英语词源

• peppercorn 英文词源 peppercorn (n.) late Old English, from pepper (n.) + corn (n.1). 中文词源 peppercorn ：胡椒粒 pepper,辣椒，胡椒，corn,谷物，谷粒。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peppercorn 词源， peppercorn 含义。
• pep 英文词源 pep (n.) "vigor, energy," 1912, shortened form of pepper (n.), which was used in the figurative sense of "spirit, energy" from at least 1847. Pep rally is attested from 1945; pep talk from 1926. To pep (something) up is from 1925. 中文词源 pep ：激励，使活跃，精力，热情 缩写自pepper,辣椒。引申词义活力，精力，热情等。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• people 英文词源 people people: [13] People is one of a large family of English words (including also popular and public ) descended from Latin populus ‘people’. Its spelling and pronunciation are due to its route of entry into English, via Anglo-Norman poeple , people and Old French pueple , pople rather than direct from Latin. = popular , population , public people (n.) late 13c., "humans, perso
• peon 英文词源 peon (n.) unskilled worker, 1826, from Mexican Spanish peon "agricultural laborer" (especially a debtor held in servitude by his creditor), from Spanish peon "day laborer," also "pedestrian," originally "foot soldier," from Medieval Latin pedonem "foot soldier" (see pawn (n.2)). The word entered British English earlier (c. 1600) in the sense "native constable, soldier, or messenger in
• penury 英文词源 penury (n.) c. 1400, from Latin penuria "want, need; scarcity," related to paene "scarcely." 中文词源 penury ：贫穷 来自拉丁语penuria,缺乏，稀少，来自paene,几乎，接近没有，词源同penumbra.引申词义物质缺乏，贫穷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penury 词源， penury 含义。
• penurious 英文词源 penurious (adj.) 1590s, from penury + -ous , or else from Medieval Latin penuriosus , from Latin penuria "penury." Originally "poverty-stricken, in a state of penury;" meaning "stingy" is first attested 1630s. Related: Penuriously . 中文词源 penurious ：贫穷的 来自penury,贫穷。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penurious 词源， penurious 含义。
• penumbra 英文词源 penumbra penumbra: see umbrage penumbra (n.) 1660s, from Modern Latin penumbra "partial shadow outside the complete shadow of an eclipse," coined 1604 by Kepler from Latin pæne "almost" + umbra "shadow" (see umbrage ). Related: Penumbral . 中文词源 penumbra ：半影 来自拉丁语paene,几乎，接近，umbra,阴影，全影，词源同umbrella. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词
• penultimate 英文词源 penultimate (adj.) 1670s, from penultima (n.) on model of proximate . 中文词源 penultimate ：倒数第二的 来自拉丁语paene,几乎，接近，ultimate,最终的，最后的。即几乎最末的，也就是倒是第二的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penultimate 词源， penultimate 含义。
• pent-up 英文词源 pent-up "(Of emotions, energy, etc.) unable to be expressed or released", Late 16th century: pent , obsolete past participle of pen 2 (verb). 中文词源 pent-up ：压抑的，积压的 来自pen,围栏，围起来，关押。-t,过去分词格。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pent-up 词源， pent-up 含义。
• penthouse 英文词源 penthouse penthouse: [14] Penthouse has no etymological connection with house . It comes from Anglo- Norman * pentis , an abbreviated version of Old French apentis . This in turn went back to Latin appendicium ‘additional attached part’, a derivative of appendēre ‘attach’ (source of English append [15] and appendix [16]), which was a compound verb formed from the prefix ad - ‘
• Pentecost 英文词源 pentecost pentecost: see five Pentecost Old English Pentecosten "Christian festival on seventh Sunday after Easter," from Late Latin pentecoste , from Greek pentekoste (hemera) "fiftieth (day)," fem. of pentekostos , from pentekonta "fifty," from pente "five" (see five ). The Hellenic name for the Old Testament Feast of Weeks, a Jewish harvest festival observed on 50th day of the Omer
• pentatonic 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random wanton wanton: [13] Someone who is wanton is etymologically ‘lacking in proper upbringing or discipline’. The word was formed from the Middle English prefix wan - ‘un-’ (a reduced form of the adjective wane ‘lacking’, which is related to the modern English verb wane ) and towen , a descendant of Old English togen , t
