AC相关的单词列表
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theocracy(n.)
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theomachy(n.)
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theriac(n.)
"drug used as an antidote for venomous bites," mid-15c., tiriak, tiriake, ultimately from Latinized form of Greek thēriakē, fem. and neuter of thēriakos "pertaining to wild beasts or poisonous reptiles," from thērion, diminutive of thēr "wild beast, beast of prey" (from PIE root *ghwer- "wild beast").
Especially "snake flesh used as an antidote against snake-bites;" the flesh of a viper was formerly held to be a necessary ingredient of it. Old English had it as tyriaca. The modern English spelling with th- is by 1560s. Related: Theriacal.
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thoracic(adj.)
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thoracotomy(n.)
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throwback(n.)
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thumbtack(n.)
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thwack(v.)
"用棍子猛击",1520年代,拟声词起源。相关词汇: Thwacked; thwacking。名词记录自1580年代。
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tick-tack-toe(n.)
三连棋是儿童的一种游戏,用 X 和 O 进行,1892年被称为这个名字,更早的时候被称为 tit-tat-toe(1852年,在早些年的回忆中),也被称为 noughts and crosses(1852年),还有 oughts and crosses。可能是因为最初由学童们用粉笔在黑板上玩耍时发出的声音而得名。这也是一个儿童数数的童谣,在黑板上玩(最初也是 tit-tat-toe,1842年),与 tick-tack(1580年代)相比,一种戏弄的形式,可能源自法语 trictrac,也许是模仿棋盘上瓷砖的声音。
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ticky-tacky(n.)
"劣质、廉价的材料",1962年(出自美国政治民谣歌手马尔维娜·雷诺兹(Malvina Reynolds,1900-1978)的歌曲《小盒子》),是 tacky 的重复。形容词用法始于1967年。