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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