Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg.
民间词源创造了cheeseburger和beanburger,但最初hamburger一词实际上是以德国汉堡市命名的。
These roller bags that make it easier to lug your junk around airports are in keeping with etymology stretching back more than 600 years.
这些滚轮包可以让你更方便地在机场拖着你的杂物,它的词源可以追溯到600多年前。
That is the beginning of the Chinese Etymology website.
这是汉字字源网站的开始。
The etymology of the name is obscure.
这个名字的词源尚不清楚。
Etymology: a 'zone' is an area or place.
词源:“zone”一词是指面积或地方。
There's a deeper joke in the etymology though.
不过,除此以外,还有个词源学上更加隐晦的笑话。
So what does all this have to do with etymology?
那么这一切与词源有什么关系呢?
So the etymology of vichyssoise will come first.
那么先来看一下这个词的词源。
So now that I've educated myself, here's the etymology.
因此我受教了,这是它的词源。
Etymology: over England; from one land to another; into Ireland.
词源学:越过英格兰,从一个陆地到另一个陆地,爱尔兰。
These two possibilities go well with the etymology of dubious.
这两种可能性与单词dubious的词源都可以有很好的搭配。
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”。
So the real etymology is that it appeared, evidently as slang, in around 1700.
真正的词源似乎是这样的:它作为俚语出现在1700年左右。
How better to check out the etymology of the word than to ask its creator?
还有什么比询问其创造者来查询一个单词语源更好的方法吗?
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。
The etymology is that moll like Molly was once an alternative for the name Mary.
它的词源是这样的——与Molly一样,Moll曾经是女人名玛丽 (Mary)的替代叫法。
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。
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。
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。
Garlic features in the the cold soup gazpacho that I like too but not in its etymology.
大蒜是另一种我喜欢的汤——西班牙凉菜汤(gazpacho)的特色之一,但跟它的词源没有关系。
It follows, as predicted, that we need a look at the artifact to justify the etymology.
看来,就像刚才预测的那样,我们需要看到实物才能为词源学辩护。
The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.
讽刺的是,proclivity的词源恰好与后面那种用法吻合。
Bryson was indeed wrong, but it turns out the real etymology is even less plausible.
Bryson的确是错了,然而该词背后真正的语源学背景似乎更不可信。
Iron is not manganese or magnesium but these metals and magnet all share a similar etymology.
铁不是锰或镁,但是这些金属却和magnet(磁铁)有相似的词源。
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。
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。
Etymology, it appears, has the means to prove that thimbles were at one time meant for the thumb.
词源学看起来有办法证明顶针一词曾经指拇指。
As soon as I began looking into the etymology of stutter I bumped up against its synonym stammer.
正当我开始研究Stutter的语源时,我突然碰到了它的同义词stammer。
As soon as I began looking into the etymology of stutter I bumped up against its synonym stammer.
正当我开始研究Stutter的语源时,我突然碰到了它的同义词stammer。
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