• pentathlon 英文词源 pentathlon (n.) athletic contest of five events, 1852, from Greek pentathlon "the contest of five exercises," from pente "five" (see five ) + athlon "prize, contest," of uncertain origin. Earlier in English in Latin form pentathlum (1706). The Greek version consisted of jumping, sprinting, discus and spear throwing, and wrestling. The modern version (1912) consists of horseback riding
• pentameter 英文词源 pentameter (adj.) 1540s, from Middle French pentametre , from Latin pentameter , from Greek pentametros (adj.) "having five measures," from pente "five" (see five ) + metron "measure" (see meter (n.2)). As a noun from 1580s. 中文词源 pentameter ：五音步诗行 penta-,五，-meter,测量，音步。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pentameter 词源， pent
• pentagram 英文词源 pentagram pentagram: see five pentagram (n.) "five-pointed star," 1820, from Greek pentagrammon , noun use of neuter of adj. pentagrammos "having five lines," from pente "five" (see five ) + gramma "letter, character, what is written" (see -gram ). 中文词源 pentagram ：五角星形 penta-,五，-gram,写，划，线。即五条线，五角星形。 该词的英语词源请访问趣
• pentagon 英文词源 pentagon pentagon: see five pentagon (n.) plane figure with five angles and five sides, 1560s, from Middle French pentagone or directly from Late Latin pentagonum "pentagon," from Greek pentagonon , noun use of neuter of adjective pentagonos "five-angled," from pente "five" (see five ) + gonia "angle" (see -gon ). The U.S. military headquarters Pentagon was completed 1942, so called f
• penta- 英文词源 penta- word-forming element meaning "five, containing five," from Greek penta- (before a vowel pent- ), comb. form of pente "five," related to Aeolian pempte (see five ), with -a- by analogy of hepta- , ennea- , deka- . 中文词源 penta- ：五 来自希腊语penta-,五，来自PIE*penkwe,五，词源同five,quintet. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penta- 词源
• pensive 英文词源 pensive pensive: see pansy pensive (adj.) late 14c., from Old French pensif "thoughtful, distracted, musing" (11c.), from penser "to think," from Latin pensare "weigh, consider," frequentative of pendere "weigh" (see pendant ). Related: Pensively ; pensiveness . 中文词源 pensive ：哀伤的，忧戚的 来自拉丁语pendere,悬挂，称量，词源同pendulum,dependent,pound.-s,表
• pensionable 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random gremlin gremlin: [20] Gremlin originated as Royal Air Force slang, as the name of a mischievous imp that caused malfunctions and crashes. It is first recorded in 1941, but it is said to go back to the early 1920s. It is generally assumed that its latter part comes from goblin , but speculation has been rife and diverse as to the
• pen-pusher 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random engrave engrave: see grave 中文词源 pen-pusher ：抄书匠，文员，文书 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pen-pusher 词源， pen-pusher 含义。
• penology 英文词源 penology (n.) "study of punishment and crime prevention," 1838, coined apparently by Francis Lieber, corresponding member of the Philadephia Society for Alleviating the Miseries of Public Prisons, from pen- as in penitentiary (ultimately from Latin poena "penalty, punishment;" see penal ) + -ology "study of." Related: Penologist ; penological . 中文词源 penology ：刑罚学，监狱
• penny-pinching 英文词源 penny (n.) Old English pening , penig , Northumbrian penning "penny," from Proto-Germanic *panninggaz (cognates: Old Norse penningr , Swedish pänning , Danish penge , Old Frisian panning , Old Saxon pending , Middle Dutch pennic , Dutch penning , Old High German pfenning , German Pfennig , not recorded in Gothic, where skatts is used instead), of unknown origin. Offa's reformed coina
• penny-farthing 英文词源 pennyfarthing (adj.) also penny farthing , penny-farthing , "ineffective," 1887, from penny + farthing , the two together making but a small sum. The noun, in reference to the kind of bicycle with a small wheel in back and a big one in front (so called from the notion of different size coins) is first recorded 1927. 中文词源 penny-farthing ：前轮大，后轮小的自行车 penn
