词根:glob = sphere
来自拉丁语的glob 意为sphere。
同源词:
1. global (球的、球体的 glot(=sphere)
adj.全求的,全世界的;总体的,全体的;球体的
Global communication becomes more efficient every year.全求通讯的效率每年都在提高。
2. globe
n.球;地球仪;用玻璃等做的球状物(如球形灯、鱼缸等);(the~)地球
globefish 河豚
globe-trot 环球旅行
globe-trotter 环球旅行者
3. globule
n.小球;小滴;药丸 *ule(=small)
globular 球状的;由小球组成的
词根词缀:glob-, glom-
【来源及含义】Latin: a round body, a ball; round, a sphere; the earth; "sphere" came from Latin globus, "round mass, sphere"; related to gleba, "clod, soil, land". Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it, appeared first in 1553
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)": agra-; agrest-; agri-; agro-; argill-; choro-; chthon-; epeiro-; geo-; lut-; myso-; pedo-; pel-; rhyp-; soil-; sord-; terr-. Related ball, sphere-word units: hemoglobin-; sphero-.
【同源单词】agglomerate, agglomeration, agglomerative, aglobulia, aglobuliosis, calcoglobule