后缀:-ard [名词后缀]
表示人(大多含有贬义)
drunkard 醉鬼,酒徒
laggard 落后者
Spaniard 西班牙人
bastard 私生子
dullard 笨人,笨汉
coward 胆怯者
dotard 年老昏惯的人
wizard 奇才,男巫
sluggard 懒汉
niggard 守财奴
词根词缀:dys-
【来源及含义】Greek: bad, harsh, wrong; ill; hard to do, difficult at; slow of; disordered; impaired, defective
【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "bad, wrong": caco-, kako-; mal-; mis-; pessim-; sceler-. Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish": lent-; tard-.
【同源单词】acrodysaesthesia, acrodysostosis, algesidystrophy, algodystrophy, amebic dysentery, amylodyspepsia
词根词缀:lent-, lenta-, lenti-
【来源及含义】Latin: slow, sluggish, immovable
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish": dys-; tard-.
【同源单词】lentamente, lentando, lentidigitation, lentitude, lento, relent
词根词缀:letho-, leth-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: lie hidden, secret; forgetfulness, forget, inactive through forgetfulness; also sleepy, drowsy, dull, sluggish
【相关词根词缀】 Related "sleep" units: dorm-; hypno-; narco-; oneiro- (dream); somni-; sopor-. Etymologically related "forget, forgetfulness" word families: aletho-; oblivio-. Related "memory, remember" word families: memor-; mne-.
【同源单词】alethia, lethargic, lethargical, lethargically, lethargize, lethargogenic
词根词缀:tard-
【来源及含义】Latin: slow; sluggish
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or partly, involving "slow, slowness, slow of, sluggish": dys-; lent-.
【同源单词】Ad vindictam tardus, aquitard, mental retardation, psychomotor retardation, psychosocial retardation, retard
词根词缀:torp-
【来源及含义】Latin: stupor, numb, sluggish
【同源单词】summer torpor, tepid, torpedo, torpedo, torpescence, torpescent