, promontory," from Old French pinacle "top, gable" (13c.) and directly from Late Latin pinnaculum "peak, pinnacle, gable," extended form (via diminutive suffix, but not necessarily implying smallness) of Latin pinna "peak, point," (see pin (n.1)). Figurative use is attested from c. 1400. 中文词源 pinnacle ：顶点，
• pinky 英文词源 pinky (adj.) "pinkish," late 18c., from pink (n.) + -y (2). 中文词源 pinky ：小指 来自荷兰语pink,小指。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pinky 词源， pinky 含义。
• pinkish 英文词源 lilac (n.) 1620s, from French lilac "shrub of genus Syringa with mauve flowers," from Spanish lilac , from Arabic lilak , from Persian lilak , variant of nilak "bluish," from nil "indigo" (compare Sanskrit nilah "dark blue"), of uncertain origin. As a color name, attested from 1791; as a scent, from 1895. As an adjective, "pale pinkish-purple," from 1801. Related: Lilaceous . pinky (a
• pinking shears 英文词源 pink pink: English has three distinct words pink . The colour term [18] appears to have come, by a bizarre series of twists, from an early Dutch word meaning ‘small’. This was pinck (source also of the colloquial English pinkie ‘little finger’ [19]). It was used in the phrase pinck oogen , literally ‘small eyes’, hence ‘half-closed eyes’, which was borrowed into Englis
• pink 英文词源 pink pink: English has three distinct words pink . The colour term [18] appears to have come, by a bizarre series of twists, from an early Dutch word meaning ‘small’. This was pinck (source also of the colloquial English pinkie ‘little finger’ [19]). It was used in the phrase pinck oogen , literally ‘small eyes’, hence ‘half-closed eyes’, which was borrowed into Englis