etymologizing

etymologizing

美 　英

• v.发现(某词)的词源[语源]；研究词源[语源]；探溯词源[语源]
• 网络探溯语源

词形变化

过去分词：etymologized  现在分词：etymologizing  第三人称单数：etymologizes  

英汉解释

v.	1. 发现(某词)的词源[语源] 2. 研究词源[语源];探溯词源[语源]

英英解释

v.	1. to study, trace, or describe the origin and development of a word, or make a suggestion as to a word's possible origin and development

例句

This idea, sometimes neglected today (to the detriment of those who neglect it), dominated medieval etymologizing.

这种在今天有时被忽略的概念（忽视它的人自己吃亏），在中世纪的词源学中占主导地位。