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coruscant [coruscant 词源字典]: "Glittering; sparkling", Late 15th century: from Latin coruscant- 'vibrating, glittering', from the verb coruscare.[coruscant etymology, coruscant origin, 英语词源]
cryobank: "A store or stock of biological material kept at extremely low temperatures; especially a sperm bank", 1970s; earliest use found in Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene.
cyanogen: "A colourless flammable highly poisonous gas made by oxidizing hydrogen cyanide", Early 19th century: from French cyanogène, from Greek kuanos 'dark blue mineral' + -gène (see -gen), so named because it is a constituent of Prussian blue.
chiliarch: "(In ancient Greece) a commander of a thousand men", Late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek khiliarkhēs, from khilioi 'thousand'.
collimate: "Make (rays of light or particles) accurately parallel", Mid 19th century: from Latin collimare, an erroneous reading (in some editions of Cicero) of collineare 'align or aim', from col- 'together with' + linea 'line'.
cryolite: "A white or colourless mineral consisting of a fluoride of sodium and aluminium. It is added to bauxite as a flux in aluminium smelting", Early 19th century: from cryo- 'cold, frost' (because the main deposits are found in Greenland) + -lite.
cellule: "A small room or cell. Now rare", Late Middle English; earliest use found in Lanfranc's Science of Cirurgie. From Middle French, French cellule extremely small enclosed space, cavity, or sac in an organized body or product, compartment in the brain, small room or cell and its etymon classical Latin cellula small room or cell, in post-classical Latin also compartment in the brain from cella + -ula; compare -ule.
crepitate: "Make a crackling sound", Early 17th century (in the sense 'break wind'): from Latin crepitat- 'crackled, rustled', from the verb crepitare, from crepare 'to rattle'.
crinet: "A set of segmented metal plates which cover the top and sides of a horse's neck as part of its protective armour. Compare crinière; cranet. Now historical", Late 15th cent.; earliest use found in The Book of St. Albans. Apparently from Middle French crin hair + -et; compare Old French crignete hair, mane.
catoptrics: "The branch of optics that deals with reflection", Mid 16th century (originally catoptric): from Greek katoptrikos 'reflecting', from katoptron 'mirror'.
cynanthropy: "A form of madness involving the delusion of being a dog, with correspondingly altered behaviour", Late 16th century: from French cynanthropie (after lycanthropie 'lycanthropy'), from Greek kun-, kuōn 'dog' + anthrōpos 'man'.
colossean: "Of the nature of a colossus; colossal; huge", Mid 17th cent.; earliest use found in John Evelyn (1620–1706), diarist and writer. From classical Latin colossēus much larger than life, colossal (from colossus + -ēus; compare Hellenistic Greek κολοσσιαῖος) + -an.
cryptobranchiate: "Designating aquatic invertebrates with concealed gills, especially certain nudibranch molluscs that are able to completely retract their gills; of or relating to such invertebrates", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in Richard Owen (1804–1892), comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. From crypto- + -branchiate. With sense 1 compare French cryptobranche.
cataclasis: "The fracture and breaking up of rock by natural processes", 1950s: from cata- 'completely' + Greek klasis 'breaking'.
canorous: "(Of song or speech) melodious or resonant", Mid 17th century: from Latin canorus (from canere 'sing') + -ous.
cantillate: "Chant or intone (a passage of religious text)", Mid 19th century: from Latin cantillat- 'hummed', from the verb cantillare, from cantare (see chant).
cereology: "The study or investigation of crop circles", 1990s: from Ceres + -logy.
chump change: "A small or insignificant amount of money", 1960s: originally black English.
claggy: "Tending to form clots; sticky", Late 16th century: perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish klag 'sticky mud'.
colporteur: "A person who sells books, newspapers, and similar literature", Late 18th century: French, from the verb colporter, probably an alteration of comporter, from Latin comportare 'carry with one'.