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tramp (v.)[tramp 词源字典]: late 14c., "walk heavily, stamp," from Middle Low German trampen "to stamp," from Proto-Germanic *tremp- (cognates: Danish trampe, Swedish trampa "to tramp, stamp," Gothic ana-trimpan "to press upon"), from PIE *der- (1) "to run, walk, step" (see tread (v.)). Related: Tramped; tramping.[tramp etymology, tramp origin, 英语词源]
trample (v.): late 14c., "to walk heavily," frequentative form of tramp (v.). Transitive sense "beat down by continuously treading on" is from mid-15c. Related: Trampled; trampling. As a noun from c. 1600.
trampoline (n.): 1798, from Spanish trampolin "springboard," and Italian trampolino, from trampoli "stilts," from a Germanic source (compare Low German trampeln "trample") related to tramp (v.).
trance (n.): late 14c., "state of extreme dread or suspense," also "a half-conscious or insensible condition, state of insensibility to mundane things," from Old French transe "fear of coming evil," originally "coma, passage from life to death" (12c.), from transir "be numb with fear," originally "die, pass on," from Latin transire "cross over" (see transient). French trance in its modern sense has been reborrowed from English. As a music genre, from c. 1993.
tranche (n.): c. 1500, from French tranche "a cutting," from trancher, trencher "to cut," Old French trenchier (see trench). Economic sense is from 1930.
trannie (n.): also tranny "transsexual person," 1983, from transsexual + -ie. In 1960s and '70s the word was used as a slang shortening of transistor radio and in car magazines for transmission.
tranquil (adj.): mid-15c., a back-formation from tranquility or else from Latin tranquillus "quiet, calm, still." Related: Tranquilly.
tranquility (n.): also tranquillity, late 14c., from Old French tranquilite "peace, happiness" (12c.), from Latin tranquillitatem (nominative tranquillitas) "quietness, stillness; serenity," from tranquillus "quiet, calm, still," perhaps from trans- "over" (here in its intensive sense of "exceedingly") + a root possibly related to quies "rest" (see quiet (n.)).
tranquilize (v.): 1620s, from tranquil + -ize. Related: Tranquilized; tranquilizing; tranquilization.
tranquilizer (n.): 1800, "that which tranquilizes;" from 1824 as "a sedative" (first reference is to ground ivy), agent noun from tranquilize; in reference to one of a large group of anti-anxiety drugs, it is recorded by 1956.
trans-: word-forming element meaning "across, beyond, through, on the other side of, to go beyond," from Latin trans-, from trans (prep.) "across, over, beyond," perhaps originally present participle of a verb *trare-, meaning "to cross," from PIE *tra-, variant of root *tere- (2) "to cross over" (see through). In chemical use indicating "a compound in which two characteristic groups are situated on opposite sides of an axis of a molecule" [Flood].
trans-Atlantic (adj.): also transatlantic, 1779, from trans- "through, across" + Atlantic.
trans-oceanic (adj.): 1827, "situated across the ocean," from trans- + oceanic. Meaning "passing over the sea" is recorded from 1868.
transact (v.): 1580s, back-formation from transaction, or else from Latin transactus, past participle of transigere "to drive through, accomplish, bring to an end, settle." Related: Transacted; transacting.
transaction (n.): mid-15c., "the adjustment of a dispute, a negotiated agreement, management or settlement of an affair," from Old French transaccion "exchange, transaction," from Late Latin transactionem (nominative transactio) "an agreement, accomplishment," noun of action from past participle stem of transigere "stab through; accomplish, perform, drive or carry through, come to a settlement," from trans- "through" (see trans-) + agere "to drive" (see act (v.)). Meaning "a piece of business" is attested from 1640s. Related: Transactions; transactional.
transaxle (n.): 1958, from transmission axle.
transceiver (n.): 1934, from a merger of transmitter + receiver.
transcend (v.): mid-14c., "escape inclusion in; lie beyond the scope of," from Old French transcendre "transcend, surpass," and directly from Latin transcendere "climb over or beyond, surmount, overstep," from trans- "beyond" (see trans-) + scandere "to climb" (see scan (v.)). Meanings "be surpassing, outdo, excel; surmount, move beyond" are from early 15c. Related: Transcended; transcending.
transcendence (n.): c. 1600, from transcendent + -ence, or else from Medieval Latin transcendentia, from Latin transcendentem. Related: Transcendency.
transcendent (adj.): mid-15c., from Latin transcendentem (nominative transcendens) "surmounting, rising above," present participle of transcendere (see transcend). Related: Transcendently.