词根:figur = to shape(形成), figure(形状)
*拉丁文fingere(=to shape,figure) ——英文字根字典
同源词:
1. figure
n.形状;数字;图形;人物;身材
v.演算;表示;加图案
2. figuration
n.成形;定形;轮廓
3. figurative
adj.比喻的; 假借的;修饰多的
4. configuration
n.形状;外形;轮廓 《con- = wholly》
5. transfigure
v. 使变形;使变貌;使变为高尚(使形状转移)《trans- = across》
6. prefigure
v.预示;预想(事先表示形状)《pre- = before》
7. disfigure
v.破坏(形状、美观、价值等)(使形状分离)《dis- =apart》
8. effigy
n.肖像;雕像;画像(使形状呈现出来)《ef- = ex- = out》
词根词缀:de-
【来源及含义】Latin: from, away from, off; down; wholly, entirely, utterly, complete; reverse the action of, undo; the negation or reversal of the notion expressed in the primary or root word
【同源单词】de die in diem, de facto, De gustibus non est disputandum, de jure, De minimis non curat praetor, De mortuis nihil nisi bonum