• pennon 英文词源 pennon pennon: see pen pennon (n.) long, narrow flag (often triangular or swallow-tailed), late 14c., from Old French penon "feathers of an arrow; streamer, flag, banner," from penne "feather," from Latin penna "feather" (see pen (n.1)). 中文词源 pennon ：三角旗，燕尾旗 来自拉丁语penna,羽毛，词源同pen.引申词义旗帜，三角旗。 该词的英语词源请访问
• penniless 英文词源 penniless (adj.) "destitute," early 14c., penyles , from penny + -less . 中文词源 penniless ：一文不名的 来自penny,便士，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penniless 词源， penniless 含义。
• pennant 英文词源 pennant (n.) 1610s, "rope for hoisting," probably a blend of pendant in the nautical sense of "suspended rope" and pennon . Use for "flag on a warship" first recorded 1690s; "flag symbolizing a sports championship" (especially baseball) is from 1880; as a synonym for "championship" it was first used 1915. 中文词源 pennant ：船上用做信号的三角旗 来自拉丁语penna,羽毛
• penmanship 英文词源 penmanship (n.) 1690s, from obsolete penman "copyist, clerk, scrivener" + -ship . 中文词源 penmanship ：笔法，书法 来自pen,铅笔。比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penmanship 词源， penmanship 含义。
• penitent 英文词源 penitent (adj.) mid-14c., from Old French pénitent (14c.) and directly from Latin paenitentem (see penitence ). As a noun, late 14c., from the adjective. 中文词源 penitent ：悔罪的，忏悔的 来自拉丁语paenitere,感到遗憾，感到歉意，可能来自poena,惩罚，处罚，补偿，弥补，词源同pain,penal,punish.引申词义悔罪，忏悔。 该词的英语词源
• penitence 英文词源 penitence penitence: see pain penitence (n.) c. 1200, from Old French penitence (11c.) and directly from Latin paenitentia "repentance," noun of condition from paenitentum (nominative paenitens ) "penitent," present participle of paenitere "cause or feel regret," probably originally "is not enough, is unsatisfactory," from paene "nearby, almost." 中文词源 penitence ：悔罪，忏悔
• penis 英文词源 penis penis: see pencil penis (n.) 1670s, perhaps from French pénis or directly from Latin penis "penis," earlier "tail," from PIE *pes- "penis" (cognates: Sanskrit pasas- , Greek peos, posthe "penis," probably also Old English fæsl "progeny, offspring," Old Norse fösull , German Fasel "young of animals, brood"). The proper plural is penes . The adjective is penial . In psychologic
• penile 英文词源 penile "Relating to or affecting the penis", Mid 19th century: from modern Latin penilis , from penis 'tail, penis'. 中文词源 penile ：阴茎的 来自penis,阴茎，-ile,形容词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penile 词源， penile 含义。
• penicillin 英文词源 penicillin penicillin: see pencil penicillin (n.) 1929, coined in English by Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), who first recognized its antibiotic properties, from Modern Latin Penicillium notatum (1867), the name of the mould from which it was first obtained, from Latin penicillus "paintbrush" (see pencil (n.)), in reference to the shape of the mould cells. 中文词源 penicillin ：盘尼
• penetrate 英文词源 penetrate (v.) 1520s, from Latin penetratus , past participle of penetrare "to put or get into, enter into," related to penitus "within, inmost," penus "innermost part of a temple, store of food," penates "household gods." Related: Penetrated ; penetrating . 中文词源 penetrate ：穿过，穿透 来自拉丁语penetrare,穿过，进入，来自penes,在里面，进入，词源同p
• penetrable 英文词源 penetrable (adj.) early 15c., "penetrating," from Latin penetrabilis "penetrable, vulnerable," from penetrare (see penetrate ). Meaning "capable of being penetrated" is attested from 1530s; figurative use by 1590s. Related: Penetrability . 中文词源 penetrable ：可穿透的 penetrate,穿过，穿透。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penetrable 词源， pe
• pendulous 英文词源 pendulous (adj.) c. 1600, from Latin pendulus "hanging down," figuratively "doubtful, uncertain, hesitating," from pendere "to hang" (see pendant ) + -ous . Related: Pendulously ; pendulousness . 中文词源 pendulous ：摇摆的 来自pendulum,钟摆。引申词义摇摆的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pendulous 词源， pendulous 含义。
