词根词缀:bio-, bi-, -bia, -bial, -bian, -bion, -biont, -bius, -biosis, -bium, -biotic, -biotical
【来源及含义】Greek: life; living, live, alive
【相关描述】Don’t confuse this element with another bi- which means "two".
【相关词根词缀】 Related life, live-word units: anima-; -cole; vita-; viva-.
【同源单词】abiatrophy, abiocoen, abiogenesis, abiogenetic, abiogenetically, abiogenic
词根词缀:diversi-, divers-, divert-
【来源及含义】Latin: different, separate, opposite; literally, turned away [from each other]
【相关描述】Directly related to the large vers-, vert- family of words.
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.
【同源单词】aver, biodiversity, diverse, diversely, diverseness, diversifiable
词根词缀:-ity
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix used to form abstract nouns expressing act, state, quality, property, or condition corresponding to an adjective
【同源单词】abnormality, absorbability, acclivity, acerbity, acridity, acrity
词根词缀:vers-, vert-, -verse, -version, -version, -versation, -versal, -versary, -vert, vort-, vors-
【来源及含义】Latin: bend, turn
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; -plex; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; volv-.
【同源单词】ad, adversaria, adversary, adversative, adversative, adversatively