etymology
美 [ˌetɪˈmɑlədʒi] 
英 [ˌetɪˈmɒlədʒi]
词形变化
复数：etymologies
英汉双解
1. | [u] 词源学the study of the origin and history of words and their meanings |
2. | [c] 词源the origin and history of a particular word |
英汉解释
英英解释
例句
With this etymology something sublime is "up to the top of the door. "
有了这个词源，sublime的意思就成了“到达门的顶端”。
The etymology of the word harbinger is tied up in that "forerunner" meaning.
harbinger这个词的来源和“先行者”是联系在一起的。
Although there isn't authoritative evidence to back this story up the etymology of pretzel tends to support at least part of the story.
尽管人们并没有权威的证据来证实这个故事，但至少它还是部分得到了pretzel词源的支持。
This prompted me to look up the etymology of the word swear and I'll get to that in a moment.
这起小事件促使我去查询swear（咒骂）这个词的词根，一会儿就来讨论这个问题。
At first recruits were only military and the main reason the military needed recruits is actually tied up in the word's etymology.
最初，新丁（recruits）只是针对军队而言的，而军队需要新兵的主要原因是与这个词的词源紧密联系在一起的。
The explanation of these two terms in The Great Chinese Dictionary and Chinese Etymology Dictionary needs to be further investigated.
对于这两个词，《汉语大词典》和《辞源》的解释是值得商榷的。
Now that you've read through all of that here's the much simplified etymology of the word simple.
现在你已经读完了，下面说单词simple的更简化的词源。
I'll save the worst till last and before I tell you I'll just touch on the word butter and its etymology.
最刺激的就留到最后说吧。让我先来告诉你“butter”这个词和它的词源。
I'm also really into the fact that the etymology of seersucker came from my own country, India (thank you Wikipedia).
而且我知道，这种泡泡纱的材质最初是在我的家乡印度发现的（谢谢基维百科）。
With an etymology that boils down to "without an owner" one might think such a name would encourage car theft.
由于这个词有“没有主人”的意味，人们可以将这个名字理解为鼓励偷车。
Note that here said the logic thinking and etymology is fundamentally different from two different things.
注意，这里所说的逻辑思维与词源是根本不同的两回事。
In this paper is presented a query for this viewpoint, and a new opinion on the etymology of "jian zhu" based upon a Chinese origin.
本文对所谓“建筑”一词是从日语引入现代汉语的说法提出了疑义，并认为：就“建筑”一词的基本内涵而言，其词源在中国。
The word "monsoon" has an ancient and debatable etymology which many authorities have already tried to trace.
“季风”是一古老而有争议的名词，许多权威都曾努力探索过。
Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble, though it is put on the third finger.
词源学只能问，为什么缝纫时使用的一个小杯状装置被称为顶针，但它却是在中指上使用的。
The name "dialogs" has a curious etymology, being one of the oldest terms in Star Wars lore.
“代亚诺加”这个名字的词源很有趣，它是《星球大战》文化中最早的术语之一。
The first part reviewed the origin of the early mosque in terms of etymology, history and architecture.
第一部分从词源、历史及建筑起源三个方面对早期清真寺进行了探讨。
Etymology is traditionally used for the study of the origins and history of the form and meaning of words.
词源学研究词的形式和意义的起源及其历史变化。
Though I don't use the word impute too often its etymology is in some ways consistent with the answer to David's question.
尽管我不常使用impute，它的词源在某些方面倒与大卫所提出问题的答案很吻合。
He was surely wrong, but his folk etymology is still firmly embedded in the collective consciousness after more than two dozen centuries.
他显然是错了，但几个世纪后，他通俗易通的词源学仍坚实地盘踞这众人的意识之中。
It isn't just conceptual, the etymology of behave really does point back to the word have.
这不仅仅是概念上的关系，behave的词源确实可以追溯到单词have。
Miniature is one of those strange words that has an etymology that defies logic.
Miniature是那些违背逻辑的奇怪单词之一。
So what does all this have to do with etymology?
那么这一切与词源有什么关系呢？
And believe it or not, this has something to do with the etymology of the word clock.
不管信不信，这跟单词钟（clock）的词源有些关系。
The OED is a little speculative in its etymology but it certainly has more information for goal than for many other words.
尽管OED对goal的词根有一定推测成分，但它就这个词提供的信息肯定比不少其他单词丰富多了。
Merriam Webster is even more strange in tracing its etymology to a French word for a flat round cake.
但韦氏大词典更为奇怪，它将galoshes的词源追溯到一个意为“平圆蛋糕”的法语单词上了。
Though the "soaked bread" etymology appears in a few sources the OED simply says it's from Spanish.
尽管“泡汤面包”的词根在《牛津词典》里出现过几次，但它仅仅写到这个词来自西班牙语。
Reason and rationality can be compared from etymology , academic-history and concept-character.
理性与合理性的关系可以从词源学、概念发展史与概念特征三个角度来探讨。
Some of it is about etymology, about the nature of words and their casual links with the elements around us.
有一些故事是关于语源学的，关于语言的本质以及那些词语与我们周围的元素的偶然联系。
Both the word continent and incontinent have a similar etymology and share their root with the words contain and continuous.
continent和incontinent两个词有相似的词源，他们的词根还和contain和continuous两个词相同。
Goats and shackles don't play into the etymology of this word at all.
公山羊和束缚跟它的词根一点关系都没有。
So these roller bags that make it easier to lug your junk around airports are in keeping with etymology stretching back more than 600 years.
有了这种装有滚轮的箱包，你在机场就能轻松地拖着大堆杂物四处行走，这种形象也和它600多年前的词源相一致。
Yoga etymology transliterates in Sanskrit, has the union, the relation meaning of, this also is the Yoga objective and the goal.
瑜珈一词源于梵文音译，有结合、联系之意，这也是瑜珈的宗旨和目的。
He dives into the etymology of words, and then relates these discoveries to far-flung biographical and historical fact.
他深入研究各词汇之词源，然后将这些发现同遥不相及的作者生平或历史事件联系起来。
The Oxford English Dictionary entry for flatter admits that its etymology is "doubtful" but suggests that flatter may be related to flat.
《牛津英语词典》（OED）的flatter词条则坦白写道，它的词源“成疑”，但或许与flat（扁平的）有关。
When people refer to the "meaning of a name" , they are most likely referring to the etymology , which is the original literal meaning.
提及名字的含义时，人们往往会去语源中寻找答案，因为语源所阐释的都是关于一个词最原始的意思。
Etymology: A "lemon" is a citrus fruit with a tart or sour (not sweet) flavor.
词源：一个“lemon柠檬”是一种酸味（不是甜味）的柑桔类水果。
Like too many words that sound so delicious the etymology of ramshackle is a little unclear.
有些词听上去似乎一清二楚，实际上词源却模模糊糊。ramshackle便是其中之一。
Interpreting without real understanding is a common error of interpretation of ancient texts in our searching for the etymology.
望文生义是语源探求研究中最常见的一种错误的训诂学方法。
Truth has a rich connotation, which means, by etymology , sincerity, reality, faithfulness, etc.
从词源学上看，真有真诚、真实、无伪等意思。
These meanings are made more evident in looking at the etymology for these words.
只要查一下这些单词的词源，它们的意思就会变得更加明晰。