• pending 英文词源 pending (prep.) 1640s, "during, in the process of," preposition formed from root of French pendant "during," literally "hanging," present participle of pendere "to hang, to suspend" (see pendant ). Meaning patterned on a secondary sense of Latin pendente "not decided," literally "hanging," in legal phrase pendente lite "while the suit is pending." Use of the present participle before
• pendant 英文词源 pendant (n.) early 14c., "loose, hanging part of anything," from Anglo-French pendaunt "hanging" (c. 1300), Old French pendant (13c.), noun use of present participle of pendre "to hang," from Latin pendere "to hang," from PIE *(s)pend- , extended form of root *(s)pen- "to pull, draw, stretch" (see span (v.)). Meaning "dangling part of an earring" is attested from 1550s. Nautical sense
• pencil skirt 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random temperature temperature: [16] Like its relatives temper and temperament , temperature originally meant ‘mixture’ (Philemon Holland in 1601 wrote of ‘a temperature of brass and iron together’). The modern sense ‘degree of heat’ emerged in the late 17th century, and seems to have evolved from another early and now obso
• penchant 英文词源 penchant penchant: see pendulum penchant (n.) 1670s, from French penchant , noun use of present participle of Old French pencher "to incline," from Vulgar Latin *pendicare , a frequentative formed from Latin pendere "to hang" (see pendant (n.)). 中文词源 penchant ：爱好，嗜好 来自拉丁语*pendicare,悬挂，依靠，倾向，来自pendere,悬挂，词源同pendant.引申词
• pence 英文词源 pence (n.) late 14c., contraction of penies , collective plural of penny . Spelling with -ce reflects the voiceless pronunciation. 中文词源 pence ：便士 缩写自penies,来自penny的复数形式。后拼写软化为pence. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pence 词源， pence 含义。
• penates 英文词源 penates (n.) Roman household gods, 1510s, from Latin penates "gods of the inside of the house," related to penatus "sanctuary of a temple" (especially that of Vesta), cognate with penitus "within" (see penetrate ). 中文词源 penates ：古罗马家神，财神 来自拉丁语penates,家神，来自penitus,里面，屋内，词源同penetrate. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源
• penance 英文词源 penance penance: see pain penance (n.) late 13c., "religious discipline or self-mortification as a token of repentance and as atonement for some sin," from Anglo-French penaunce , Old French peneance (12c.), from Latin pænitentia (see penitence ). Transferred sense is recorded from c. 1300. 中文词源 penance ：悔罪，赎罪 来自古法语peneance,来自拉丁语paenitentia,忏悔
• penalty shoot-out 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random slang slang: [18] Slang is a mystery word. It first appeared in underworld argot of the mid-18th century. It had a range of meanings – ‘cant’, ‘nonsense’, ‘line of business’, and, as a verb, ‘defraud’. Most of these have died out, but ‘cant’ is the lineal ancestor of the word’s modern meaning. It is not c
• penalize 英文词源 penalize (v.) 1868, from penal + -ize . Related: Penalized ; penalizing . 中文词源 penalize ：惩罚，处罚 来自penal,处罚的，处罚的。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： penalize 词源， penalize 含义。
• pelvis 英文词源 pelvis (n.) 1610s, "basin-like cavity formed by the bones of the pelvic girdle," from Modern Latin, from Latin pelvis "basin, laver," Old Latin peluis "basin," from PIE *pel- "container" (cognates: Sanskrit palavi "vessel," Greek pelex "helmet," pelike "goblet, bowl," Old Norse and Old English full "cup"). 中文词源 pelvis ：骨盆 来自拉丁语pelvis,盆子，来自PIE*pel,容器
• pelvic floor 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random peer peer: see pair , pore 中文词源 pelvic floor ：骨盆底 比喻用法。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pelvic floor 词源， pelvic floor 含义。
• pelt 英文词源 pelt pelt: see fell , pellet pelt (v.) "to strike" (with something), c. 1500, of unknown origin; perhaps from early 13c. pelten "to strike," variant of pilten "to thrust, strike," from an unrecorded Old English *pyltan , from Medieval Latin *pultiare , from Latin pultare "to beat, knock, strike." Or from Old French peloter "to strike with a ball," from pelote "ball" (see pellet (n.))
