etymologizing

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• v.發(fā)現(xiàn)(某詞)的詞源[語源]；研究詞源[語源]；探溯詞源[語源]
• 網(wǎng)絡探溯語源

詞形變化

過去分詞：etymologized  現(xiàn)在分詞：etymologizing  第三人稱單數(shù)：etymologizes  

英漢解釋

v.	1. 發(fā)現(xiàn)(某詞)的詞源[語源] 2. 研究詞源[語源];探溯詞源[語源]

英英解釋

v.	1. to study, trace, or describe the origin and development of a word, or make a suggestion as to a word's possible origin and development

例句

This idea, sometimes neglected today (to the detriment of those who neglect it), dominated medieval etymologizing.

這種在今天有時被忽略的概念（忽視它的人自己吃虧），在中世紀的詞源學中占主導地位。