Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg.
民间词源创造了cheeseburger和beanburger，但最初hamburger一词实际上是以德国汉堡市命名的。
These roller bags that make it easier to lug your junk around airports are in keeping with etymology stretching back more than 600 years.
这些滚轮包可以让你更方便地在机场拖着你的杂物，它的词源可以追溯到600多年前。
There's a deeper joke in the etymology though.
不过，除此以外，还有个词源学上更加隐晦的笑话。
So what does all this have to do with etymology?
那么这一切与词源有什么关系呢？
So now that I've educated myself, here's the etymology.
因此我受教了，这是它的词源。
Etymology: over England; from one land to another; into Ireland.
词源学：越过英格兰，从一个陆地到另一个陆地，爱尔兰。
So the real etymology is that it appeared, evidently as slang, in around 1700.
真正的词源似乎是这样的：它作为俚语出现在1700年左右。
These meanings are made more evident in looking at the etymology for these words.
只要查一下这些单词的词源，它们的意思就会变得更加明晰。
The etymology of the word harbinger is tied up in that “forerunner” meaning.
harbinger这个词的来源和“先行者”是联系在一起的。
Miniature is one of those strange words that has an etymology that defies logic.
Miniature是那些违背逻辑的奇怪单词之一。
The first time I looked at the etymology of the word hurricane was in August of 2005.
我第一次看到单词”hurricane”的词源是在2005年八月.
Garlic features in the the cold soup gazpacho that I like too but not in its etymology.
大蒜是另一种我喜欢的汤——西班牙凉菜汤(gazpacho)的特色之一，但跟它的词源没有关系。
It follows, as predicted, that we need a look at the artifact to justify the etymology.
看来，就像刚才预测的那样，我们需要看到实物才能为词源学辩护。
The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.
讽刺的是，proclivity的词源恰好与后面那种用法吻合。
Iron is not manganese or magnesium but these metals and magnet all share a similar etymology.
铁不是锰或镁，但是这些金属却和magnet(磁铁)有相似的词源。
Like too many words that sound so delicious the etymology of ramshackle is a little unclear.
有些词听上去似乎一清二楚，实际上词源却模模糊糊。ramshackle便是其中之一。
Now that you've read through all of that here's the much simplified etymology of the word simple.
现在你已经读完了，下面说单词simple的更简化的词源。
Etymology, it appears, has the means to prove that thimbles were at one time meant for the thumb.
词源学看起来有办法证明顶针一词曾经指拇指。
As soon as I began looking into the etymology of stutter I bumped up against its synonym stammer.
正当我开始研究Stutter的语源时，我突然碰到了它的同义词stammer。
Though the “soaked bread” etymology appears in a few sources the OED simply says it’s from Spanish.
尽管“泡汤面包”的词根在《牛津词典》里出现过几次，但它仅仅写到这个词来自西班牙语。
The Oxford English Dictionary refers to two guys-pliny and nicander-in its etymology for the word magnet.
磁铁这个词，牛津英语词典上标明说pliny和nicander这两个词是它的词源。
In the OED sometimes you can see an etymology traced through words that have a little star beside them.
我曾经提到过，在OED里，你可以看到某个单词在回溯词源的过程中，经历了一些词的演变，在那些词的旁边标着一颗小星星。
The Oxford English Dictionary refers to two guys - Pliny and nicander-in its etymology for the word magnet.
磁铁这个词，牛津英语词典上标明说pliny和nicander这两个词是它的词源。
Some of it is about etymology, about the nature of words and their casual links with the elements around us.
有一些故事是关于语源学的，关于语言的本质以及那些词语与我们周围的元素的偶然联系。
Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble, though it is put on the third finger.
词源学只能问，为什么缝纫时使用的一个小杯状装置被称为顶针，但它却是在中指上使用的。
Both the word continent and incontinent have a similar etymology and share their root with the words contain and continuous.
continent和incontinent两个词有相似的词源，他们的词根还和contain和continuous两个词相同。
The OED is a little speculative in its etymology but it certainly has more information for goal than for many other words.
尽管OED对goal的词根有一定推测成分，但它就这个词提供的信息肯定比不少其他单词丰富多了。
The Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the only source that I found that points further back than Latin in its etymology.
在我所能找到的资料里，只有《未删节版韦氏词典》能指出该单词在拉丁语之前的词源。
The Merriam Webster Unabridged Dictionary is the only source that I found that points further back than Latin in its etymology.
在我所能找到的资料里，只有《未删节版韦氏词典》能指出该单词在拉丁语之前的词源。
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