词根:croch (croach, crouch, crutch, crook) = hook, to bend
来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的croch 意为hook,to bend。其变形为croach,crouch,crotch,crutch,crook。同义词根有来自拉丁语的clin/cli,flect/flex,cumb/cub等。
同源词:
1. encroach(像钩子一样蜷缩在里边en(=in) + croach<croch(=hook,bend))
vi. on + sth 侵入侵蚀;侵害(权利等)
encroachment n.侵入;侵害;侵蚀
suburban creep is encroaching on the family farm where i grew up. 我在我家的农场长大,现在它正受到郊区那些小偷的侵害。
2. crochel
n.钩针编织(品) v.用钩针编织
crochet hook 钩针
3. crouch
v.(因害怕或要躲藏而)蹲伏;(动物准备跳跃前)蜷缩(身体) n.下蹲(姿势),蜷缩(姿势)*crouch<croch(=bend)
4. crotchety
adj.反复无常的;有奇想的 *crotch<croch(=bend)
crotchet n.怪想,奇想;反复无常;四分音符
5. crotch
n.(树木的)枝丫;胯部,裤裆 *crotch<croch(=bend)
sti in a crotch of a tree 坐在树枝上
6. crutch
n.拐杖;(样子、用途像拐杖的)支撑物;精神支柱 *crotch<croch(=bend)
go about on crutches 拄着拐杖走
7. crook
n.钩状物;(牧童的)曲柄杖;(道路或河流的)拐弯处,弯曲处;骗子,小偷
v.(使)弯曲;诈骗,欺骗 *crotch<croch(=bend)
crookback n.驼背
on the crook 诈骗地,以不正当手段地
crook one's finger/arm 弯曲手指/胳膊
crook a friend 欺骗朋友
8. crooked
adj.弯曲的;歪的;(人、行动等)不正当的,不老实的,不正派的 *crotch<croch(=bend)
crooked lane 弯曲的小路
crooked stick 懒汉;不诚实的人
词根:atroc = cruel (残酷)
atrocious a. 残暴的
atrocity n. 残暴
词根:broch = pierce (刺, 缝)
brochure n. 手册(用线缝在一起的纸)
broach n. 钻孔器v开瓶塞;提出问题
词根词缀:atroc-, atroci-
【来源及含义】Latin: cruel, fierce; dark-looking, gloomy
【同源单词】atrocious, atrociously, atrociousness, atrocity
词根词缀:fier-, feroci-
【来源及含义】Latin: wild, untamed
【同源单词】ferocious, ferociously, ferociousness, ferocity, fierce, fiercely
词根词缀:procto-, proct-
【来源及含义】Greek: anus, rectum
【同源单词】ankyloproctia, aproctia, colectomy, coloproctectomy, coloproctostomy, Entoprocta
词根词缀:reciproc-
【来源及含义】Latin: reciprocus, turning back the same way, alternating; turning backward and forward; to give, to do, to feel, or to show in return
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "another, other, different, alternating, varied, changing": ali-; allo-; alter-; allelo-; hetero-; mut-; poikilo-; vari-.
【同源单词】reciprocal, reciprocal altruism, reciprocal cross, reciprocal determination, reciprocal hybrids, reciprocal inhibition
词根词缀:spirochet-, spirochaet-, spirocheta-, spirocheti- (long flowing)
【来源及含义】Greek: coil; [long flowing] hair; hence, "hair, bristle"; spirochetes, coil-shaped microorganisms
【同源单词】bronchospirochetosis, fusospirochetal, fusospirochetosis, spirochete, spirochetemia, spirocheticidal
词根词缀:troch-, trocho-
【来源及含义】Greek: that which is round[ed]; a wheel, a disk
【同源单词】trochal, trochanter, trochanteritis, trochlea, trochlear, trochlear nerve