词根:col(cul) = neck(脖子)
词根col 来自拉丁语的col 意为neck。另外,col 还有to filter,large intestine,to fill,glue 等含义。cul 是它的变形。
同源词:
1. accolade(挂丰脖子附近ac<ad(=to ,near) + col(=neck))
n.称赞;赞赏;(the ~) 骑士爵位的授予典礼
The poet received a prestigious accolade from the Literary Society. 那位诗人得了文学协会的极高赞誉。
2. collar
n.领子;(狗、马等的)项圈;(连接两个管子、连杆别车轴等的)箍 *col(=neck)
blue/white collar workers 蓝领/白领工作者
collar stud 领扣
collar bone 锁骨
3. decollation
n.断头 *de(=down) ,col(=neck)
4. décolleté
adj. <法>(衣服)低颈露肩的 *de(=down,away),col(=neck)
5. percolate
v.过滤;(使)渗出;(使)浸透 *per(=through),col(=filter)
percolator n.(带有过滤器的)过滤式咖啡壶
Water percolates through sand.水从沙子里渗出来。
I make coffee by percolating boiling water through ground coffee. 我用沸水滤过咖啡粉的方法煮咖啡。
6. colander
n.过滤器,(厨房用)滤水器(碗态、有孔,用来过滤或淘洗食物)*col(=filter)
cullender(=colander)
7. culvert
n.阴沟;地下电缆管道 *cul<col(=filter)
8. colon
n.结肠 *col(=large intestine)
colon cleanse 肠清洗剂
9. colic
n.(无腹泻的剧烈的)腹痛 *col(=large intestine)
10. colitis
n.大肠炎 *col(=large intestine),itis(=inflammation)
11. colony
n.殖民地;侨民;群体;[生]群落 *col(=till)
colonist n.殖民地开拓者
the South Korean colony in New York 纽约的韩国侨民
a colony of artists 一群美术家
a colony of ants 一群蚂蚁
12. colonial
adj.殖民地的 n.殖民地居民(尤其指开拓者的子孙)*col(=till)
colonialism n.殖民政策;殖民主义
colonialist n.殖民主义者;殖民政策的支持者
13. colonize
v.开拓殖民地 *col(=till)
colonization n.殖民
colonizer n.殖民地开拓者
14. neocolonialism
n.新殖民主义 *neo(=new),col(=till)
15. cultivate
v.耕种(土地),耕作;栽培;培养 *cul<col(=till)
cultivated adj.有教养的
16. cultivation
n.耕作;栽培;培养;修养 *cul<col(=till)
cultivator n.耕作者,耕耘者,栽培者
cultivation of the soil 耕种土地
17. culture
n.文化;教养;修养;栽培;(医学、科学研究用的微生物)培养
v. 培养(细菌等);栽培,耕作 *cul<col(=till)
cultured adj.(人)有教养的,有修养的;(兴趣、爱好等)高雅的
cultural adj.文化的;教养的
a man of culture 有修养的人
culture of the mind 心性修养
culture of cotton 棉花栽培
silk culture 养蚕
culture of cholera germs 霍乱菌的培养
cultured pearl 养殖珍珠
18. collage
n.拼贴画(用纸、布、照片、金属等的小片粘贴拼合而成)*col(=glue)
19. protocol
n.(条约等的)草案;议定书;(外交)礼节 *proto(=first),col(=glue)
词根:men (mean) = to lead
来自拉丁语的men 意为 to lead,它的变形为mean。同义词根有来自拉丁语的duct/duc(du) 以及来自希腊语的agog。此外,意为to drive 的来自拉丁语的ag/ig/act /plus(peal)等也具有近似的含义。
同源词:
1. demeanor(很好地引导自己de(=intensive) + mean<men(=lead))
n.举动,行为
demean v.使表现;贬低...的身份
Her professional demeanor is reserved and cultured. 她工作时言语矜持,举止文雅。
2. misdemeanor
n.轻罪 *mis(=bad) ,de(=down) ,mean<men(=lead)
3. amenable
adj.顺从的;对...负有义务(或责任)的;经得起检验的 *a<ad(=to)
amenable to kindness / advice /reason/flattery 易受好意感动的/能听从劝告的/通情达理的/易为吹捧所动的
amenable to the law 服从法律的
4. commence
v.开始,着手 *com(=together,with)(请注意:这里的com是一个前缀,要与词根com区分开来)
The performance will commence soon. 演出马上就要开始了
commence studying political science 开始学习政治学
5. commencement
n.开始,开端;(大学等的)毕业典礼;学位授予仪式 *com(=together,with)
The commencement ceremony was held on May 20,1990. 毕业典礼于1990年5月20日举行。
Thirtieth Commencement 第30届毕业典礼
6. promenade
n.散布,漫步;骑马;散步场所,海滨人行道;(大学、高中等的)舞会(也作prom)
v.散步;带(某人)散步 *pro(=forward,forth)
promenade concert (听众站立或走动着听的)散步音乐会
promenade deck 散步甲板(供一等舱乘客使用)
Senior Prom 毕业班舞会
promenade his wife along the sea-front 带着他的妻子在滨海区散步
词根词缀:pyo-, py-
【来源及含义】Greek: pus; purulent, an infection or foreign material that causes a thick whitish-yellow fluid which results from the accumulation of white blood cells
【相关词根词缀】 Word families with similar applications about: "decay, rotten; wasting away; putrid, pus" word units: phthisio- (decay, waste away); puro- (pus); pus (viscous fluid via an infection); pustu- (blister, pimple); putre- (rotten, decayed); sapro- (rotten, putrid, putrefaction, decay); sepsi- (decay, rot, putrefactive); suppurant- (festering, forming or discharging pus); tabe- (wasting away, decaying). Cross references of word groups that are related, partially or extensively, to: "blister, bump, swelling": bull-; ichor-; papulo-; pemphig-; puro-; pus-; pustu-; suppurant-; tum-; vesico-; vesiculo-.
【同源单词】archepyon, arthroempyesis, biopyoculture, biopyocultured, dacryopyorrhea, dacryopyosis