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。
Folk etymology has created the cheeseburger and the beanburger, but the first hamburgers were in fact named after the city of Hamburg.
“Serendipity”这个词，是在1854年由霍勒斯·沃波尔在一封信中创造的，这个词源于一个关于三个王子的故事，他们“总是意外地发现那些他们无意寻找的东西”。
The word "serendipity" was coined by Horace Walpole in an 1854 letter, from a tale of three princes who "were always making discoveries, by accident, of things they were not in search of".
Cosplay 一词源自日本，是“costume ”和“play ”的合成词。
The term Cosplay is derived from Japan and is a composite word of "costume" and "play".
“lunacy”这个表示“疯狂”的词源自“Luna ”，是罗马神话中月光女神的拉丁名。
The word lunacy, meaning "madness", is derived from Luna, the Latin name for the Roman goddess of the moon.
“策略”（strategy）一词源自于希腊文的“strategos”，意谓“将军的技艺”。
The word "strategy" is actually derived from a Greek word "strategos" which means "the art of the general".
那么这一切与词源有什么关系呢？
这两个词的词源也很有趣。
不过，除此以外，还有个词源学上更加隐晦的笑话。
理论这个词的词源非常复杂,你们不需要了解。
Now the word theory has a very complicated etymological history that I won't trouble you with.
词源学看起来有办法证明顶针一词曾经指拇指。
Etymology, it appears, has the means to prove that thimbles were at one time meant for the thumb.
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。
These meanings are made more evident in looking at the etymology for these words.
真正的词源似乎是这样的：它作为俚语出现在1700年左右。
So the real etymology is that it appeared, evidently as slang, in around 1700.
现在你已经读完了，下面说单词simple的更简化的词源。
Now that you've read through all of that here's the much simplified etymology of the word simple.
讽刺的是，proclivity的词源恰好与后面那种用法吻合。
The etymology of the word proclivity is ironically appropriate for this flavor of usage.
“理发师”这个词源于拉丁语“barba”，意思是胡子。
"The word" barber "comes from the Latin word" barba, "meaning beard."
铁不是锰或镁，但是这些金属却和magnet(磁铁)有相似的词源。
Iron is not manganese or magnesium but these metals and magnet all share a similar etymology.
我第一次看到单词”hurricane”的词源是在2005年八月.
The first time I looked at the etymology of the word hurricane was in August of 2005.
这更像样，有令人满意的定义单、单词在上下文中的例子，以及一点点词源。
This is much more presentable, with quite satisfying lists of definitions, and examples of the word in context. A little bit of etymology, too.
“协同作用”一词源于古希腊：synergia的意思就是协作。
The word comes from ancient Greek: synergia means working together.
为了填补你知识中的这段空白，我们制作了这张直观的知名公司名词源一览表。
In order to help you fill this gap of knowledge, we made a visual list of famous company name etymologies.
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.
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。
Etymology can only ask why a small cuplike guard used in sewing is called a thimble, though it is put on the third finger.
Cosplay一词源自日本，是“costume”和“play”的合成词。
Cosplay, which originated in Japan, is a combination of the words "costume" and "play".
英语里的macabre一词源自一种叫danse macabre(死亡之舞)的画。
We in English gained the word from an art form known as the danse macabre or the dance of death.
“lunacy”这个表示“疯狂”的词源自“luna”一罗马神话中月光女神的拉丁名。
The word lunacy, meaning "madness," is derived from luna, the Latin name for the Roman goddess of the moon.
“lunacy”这个表示“疯狂”的词源自“luna”一罗马神话中月光女神的拉丁名。
The word lunacy, meaning "madness," is derived from luna, the Latin name for the Roman goddess of the moon.
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