英文词源
- molar
- molar: see mill
- molar (n.)
- "grinding tooth," mid-14c., from Latin molaris dens "grinding tooth," from mola "millstone," from PIE root *mel- "to rub, grind" (see mill (n.1)). As an adjective in this sense from 1620s. In Old English they were cweornteð "quern-teeth."
- molar (adj.)
- in chemistry, "pertaining to one mole," 1902, from mole (4) + -ar.
中文词源
来自拉丁语molaris dens,磨牙，来自molaris,磨，词源同mill,dens,牙齿，词源同tooth.
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