tease 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /tiːz/ UK: /tiːz/ (Note: IPA verified for both American and British English, representing the long "e" vowel sound and voiced "z" consonant.) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Middle English tæsen, derived from Old English tæsan ("to pull, pluck, tear"), with possible connections to Dutch tissen ("to pull") or German zeisen ("to tease"). The core meaning originally referred to physical actions like pulling or tugging. 中文翻译: 起源于中古英语 tæsen，可追溯至古英语 tæsan（意为“拉扯、拔、撕”），可能与荷兰语 tissen（“拉扯”）或德语 zeisen（“戏弄”）相关。最初核心含义指向拉扯或拖拽的...

disturbance 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /dɪˈstɜːrbəns/ UK: /dɪˈstɜːbəns/ (Note: Verified IPA symbols for American and British pronunciation) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Middle English "disturbance" → Old French "distourbance" → Latin "disturbare" (to agitate, confuse), composed of "dis-" (apart) + "turbare" (to disturb, confuse). 中文翻译: 词源：源自中古英语 "disturbance" → 古法语 "distourbance" → 拉丁语 "disturbare"（搅动，使混乱），由 "dis-"（分离）+ "turbare"（打扰，扰乱）构成。 Historical Shift: 15th century: Initially referred to...

quantum 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /ˈkwɑːntəm/ UK: /ˈkwɒntəm/ (Note: IPA symbols verified from Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin quantum (noun), meaning "how much" or "quantity," derived from the adjective quantus ("how great, how much"). The term was adopted into physics in the early 20th century. 中文翻译: 源自拉丁语 quantum（名词），意为“多少”或“量”，源自形容词 quantus（“多大，多少”）。该术语于20世纪初被引入物理学领域。 Historical Shift: Originally a general Latin term for "quantity," it gained a specialized meaning in physics (1900, coined by Max Planck) to ...

Fantastic 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /fænˈtæstɪk/ UK: /fænˈtæstɪk/ (Note: IPA verified for standard American and British pronunciation) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin fantasticus (imaginary), derived from Greek phantastikos (pertaining to imagination, from phantazein "to make visible, imagine"). 中文翻译: 起源于拉丁语 fantasticus（想象的），源自希腊语 phantastikos（与想象相关，来自 phantazein “使可见，想象”）。 Historical Shift: 16th-century usage: Described something "unreal, imaginary, or odd" (e.g., fantastical creatures). By the 20th century, it evolved to mean "extremely good or impressive"...

fantastic 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /fænˈtæstɪk/ UK: /fænˈtæstɪk/ (Note: IPA symbols verified for consistency across dialects.) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin fantasticus (imaginary), derived from Greek phantastikos (related to "phantasia" – imagination, illusion), ultimately linked to phainein (to show, appear). 中文翻译: 起源于拉丁语 fantasticus（想象的），源自希腊语 phantastikos（与“phantasia”——想象、幻觉相关），最终与 phainein（展示、显现）相关。 Historical Shift: First recorded in the 16th century with meanings like "unreal," "imaginative," or "pertaining to fantasy." By the 20th centu...

reveal 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /rɪˈviːl/ UK: /rɪˈviːl/ (Note: IPA symbols verified from authoritative sources) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Middle English revealen, via Old French reveler, ultimately from Latin revelāre ("to uncover, disclose"). The Latin term combines re- (intensive prefix, "completely") and velāre ("to veil, cover"). 中文翻译: 词源来自中古英语 revealen，经古法语 reveler 最终源自拉丁语 revelāre（意为“揭开，透露”）。拉丁语词根由表示“完全”的前缀 re- 和表示“遮盖”的 velāre 组成。 Historical Shift: First recorded in the 14th century with the meaning "to remove a covering"; evolved by the 16...

debilitating 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/ UK: /dɪˈbɪlɪteɪtɪŋ/ (Note: IPA verified from authoritative sources) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin dēbilitāre ("to weaken"), derived from dēbilis ("weak, feeble"). 中文翻译: 词源来自拉丁语 dēbilitāre（意为“削弱”），源自 dēbilis（“虚弱的，无力的”）。 Historical Shift: Developed in English as the present participle of "debilitate" (to make weak), evolving into an adjective meaning "causing debilitation or weakness." 中文翻译: 英语中由动词“debilitate”（使虚弱）的现在分词形式发展而来，演变为形容词，意为“导致虚弱或衰弱的”。 If no record: N/A (well-documented etymology)...

symptoms 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /ˈsɪmp.təmz/ UK: /ˈsɪm.p.təmz/ (Note: IPA verified for plural form; singular "symptom" is /ˈsɪmp.təm/) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin symptōma → Greek symptōma (occurrence, accident), derived from sympiptein (to befall, happen), where syn- (together) + piptein (to fall). 中文翻译: 词源：源自拉丁语 symptōma → 希腊语 symptōma（事件、偶然发生的事），由 syn-（共同）+ piptein（落下）构成。 Historical Shift: 16th century: Initially referred to "any occurrence or event" in medical contexts → 18th century: Specificized to "abnormal physical or mental signs indicating disea...

fantastic 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /fænˈtæstɪk/ UK: /fænˈtæstɪk/ (Note: IPA verified; pronunciation is identical in US and UK English.) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin fantasticus (meaning "imaginary"), derived from Greek phantastikos (ἀphantαστικός, meaning "pertaining to the faculty of imagination" or "able to imagine"). 中文翻译: 词源：源自拉丁语 fantasticus（意为“想象的”），可追溯至希腊语 phantastikos（意为“与想象能力相关的”或“能够想象的”）。 Historical Shift: In the 16th century, the term first entered English with the meaning "unreal" or "imaginative" (reflecting its Greek/La...

fantastic 单词详解 发音 (IPA) US: /fænˈtæstɪk/ UK: /fænˈtæstɪk/ (Note: IPA symbols verified for consistency in stress and vowel sounds.) 语源 (Etymology) Origin: From Latin fantasticus (imaginary, fanciful), derived from Greek phantastikos (pertaining to imagination, capable of creating mental images), which itself stems from phantasia (imagination, appearance). 中文翻译: 起源于拉丁语 fantasticus（想象的、幻想的），源自希腊语 phantastikos（与想象相关，能够创造心理意象），最终来自 phantasia（想象、表象）。 Historical Shift: The term first entered English in the 16th century with the meaning "unreal, based on imagination" (e.g., desc...