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criosphinx [criosphinx 词源字典]: "A sphinx having a ram's head", Early 19th cent..[criosphinx etymology, criosphinx origin, 英语词源]
clast: "A constituent fragment of a clastic rock", Mid 20th century: back-formation from clastic.
cate: "A choice food; a delicacy", Late Middle English (in the sense 'selling, a bargain'): from obsolete acate 'purchasing, things purchased', from Old French acat, achat, from acater, achater 'buy', based on Latin captare 'seize', from capere 'take'.
communicant: "A person who receives Holy Communion", Mid 16th century: from Latin communicant- 'sharing', from the verb communicare (see communicate).
conformer: "A form of a compound having a particular molecular conformation", 1960s: blend of conformational (see conformation) and isomer.
chemiosmotic: " Biochemistry . Of, relating to, or involving a process in which ions are translocated across a membrane to produce an electrochemical gradient, or diffuse passively down such a gradient; specifically designating a theory (now generally accepted) that energy for biochemical processes is supplied by creation of a gradient of hydrogen ion (proton) concentration across a membrane; relating to or conforming to this theory", Late 19th cent. From chemiosmosis, originally after German chemosmotisch.
cunnigar: "A rabbit warren. Also figurative : †the vagina; = coney burrow ( obsolete )", Late Middle English. From Anglo-Norman coninger, conyngere, conyngair, coniger, coningere, coninggre, cuninger, conier, conyer from coninge, couning, conig, coni + -er, -air.
cryptomeria: "A tall conical coniferous tree with long, curved, spirally arranged leaves and short cones. Native to China and Japan, it is grown for timber in Japan", Modern Latin, from crypto- 'hidden' + Greek meros 'part' (because the seeds are concealed by scales).
crooked: "Bent or twisted out of shape or out of place", Middle English: from crook, probably modelled on Old Norse krókóttr 'crooked, cunning'.
cinchona: "An evergreen South American tree or shrub with fragrant flowers, cultivated for its bark", Mid 18th century: modern Latin, named after the Countess of Chinchón (died 1641), who was treated with a similar drug in South America.
cryoprotective: "Chiefly of chemicals: giving protection to living tissues, organs, etc., against damage caused by freezing temperatures", 1960s. From cryo- + protective. Compare cryoprotection.
carcinoid: "A tumour of a type occurring in the glands of the intestine (especially the appendix) or in the bronchi, and sometimes secreting hormones", Late 19th century: from an abbreviation of carcinoma + -oid.
calicivirus: "Any of a group (formerly the genus Calicivirus, now the family Caliciviridae) of non-enveloped, single-stranded RNA viruses which have a capsid with distinctive cup-like depressions, and which are pathogens of humans and various other mammals. Also (in form Calicivirus): the (former) genus itself", 1970s. From classical Latin calic-, calix cup + -i- + virus.
cocoyam: "(In West Africa) either of two plants of the arum family with edible corms, i.e. taro (also old cocoyam) and tannia (also new cocoyam)", Early 20th century: probably from coco (sense 2) + yam.
chondral: "Of or relating to cartilage or a cartilage", Early 19th cent.; earliest use found in Encyclopaedia Britannica. From ancient Greek χόνδρος cartilage + -al.
caffè latte: "Coffee made with milk, especially hot or steamed milk; a drink of this; (now) specifically a drink made by adding a shot of espresso to a glass or cup of frothy steamed milk", Mid 19th cent.; earliest use found in The Cultivator: a monthly journal for farm and the garden. From Italian caffè latte (dated 1907 in dictionaries), caffelatte, caffellatte from caffè + latte milk (from classical Latin lac, lact- milk: see lacto-).
calamus: "another term for sweet flag", Late Middle English (denoting a reed or an aromatic plant mentioned in the Bible): from Latin, from Greek kalamos. sense 1 dates from the mid 17th century.
clap skate: "In speed-skating: a type of ice skate designed for increased speed, consisting of a boot which lifts from the blade at the heel (affording the blade a longer time in contact with the ice) before snapping back into place", 1990s; earliest use found in The Montreal Gazette. From clap + skate, after Dutch klapschaats (from Dutch klap + schaats) with reference to the noise made by the skate when the blade snaps back into place.
Caelum: "A small and faint southern constellation (the Chisel), next to Eridanus", Latin.
capoeira: "A system of physical discipline and movement originating among Brazilian slaves, treated as a martial art and dance form", Portuguese.