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1、ZnotanativeletterinO.E.;inAnglo-Fr.wordsitrepresentsthe"ts"sound(cf.Anglo-Fr.fiz,fromL.filius,modernFitz);late13c.itbegantobeusedforthevoiced"s"soundandhadfullytakenthatroleby1400.Forlettername,seezed."ThouwhoresonZed,thouvnnecessaryLetter."["KingLear,"II.ii.69]Ser
2、iesofzstorepresentabuzzingsoundfirstattested1852;zees"spellofsleep,anap"isslangfirstrecorded1963,Amer.Eng.studentslang.Zacchaeusmasc.propername,fromL.L.Zacchaeus,fromGk.Zakkhaios,fromHeb.zakkay,lit."pure,innocent,"fromzakhah"wasclean,waspure."Zachariahmasc.properna
3、me,L.L.Zacharias,fromGk.Zakharias,fromHeb.Zekharyahu,lit."theLordhasremembered,"fromzakhar"heremembered."zaftig"alluringlyplump,curvaceous,buxom,"1937,fromYiddishzaftik,lit."juicy,"fromzaft"juice,"fromM.H.G.saft"juice"(seesap(n.1)).zag(v.)1793,fromzig-zag(q.v.).Zam
4、boniproprietarynameforamachineusedtoresurfaceiceskatingrinks,1965,trademarkofFrankJ.Zamboni&Co.,Paramount,Calif.,claimingusesinceJuly1962.zany(n.)comicperformer,1588,fromFr.zani,fromIt.zani,zanni"azany,clown,"originallyZanni,Venetiandial.variantofGianni,petformofGi
5、ovanni"John."Astockcharacterinoldcomedies,heapedtheprincipalactors.Theadj.isattestedby1869,fromthenoun.zap1929(soundeffect),1942(v.),comicstripword(especiallyfrom"BuckRogersintheTwenty-FifthCentury"),ofimitativeorigin.Meaning"toeraseelectronically"is1982.Zarathustr
6、afromAvestanZarathushtra(seeZoroastrian).zeal1382,fromL.L.zelus"zeal,emulation"(cf.O.Fr.zel,It.zelo,Sp.celo),aChurchword,fromGk.zelos"zeal,ardor,jealousy,"whichisofuncertainorigin.Zealousfirstrecorded1535.zealotc.1300,"memberofamilitant1stcenturyJewishsectwhichfier
7、celyresistedtheRomansinPalestine,"fromL.L.Zelotes,fromGk.zelotes"onewhoisazealousfollower,"fromzeloun"tobezealous,"fromzelos"zeal"(seezeal).Extendedsenseof"afanaticalenthusiast"firstrecorded1638.zebra1600,fromIt.zebra,perhapsfromPort.,earlierappliedtoanow-extinctwi
8、ldass,saidtobeCongolese[OED],orAmharic[Klein],butperhapsult.fromL.equiferus"wildhorse,"fromequus"horse"+ferus(seefierce).zebuAsiaticox,1774,fromF
