watch As a noun, from Middle English wacche, Etymology As a noun, from Middle English wacche,See below for verb form. Noun watch (plural watches) 1.A portable or wearable timepiece. [quotations ▼] More people today carry a watch on their wrists than…
Etymology finance From Middle English finaunce, a surety bond.A supply of money or goods. With thy bloud precious our finaunce thou did pay Lamentation of Mary Magdelene who proclaims: "dethe is my Finaunce," a metaphor suggesting that life itse…
exchange From Middle English eschaunge, borrowed from Anglo-Norman eschaunge exchange 1.An act of exchanging or trading. All in all, it was an even exchange.an exchange of cattle for grain 2.A place for conducting trading. The stock exchange is open…
Africa (n.) Latin Africa (terra) "African land, Libya, the Carthaginian territory, the province of Africa; Africa as a continent," fem. of adjective Africus, from Afer "an African," a word of uncertain origin. The Latin word originally…
watch As a noun, from Middle English wacche, Etymology As a noun, from Middle English wacche,See below for verb form. Noun watch (plural watches) 1.A portable or wearable timepiece. [quotations ▼] More people today carry a watch on their wrists than…
business from English bisynes Etymology From Middle English bisynes Hyphenation: business Noun business (countable and uncountable) 1.(countable) A specific commercial enterprise or establishment. [quotations ▼] I was left my father's business. 2.(co…
.Chomsky (Belarusian: Хомскі, Russian: Хомский, Ukrainian: Хомський, Hebrew: חומסקי, "from (Vyoska) Khomsk (nearby Brest, now Belarus)") is a surname of Belarusian origin. Notable people with the surname include: ... Carol (Schatz) Chomsky (19…
Names appearing in "Harry Potter" 1.Harry Potter ①Harry is from Henry. ②Harry is related to Old High German Heri, which means army. James Potter and Lily Evans 2.Hermione Granger Hands up if you had been pronouncing Hermione's name wrong when yo…
原子/Atomic操作 一.什么是 原子/atom 这个术语用原子来表示不够准确,原子翻译自atom/atomic,其中atom在词典中的「词源/etymology」是: [Middle English attome, from Latin atomus, from Greek atomos, indivisible, atom : a-, not; see a-1 + tomos, cutting (from temnein, to cut; see tem- in Indo-Europe…
稍稍摘录一段Fragment.java中的说明文档. /** * A Fragment is a piece of an application's user interface or behavior * that can be placed in an {@link Activity}. Interaction with fragments * is done through {@link FragmentManager}, which can be obtained via * {@lin…
