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你知道buddy本來指的是在同一煤礦里干活的伙伴嗎？
你知道honcho是第二次世界大戰的時候從日本傳入的嗎？
你知道prestige剛開始的意思是“騙局”、“假象”，直到十九世界才完全擺脫了貶義色彩，變成“威信”、“聲譽”的嗎？
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從小學開始，我們就接觸英語。但是有多少人直到，英語單詞并不是隨意排列的字母組合，而是各有其構詞根據及演變過程。每個英語單詞都有它自己的一段歷史，經
歷了時間的洗刷，有著它自己獨特的歷史背景和文化內涵。不少單詞在發展的過程中，形成了一個個引人入勝的故事，其中很多來自古希臘、羅馬的傳說，這是英語語言中的一份重要的且豐厚的遺產。
英語詞匯間自古以來存在著必然的聯系，詞匯量隨著語言的發展而逐步龐大起來，我們在學習英語的同時，要明確地將詞匯和歷史與發展關聯起來，這樣才能有效地記
住英語詞匯。探索英語單詞的起源和詞義的演變，從詞源的角度追本溯源，使學習者能夠知其然也知其所以然；將歷史背景和文化內涵貫穿追根溯源之中，不僅僅可以開拓讀者的語言視野，引發讀者的學習興趣，加強對詞的記憶和理解，還能從中領略英語國家的人們的幽默和智慧，讓你在奧妙無窮的單詞世界中作一次引人入勝的探源之旅！
面對這些歷史淵源久遠、文化內涵豐富、寓意深刻多樣的詞，本書從從希臘語、拉丁語、法語等的淵源說起，涵蓋了神話傳說、歷史逸聞、風尚習俗和科技發現等等，
詞匯覆蓋面廣，涉及歷史、文化、社會各個方面，以通俗易懂的語言，向你呈上近2000個英語單詞的有趣故事，是一本不可多得的集實用性、知識性、可讀性、趣味性以及學術性于一體單詞起源介紹書籍。
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2014年3月
目次
abacus
abet
abracadabra
academy
acrid
admiral
adolescent
afraid
agony
alarm
album
alcohol
alibi
allegory
A
abacus
abet
abracadabra
academy
acrid
admiral
adolescent
afraid
agony
alarm
album
alcohol
alibi
allegory
alligator
alone
aloof
amazon
ambiguous
ambition
ambulance
anecdote
antic
April
arena
arrest
assiduous
atlas
atone
attic
August
autumn
average
awkward
B
Babbitt
bad
ballon
bald
ballot
bandit
bank
bankrupt
barbarous
barbecue
bastard
bead
bear
bed
bedlam
beggar
berserk
Bible
bigot
bikini
bimbo
bishop
blackguard
blackmail
blarney
bless
blizzard
bluestocking
bogus
bohemian
bombast
book
boss
boulevard
boutique
bowie knife
boy
boycott
brandy
bread
breakfast
bribe
bridal
bridegroom
brigade
broker
brunch
buck
buddy
budget
bug
bugle
bully
bungalow
bunk
burdensome
bureau
bus
butterfly
buxom
C
cab
cabal
cabbage
Caesarean section
calculate
camera
canary
cancel
cancer
candid
candy
cannibal
canter
canvas
caprice
carat
cardigan
cardinal
career
carnival
carpet
cat
catastrophe
caterpillar
cattle
Catholic
chair
chance
chapel
character
charity
charisma
charming
chauffeur
chauvinism
check
chimera
China
chivalry
chowder
class
clerk
climate
cloak
cloud
clue
coach
cobalt
cobra
cocktail
cocoa
coconut
coffee
colonel
coin
comedy
comfort
commando
company
complexion
comrade
constable
continent
cookie
cool
cop
copper
coquette
cordial
corn
cornucopia
coroner
costume
court
cousin
cow
coward
coxcomb
cravat
crazy
cretin
crisscross
crocodile
crucial
curfew
currency
curtail
cynic
D
daffodil
dais
daisy
damask
date
day
D-day
deadline
debt
debut
December
delirium
demijohn
demon
denim
derrick
despot
deuce
devil
diaper
dicker
dictionary
diet
diplomat
dirge
disaster
discover
dismal
divan
dog
dollar
draconian
dragoman
dragoon
dream
dress
dumbbell
dunce
Dutch
E
Easter
eavesdropper
eccentric
echo
egis
elbow
electricity
eleven
elixir
emancipation
eminence grise
enthusiast
epicure
erotic
escape
esquire
etiquette
eureka
explode
extravagant
F
facsimile
fad
fake
fan
fanatic
farce
farm
fascinate
fascism
February
fearnought
feisty
female
fetish
filibuster
flamenco
fork
fortnight
frank
Friday
fun
flour
frontier
funky
G
galaxy
galoshes
gargantuan
garlic
gas
gauntlet
gay
gazette
genius
gentle
ghost
girl
glamour
good-bye
gorgon
gorilla
gospel
gossamer
gossip
graham
grenade
groom
grotesque
guillotine
gun
gung ho
guy
gymnasium
Gypsy
H
halcyon
Halloween
