词根：cist = box （盒子）

cistern n. 贮水桶

后缀：-ern ①[形容词后缀]

加在方位词上表示“...方向的”

eastern 东方的

western 西方的

northeastern 东北的

southern 南方的

northern 北方的

southwestern 东南的

②[名词后缀]

表示场所、地点

saltern 盐场

cavern 洞穴

lectern （教堂中）读经台

cistern 蓄水池，水塘

词根词缀：chiasto-, chiasm-

【来源及含义】Greek: crossed, laid crosswise

【相关描述】From ciazein to make in the shape of the Greek letter X, chi, the 22nd letter of the Greek alphabet.

【同源单词】chiasm, chiasma, chiasmal, chiasmapexy, chiasmatic cistern, chiasmatypy

词根词缀：phret-, phreto-

【来源及含义】Greek: phreatia, a well, a reservoir, a tank; a cistern, a pit

【相关描述】See this phreat- unit for other closely related word entries.

【同源单词】phreticolous, phretobiology, phretophile, phretophilous, phretophyte

词根词缀：scintill-, scintil-, scinti-

【来源及含义】Latin: light, shine, spark, sparkle, twinkle

【相关词根词缀】 Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: ethero-; fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; phospho-; photo-; splendo-.

【同源单词】atmospheric scintillation, dacryoscintigraphy, immunoscintigraphy, interplanetary scintillation, microscintigraphy, scinticisternograph