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词根:morph = form (形)

  来源拉丁语的morph 意为 form 。同义词根为form。
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 (来源希腊文morphē —— 英文根字典)

  [探源]①来源于希腊语 morphe 形状;②来源于希腊神话人物:Morpheus 莫耳甫斯,即睡梦之神,他是 Hypnos 睡神的儿子;③来源基础词 morph 变体,与之同形,含义为它的引申义,理解为:变种 / 变体后的东西一般会变形,即

变种 / 变体
  [引申]形状 / 形态 / 形式
  [属性]母义:-morph- = form/ shape 形态 / 现状
  [其他]① -morpho- 为 -morph- 的变体,用于辅音前,而它则用于元音前 ; 它们的形容词形式为:morphic- / morphous-,表示“具有…形式 / 形状”;②有异形同义词根:-figur- / -form- 形 / 形状
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同源词:

1. amorphouse (没有形状的;无一定方向(或目的)的;无组织的
  A nebula (exploding star) often leaves an amorphous cloud of dust and gas. 星云(爆炸的恒星)往往留下由灰尘和气体组成的不定形云体)

2. anthropomorphism
  n.拟人论,拟人观 *anthrop ( =man)

3. metamorphose
  v.(使)变形;[地](使)变质 *meta(=change)

4. metamorphosis
  n.变形;质变;[生]变态(外貌、性格或环境等的)彻底(或显著)的变化 (meta- (=change) + morpho (=form) + -sis (=condition,act))
  the metamorphosis in the life of an insect 昆虫的变态
  the social metamorphosis that has occurred in South Korea 在韩国发生的显著的社会变化

5. morpheme
  n.[语]语素,词素

6. morphology (-logy (n.) 表示“…学”)
  n.[生]形态学;[语]形态学;形态;结构(研究形态的学问)

7. morphological
  adj.形态学的,地形学的

8. heteromorphic
  adj. 异形的,变形的《hetero = different》

9. isomorphic
  adj.同形的;异种同形的《iso- = equal》

10. dimorphic
  adj.二形的 ,二态的(-ic (a.) 表示“…的”(形容有两种形态的,即二形的 / 二态的))

11. trimorph (tri- 三(tri- 三 + -morph- 形,即三形体))
  n. (同质矿物结成三种不同的晶体的)三形体

10. polymorphic (=polymorphous)
  adj.多形的,多形态的 (poly = many)

13. homomorphic (-ic (a.) 形容词后缀,表示“…的”(形容有相同形状的,即同形的))
 n. 同形的

14. geomorphic
  adj.似地球形状的《geo = 地》

词根词缀:morpho-, morph-, -morphous, -morphically, -morphia, -morphosis, -morphously, -morphy, -morphic, -morphism

【来源及含义】Greek: shape, form, figure, appearance

【相关描述】The Roman god of sleep is Somnus; so, when we are sleepy, we are "somnolent". Sleep walking is "somnambulism" which in Latin means exactly the same thing; that is, "sleepwalking".

The son of Somnus is Morpheus, the god of dreams, indicating that sleep gives birth to dreams. Morpheus goes back through Latin to the Greek word for "form" or "shape" because dreams are forms and shapes developed in the mind while sleeping.

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "form, shape, appearance": eido-; figur-; form-; icono-; ideo-; imag-; -oid; typo-.

【同源单词】acrostomorphilia, actinomorphic, actinomorphous, actinomorphy, adelomorphous, aeromorphosis