hamburger
handicap
handkerchief
handsome
hangnail
harass
harvest
hazard
hearse
hectic
hector
helicopter
helpmeet
heresy
history
hobby
honcho
honeymoon
hooker
horde
host
humble pie
humbug
humdrum
humor
husband
hussy
hyacinth
hysteria
I
idea
idiom
idiot
ignoramus
impede
inaugurate
infant
influenza
insult
intoxicate
island
J
jackanapes
jade
jalousie
janizary
January
jeans
jeep
Jehovah
jeopardy
joke
journey
jovial
juggernaut
July
June
junket
K
kangaroo
khaki
kibitz
kickshaw
kidnap
kiwifruit
knave
L
lace
lady
lampoon
learn
left
legend
lent
lesbian
lethal
lewd
libel
liberal
limousine
livery
loo
lord
lounge
lumber
lunatic
luncheon
lynch
M
macadam
macho
Mafia
magazine
magnet
mail
malaria
mall
Mandarin
maneuver
marathon
march
marmalade
marshal
martinet
mascot
masochism
mass
matinee
maudlin
mausoleum
maverick
May
mayday
meal
mentor
mercy
mesmerize
mess
migraine
milliner
miniature
mob
monday
money
monster
morphine
mountebank
mugwump
muscle
museum
music
musket
N
namby-pamby
narcissism
nausea
necklace
neighbor
nemesis
nepotism
nice
nickel
nickname
nicotine
nightmare
noisome
noon
nostrum
November
numskull
O
October
OK
Old Nick
]omelette
orangutan
ordeal
orient
ornery
Oscar
oscillate
ostracism
ottoman
P
pagan
pal
palace
palm
pamphlet
pandemonium
pander
panhandle
panic
panorama
pants
paparazzo
paper
parachute
parasite
pariah
park
patrol
patter
pavilion
pay
pea
peach
peanut
peculiar
pedagogue
pedigree
pen
pencil
penguin
peninsula
perfume
person
pester
petticoat
philistine
piano
picnic
pipsqueak
poppycock
posh
potato
potpourri
powwow
precipitate
precarious
precocious
prestige
priest
pretext
prevaricate
prize
procrustean
profane
propaganda
protocol
prune
pundit
puny
pupil
puppet
Q
quack
queue
quibble
quicksilver
quintessence
quisling
quorum
quiz
R
racket
ranch
rankle
rapture
rasher
recalcitrant
recipe
reefer
remorse
republic
retaliate
rich
riddle
riffraff
right
rigmarole
rival
road
roam
robe
robot
romance
roorback
rostrum
rubber
S
sabotage
sacrament
sacrilege
sad
sadism
salary
salver
sandwich
sarcasm
sarcophagus
sardonic
satellite
satin
Saturday
savage
scapegoat
scavenger
scepter
school
scrimmage
scruple
second
semester
seminary
senate
September
shagreen
shambles
sherry
shibboleth
shindig
shrew
shuttlecock
shyster
silhouette
silly
sincere
sinecure
sinister
siren
sirloin
size
skirt
slander
slapstick
slave
slogan
smog
sneeze
snob
soccer
sock
sofa
sojourner
soldier
sophomore
spade
speed
spinster
spruce
stamina
starve
steadfast
stentorian
stepchild
steward
stoic
story
succinct
suede
sunbeam
Sunday
supercilious
surly
sycophant
symposium
syphilis
T
talent
tantalize
tarantula
tariff
tawdry
tea
teetotaler
tenderfoot
tennis
test
thesaurus
thing
thrill
thug
Thursday
toady
toast
toilet
tomato
torpedo
town
tragedy
travel
treacle
treason
tribulation
trivial
trophy
trousers
Tuesday
tulip
turkey
turnpike
tuxedo
twilight
typhoon
U
umbrage
umpire
uncouth
undertaker
urchin
utopia
utter
V
vaccine
valentine
vandal
vanilla
vaudeville
venom
villain
vine
vinegar
vitamin
volume
W
warlock
Wednesday
weird
Welsh
whiskey
window
wizard
woman
X
Xmas
Y
yacht
yahoo
Yankee
yardstick
yen
Yule
yuppie
Z
zenith
zest
zodiac
zoo
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