词根:brace = two arms , 表示“两臂”
brace v. 支持,使坚固的 n. 支持物
bracelet n. 手镯(brace+let小东西→带在手上的小东西→手镯)
embrace v. 拥抱;包括(em进入+brace→进入两臂→拥抱)
词根:braid = twist, 表示“扭”
braid v. 编成辫子
upbraid v. 叱骂,谴责(up向上+braid→向上扭→扭住不放→叱骂)
embroidery n. 刺绣(em使+broid[=braid]+ery→使[线]扭在一起→刺绣)
词根:brack = vomit (呕)
brackish a. 令人恶心的
词根词缀:brachi-, brachio-
【来源及含义】Greek: arm [especially the upper arm from the shoulder to the elbow]
【同源单词】abrachia, abrachia, abrachiocephalia, abrachiocephalus, acephalobrachia, antebrachial
词根词缀:brachyo-, brachy-, -brachy, -brach
【来源及含义】Greek: short, shortness, small [also expressed as "slow"]
【相关描述】Used in the sense of "abnormally small, short".
【同源单词】amphibrach, brachycardia, brachycephalic, brachycephalous, brachycephaly, brachydactyl
词根词缀:bracte-, bract-
【来源及含义】Latin: thin plate
【同源单词】bract, bracteomania, ebracteate, ebracteolate, tribracteate
词根词缀:brady-
【来源及含义】Greek: slow, slowness; delayed, tardy; a prefix used in the sense of being "abnormally slow"
【同源单词】bradyacusia, bradyarrhythmia, bradyarthria, bradyauxesis, bradycardia, bradycardiac
词根词缀:branchio-, branchi-
【来源及含义】Greek: gills
【同源单词】abranchial, abranchiate, Branchiosaurus, calyptobranchiate, cryptobranchiate, inferobranchiate
词根词缀:calibra-, calibr-, caliber-
【来源及含义】French: degree of merit or importance; diameter of a bullet, cannon-ball, etc.; instrument for measuring the thickness, width, or distance through the center of a tube
【同源单词】caliber, calibrate, calibrated, calibrated airspeed, calibrated altitude, calibrating tank
词根词缀:libra-, liber-, libri-
【来源及含义】Latin: balance; to be balanced; to make even; Roman pound
【同源单词】acid-base balance, balance, balance, deliberate, deliberated, deliberately