• pelota 英文词源 pelota "A Basque or Spanish game played in a walled court with a ball and basket-like rackets attached to the hand", Spanish, literally 'ball', augmentative of pella , from Latin pila 'ball'. 中文词源 pelota ：西班牙回力球运动（运动员戴篮状手套对墙击球） 来自西班牙语pelota,球，来自拉丁语pila,球，词源同pellet,pill. 该词的英语词源请访问
• pelmet 英文词源 pelmet pelmet: see palm 中文词源 pelmet ：窗帘盒 可能来自法语palmette,小手掌，来自palm,手掌，-ette,小词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pelmet 词源， pelmet 含义。
• Pelmanism 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random advantage advantage: [14] Advantage comes from Old French avantage , which was based on avant ‘before’; the notion behind its formation was of being ahead of others, and hence in a superior position. As with advance , the intrusive - d became established in the 16th century, on the analogy of words genuinely containing the L
• pell-mell 英文词源 pell-mell (adv.) "confusedly," 1570s, from Middle French pêle-mêle , from Old French pesle mesle (12c.), apparently a jingling rhyme on the second element, which is from the stem of the verb mesler "to mix, mingle" (see meddle ). Phonetic French form pelly melly is attested in English from mid-15c. 中文词源 pell-mell ：匆忙，仓促 此处pell为mell韵律重复词，来自古法
• pellet 英文词源 pellet pellet: [14] Etymologically, a pellet is a ‘little ball’. It comes via Old French pelote (a relative of Spanish pelota ‘ball’, from which the name of the Basque ball-game pelota [19] comes) from Vulgar Latin * pilotta , a diminutive form of Latin pila ‘ball’ (source of English pill [15] and piles ‘haemorrhoids’ [15]). Pelt ‘throw things at’ [15] may have ori
• pellagra 英文词源 pellagra pellagra: see fell pellagra (n.) chronic disease caused by dietary deficiency and characterized by skin eruptions, 1811, a hybrid formed from Latin pellis "skin" (see film (n.)) + Greek agra "a catching, seizure," related to agrein "to take, seize." But OED suggests it might be originally Italian pelle agra "rough skin." Related: Pellagrous . 中文词源 pellagra ：糙皮病
• pell 英文词源 pell (n.) "a parchment," mid-15c., earlier "skin, hide" (mid-14c.), from Anglo-French pell , Old French pel "skin" (13c., Modern French peau ), from Latin pellem , pellis "skin, leather, parchment, hide" (see film (n.)). 中文词源 pell ：羊皮纸 来自拉丁语pellis,皮肤，词源同film.引申词义皮革，羊皮纸。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： p
• pelican crossing 英文词源 pelican crossing "(In the UK) a pedestrian crossing with traffic lights operated by pedestrians", 1960s: pelican from pe(destrian) li(ght) con(trolled) , altered to conform with the bird's name. 中文词源 pelican crossing ：人行横道 缩写自pedestrian light controlled crossing,为使其通俗易懂，最后改写成pelican. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• pelican 英文词源 pelican pelican: [OE] Pelican comes via Latin pelicānus from Greek pelekán . This is generally thought to have been derived from pélekus ‘axe’, in allusion to the shape of the pelican’s beak. pelican (n.) Old English pellicane , from Late Latin pelecanus , from Greek pelekan "pelican" (so used by Aristotle), apparently related to pelekas "woodpecker" and pelekys "ax," perhaps
• pelagic 英文词源 pelagic (adj.) "pertaining to the sea," 1650s, from Latin pelagicus , from Greek pelagikos , from pelagos "sea, high sea, open sea, main," from PIE *pelag- "to spread out" (source of Greek plagos "side," Latin plaga "hunting net, curtain, region"), possibly from root *plak- (1) "to spread out, be flat" (see placenta ). 中文词源 pelagic ：远海的，远洋的 来自希腊语pelag
