词根:her = heir(继承人)
来自拉丁语的heres 意为heir,同义词根有here,herit,heir,它们都是词根her的变形。注意不要和意为to stick的her / hes 相混淆。
(*拉丁文heres (=heir)——英文字根字典)
同源词:
1. heritage (继承人继承的东西 her (=heir))
n.遗产;继承物
heritable adj.会遗传的;可继承的
As the eldest son,the title of Duke is his heritage. 作为家里的长子,他继承了公爵的爵位。
2. heredity
n.遗传;遗传的特征
heredity factors / genes 遗传因素/基因
3. hereditary
adj.世袭的,世代相传的;遗传的
hereditary rulers /beliefs/diseases 世袭的统治者/世代相传的信仰/遗传性疾病
4. hereditament
n.世袭财产
5. heritable
adj.可遗传的;可继承的
6. inherit
v.继承(财产、权力、爵位等);因遗传而获得(某些特点) *in(=in)
inerit 30,000 dollars from his father 从他父亲那里继承3万美元
inherit her mother's good looks and her father's bad temper 继承了她母亲的美貌和父亲的坏脾气
7. inheritance
n.继承;继承物,遗产;继承权 *in(=in)
receive property by ineritance 因继承而得到财产
8. heiress
n.女继承人
9. heirloom
n.传家宝;祖传物(隐约出现之物——>宝物)《loom = 隐约出现》
10. heirship
n.继承人之地位;继承权《 -ship = state 表状态的名词字尾》
11. coheir
n.共同继承人《co- = com- = together》
12. disinherit
v.剥夺继承权;剥夺人权或特权《dis- = apart,away》