r字母开头的词汇列表
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raceme(n.)
1785年,指一种花序,源自拉丁语 racemus “一串葡萄”(参见 raisin)。在中古英语中,指“一颗葡萄干或醋栗”(14世纪晚期)。
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racer(n.)
"赛跑者或赛跑物",1640年代指人,1660年代指马,1793年指车辆,1809年美国英语中指一种蛇; 代理人名词来自 race(v.)。
WHEN a lad, I lived with my father in the then province of New Jersey, where the black snake, with a white throat, commonly called the racer, as well as the rattle snake, and other serpents, are frequently met with ; and I never remember to have heard any one dispute the power of charming belonging to several species of serpents, but more common to the black snake, called the racer, which I have twice seen in the operation. ["Extract from a letter from Samuel Beach, dated Whiting, July 24, 1795," in appendix to Samuel Williams, "The Natural and Civil History of Vermont," 2nd ed., 1809]
小时候,我和父亲住在当时的新泽西省,那里经常可以看到黑蛇,有白喉咙,通常被称为赛跑者,以及响尾蛇和其他蛇类; 我从未听说过有人质疑几种蛇类拥有魅惑力的能力,但更常见于黑蛇,称为赛跑者,我曾两次见到它在操作中。["Samuel Beach 的一封信摘自1795年7月24日的 Whiting,附在 Samuel Williams 的《佛蒙特州的自然和文明史》第二版中,1809年]
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race-riot(n.)
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race-track(n.)
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raceway(n.)
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rachitic(adj.)
"患有佝偻病",1797年,来自 rachitis(1727年),医学拉丁语名称,用于骨病,来自晚期希腊语 rhakhitis(nosos)"佝偻病(疾病),脊柱炎",来自希腊语 rhakhis "脊柱,背部",比喻为"山脊,叶子的肋骨"(见 rachio-)。
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racy(adj.)
1650年代,“具有特有的宜人口感; 具有土壤赋予的味道”(指葡萄酒、水果等),源自 race(名词2)在其早期意义上的“味道”或“葡萄酒种类”的意义 + -y(2)。
“具有活力品质”的扩展意义(1660年代)导致了“不当的,下流的”这一意义,该意义最早见于1901年,可能受到了短语 racy of the soil “土气”的强化(1870年)。相关词汇: Racily; raciness。
Figuratively, that is racy which is agreeably fresh and distinctive in thought and expression ; that is spicy which is agreeably pungent to the mind, producing a sensation comparable to that which spice produces in taste. [Century Dictionary]
比喻地说,那些思想和表达方式新颖独特的东西是 racy 的; 那些令人愉悦的、产生类似于香料在口感上产生的感觉的东西是 spicy 的。[世纪词典]
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racialization(n.)
"种族主义的形成或发展过程",1874年; 参见 racialist。
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racialism(n.)
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racial(adj.)