• Pekingese 英文词源 Pekingese 1907, "small long-haired dog of the pug type," so called because originally brought from the Imperial Palace at Peking , China. Also Pekinese . 中文词源 Pekingese ：北京人，北京狮子狗 来自Peking,北京，-ese,人。即北京人，后也用于指北京狮子狗，因其由欧洲人从北京带到欧洲而得名。可能有讽刺义。 该词的英语词源请访
• Peking 英文词源 Peking former transliteration of what is now (in the pinyin system) called Beijing . In the Wade-Giles system it was Peiping ; this form Peking pre-dates Wade-Giles and was formed by the old British-run, Hong Kong-based Chinese postal system. 中文词源 Peking ：北京 来自汉语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： Peking 词源， Peking 含义。
• pejorative 英文词源 pejorative (adj.) "depreciative, disparaging," 1888, from French péjoratif , from Late Latin peiorat- , past participle stem of peiorare "make worse," from Latin peior "worse," related to pessimus "worst," pessum "downward, to the ground," from PIE *ped-yos- , comparative of root *ped- "to walk, stumble, impair" (see peccadillo ). As a noun from 1882. English had a verb pejorate "to
• peg 英文词源 peg (n.) mid-15c., from Middle Dutch pegge "peg," a common Low German word (Low German pigge "peg," German Pegel "gauge rod, watermark," Middle Dutch pegel "little knob used as a mark," Dutch peil "gauge, watermark, standard"), of uncertain origin; perhaps from PIE *bak- "staff used as support" (see bacillus ). To be a square peg in a round hole "be inappropriate for one's situation"
• peewit 英文词源 peewit peewit: see lapwing 中文词源 peewit ：田凫 拟声词，模仿这种禽鸟的叫声。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peewit 词源， peewit 含义。
• peevish 英文词源 peevish (adj.) late 14c., peyvesshe "perverse, capricious, silly," of uncertain origin, possibly modeled on Latin perversus "reversed, perverse," past participle of pervertere "to turn about" (see pervert (v.)). Meaning "cross, fretful" first recorded 1520s. Related: Peevishly ; peevishness . 中文词源 peevish ：生气的，易怒的 词源不详，可能来自perverse受-ish影响的
• peeve 英文词源 peeve (v.) 1907 (implied in peeved ), back-formation from peevish . As a noun, attested by 1910. Related: Peeved ; peeving ; peeves . 中文词源 peeve ：生气，厌恶 来自peevish的回构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peeve 词源， peeve 含义。
• peerless 英文词源 peerless (adj.) c. 1300, from peer (n.) + -less . 中文词源 peerless ：无双的，无匹敌的 来自peer,等同，-less,无，没有。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peerless 词源， peerless 含义。
• peeress 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random shot shot: [OE] Shot goes back to a prehistoric Germanic * skutaz , which was derived from the same base that produced English shoot . It used to mean ‘payment’ as well as ‘act of shooting’, a sense shared by its Old Norse relative skot , which provided English with the scot of scotfree [16] (etymologically ‘without ha
• peerage 英文词源 peerage (n.) mid-15c., "peers collectively," from peer (n.) + -age . Probably on model of Old French parage . 中文词源 peerage ：贵族 来自peer,贵族，-age,集合名词后缀。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peerage 词源， peerage 含义。
• peep show 英文词源 raree show "peep show contained in a box," 1680s, so called "in imitation of the foreign way of pronouncing rare show " [Johnson]. "Johnson's statement is prob. correct; the early exhibitors of peep-shows appear to have been usually Savoyards, from whom the form was no doubt adopted" [OED]. Early "peep shows" were more innocent than what usually was meant later by that word. 中文词源
• Peeping Tom 英文词源 peeping Tom "A person who derives sexual pleasure from secretly watching people undressing or engaging in sexual activity", From the name of the person said to have watched Lady Godiva, Lady ride naked through Coventry. 中文词源 Peeping Tom ：偷窥者汤姆 来自11世纪中期Lady Godiva的故事，她丈夫是当时英国Coventry的一个贵族，比较专制和暴虐，对佃户
• peep 英文词源 peep (v.1) "glance" (especially through a small opening), mid-15c., perhaps alteration of Middle English piken (see peek (v.)). Peeping Tom "a curious prying fellow" [Grose] is from 1796 (see Godiva ). peep (v.2) "make a short chirp," c. 1400, probably altered from pipen (mid-13c.), ultimately imitative (compare Latin pipare , French pepier , German piepen , Lithuanian pypti , Czech p
• peeler 英文词源 peeler (n.) "policeman," 1817, British colloquial, originally a member of the Irish constabulary, named for Sir (at that time Mr.) Robert Peel (1788-1850) who founded the Irish Constabulary (compare bobby ). In Middle English it meant "robber, thief" (mid-14c.). Meaning "strip-tease artist" (1951) is from peel (v.) in colloquial sense of "strip off clothing" (1820). 中文词源 peele
• peel 英文词源 peel peel: see pillage peel (v.) "to strip off," developed from Old English pilian "to peel, skin, decorticate, strip the skin or ring," and Old French pillier , both from Latin pilare "to strip of hair," from pilus "hair" (see pile (n.3)). Probably also influenced by Latin pellis "skin, hide." Related: Peeled ; peeling . Figurative expression keep (one's) eyes peeled be observant, be
• peekaboo 英文词源 peekaboo (n.) also peek-a-boo , as a children's game attested from 1590s; as an adjective meaning "see-through, open," it dates from 1895. From peek (v.) + boo . 中文词源 peekaboo ：躲猫猫游戏 儿童游戏，原为peek-a-boo,来自peek,偷看，boo,大叫。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peekaboo 词源， peekaboo 含义。
• peek 英文词源 peek (v.) late 14c., piken "look quickly and slyly," of unknown origin. The words peek, keek, and peep all were used with more or less the same meaning 14c.-15c.; perhaps the ultimate source was Middle Dutch kieken . Related: Peeked ; peeking . peek (n.) "a peek, glance," 1844, from peek (v.). 中文词源 peek ：偷窥，偷看 来自中古英语piken,斜看，偷看。 该词的英语
• pee 英文词源 pee pee: see piss pee (v.) 1788, "to spray with urine," euphemistic abbreviation of piss . Meaning "to urinate" is from 1879. Related: Peed ; peeing . Noun meaning "act of urination" is attested from 1902; as "urine" from 1961. Reduplicated form pee-pee is attested from 1923. 中文词源 pee ：尿尿 来自piss委婉语或儿语。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：
• pedophile 英文词源 pedophile (n.) 1951, derived noun from pedophilia . 中文词源 pedophile ：恋童癖 pedo-,儿童，男孩，-phile,爱，词源同philosophy. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pedophile 词源， pedophile 含义。
• pedometer 英文词源 pedometer pedometer: see pedal pedometer (n.) instrument for measuring distances covered by a walker, 1723, from French pédomètre (1712), a hybrid coined from Latin pedis (genitive of pes "foot;" see foot (n.)) + Greek metron "a measure" (see meter (n.2)). At first Englished as waywiser . 中文词源 pedometer ：计步仪 pedo-,脚步，词源同foot,-meter,计量仪器。 该词的
• pedlar 英文词源 argot (n.) 1860, from French argot (17c.) "the jargon of Paris rogues and thieves," earlier "the company of beggars," from Middle French argot , "group of beggars," origin unknown. Gamillscheg suggests a connection to Old French argoter "to cut off the stubs left in pruning," with a connecting sense of "to get a grip on." The best English equivalent is perhaps cant . The German equiva
• pediment 英文词源 pediment pediment: see pyramid pediment (n.) triangular part of the facade of a Greek-style building, 1660s, alteration of periment , peremint (1590s), of unknown origin, "said to be a workmen's term" [OED]; probably a dialectal garbling of pyramid , the connection perhaps being the triangular shape. Sometimes associated with ped- "foot." Other possibilities include Latin pedamentum "
• pediatrics 英文词源 pediatrics (n.) 1884; from pediatric ; see -ics . 中文词源 pediatrics ：儿科学 pedo-,儿童，-iatric,治疗，词源同psychiatry,podiatry,-ics,学科。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pediatrics 词源， pediatrics 含义。
• pediatrician 英文词源 pediatrician (n.) 1884, from pediatric + -ian . 中文词源 pediatrician ：儿科医生 pedo-,儿童，-iatric,治疗，词源同psychiatry,podiatry,-ian,人。即儿科医生。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pediatrician 词源， pediatrician 含义。
• pedestrianize 英文词源 No matching word found in the dictionary. Word of Random denigrate denigrate: [16] To denigrate people is literally to ‘blacken’ them. The word comes from Latin dēnigrāre ‘blacken’, a compound verb formed from the intensive prefix dē - and niger ‘black’. This adjective, which is of unknown origin, also produced French noir ‘black’ and Italian nero ‘black’, and i
• pedestal 英文词源 pedestal (n.) 1560s, "base supporting a column, statue, etc.," from Middle French piédestal (1540s), from Italian piedistallo "base of a pillar," from pie "foot" + di "of" + stallo "stall, place, seat," from a Germanic source (see stall (n.1)). Spelling in English influenced by Latin pedem "foot." An Old English word for it was fotstan , literally "foot-stone." Figurative sense of pu
• pederast 英文词源 pederast pederast: see page pederast (n.) 1730s, from French pédéraste , from Latin paederasta , from Greek paiderastes "a lover of boys" (see pederasty ). 中文词源 pederast ：恋童的男子 来自希腊语paiderasti,恋童者，来自pais,儿童，小男孩，-erast,爱，恋，词源同Eros,erotica. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pederast 词源， pe
• peddler 英文词源 peddler (n.) late 14c. (c. 1300 as a surname, Will. Le Pedelare ), from peoddere , peddere (c. 1200, mid-12c. as a surname), of unknown origin. It has the appearance of an agent noun, but no corresponding verb is attested in Middle English. Perhaps a diminutive of ped "panier, basket," also of unknown origin, but this is attested only from late 14c. Pedlar , preferred spelling in U.K.
• peddle 英文词源 peddle (v.) "to retail," 1837 in modern use, a colloquial back-formation from peddler . Related: Peddled ; peddling . 中文词源 peddle ：流动叫卖，兜售 来自peddler的回构词。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： peddle 词源， peddle 含义。
• pedantry 英文词源 pedantry (n.) 1610s, from Italian pedanteria , from pedante , or from French pédanterie , from pédant (see pedant ). 中文词源 pedantry ：迂腐，学究气的 来自pedant,迂夫子，学究。 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pedantry 词源， pedantry 含义。
• pedant 英文词源 pedant (n.) 1580s, "schoolmaster," from Middle French pédant (1560s) or directly from Italian pedante , literally "teacher, schoolmaster," of uncertain origin, apparently an alteration of Late Latin paedagogantem (nominative paedagogans ), present participle of paedagogare (see pedagogue ). Meaning "person who trumpets minor points of learning" first recorded 1590s. 中文词源 peda
• pedal pushers 英文词源 pedal (n.) 1610s, "lever (on an organ) worked by foot," from French pédale "feet, trick with the feet," from Italian pedale "treadle, pedal," from Late Latin pedale "(thing) of the foot," neuter of Latin pedalis "of the foot," from pes (genitive pedis ) "foot," from PIE root *ped- (1) "a foot" (see foot (n.)). Extended to various mechanical contrivances by 1789. Pedal steel guitar is
• pedalo 英文词源 pedalo "A small pedal-operated pleasure boat", 1950s: from pedal 1 + -o. 中文词源 pedalo ：脚踏游船 来自pedal,自行车踏板，-alo,商业名词后缀，衍生自pianola. 该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版： pedalo 词源， pedalo 含义。