词根:galact, lact = 乳
词根galact和lact 分别来源于希腊语 galakt和拉丁语。词根 -lacti- 为 -lact- 的变体,且有异形同义词根:-mamm- 乳房。
同源词:
1. lactary [lact 乳,-ary (a.) 形容词后缀,表示“…的”]
adj.乳的,乳状的
2. ablactate [ab- 离开、-ate (v.) 表示使, → 使之离开幼小,不再吃母乳 →]
v.使断奶
3. ablactation [ab- 离开,lact 乳,-ation 名词后缀]
n.断奶
4. lactifuge [lact 乳,fug 逃, 散,-e (n.) 名词后缀]
n. 退乳药,止乳剂
5. lactate [lact 乳,-ate 动词后缀]
v.分泌乳汁;喂奶,授奶
6. lactation [见上,-ation 名词后缀]
n.汁分泌;授乳(期)
7. lacteal [lact 乳,-eal 形容词后缀,...的]
adj.乳汁的;乳白的
8. lactean [lact 乳,-ean 形容词后缀,...的]
adj.乳汁的;乳白的
9. lactic [lact 乳,-ic ... 的]
adj.乳的;乳汁的
10. lactose [lact 乳,-ose 化学名词后缀,表示 糖]
n.乳糖
11. prolactin [pro- 前,向前、-in (n.) 表示素 → 催促乳汁向前流出的激素→]
n.催乳激素
12. agalactia [a- 无、galact 乳,-ia (n.) 名词后缀,表示疾病 → 缺乏乳汁的病症→]
n.乳汁缺乏症
13. galactin [galact 乳,-in (n.) 名词后缀,表示素 → 催乳激素的另类写法]
n.催乳激素
词根:lud, lus = to play(游戏, 扮演)
来自拉丁语的luder(=to paly)意为to laugh,to play。
同源词:
1. allude [对某事发笑al<ad(=to)+lud(=laugh, play)]
vi. to +sth 暗指;间接提到
allusion n.暗指
allusive adj. 暗指的
Her drooping eyes allude to her profound fatigue. 她双眼低垂,说明她非常疲倦。
2. collusion [一起笑col<com(=together)+lus(=laugh, play)]
n.同谋,勾结
collude v. 同谋
collusive adj.同谋的
The airlines are sometimes thought to be guilty of collusion in ticket pricing. 有时航空公司会被指责相互串通垄断机票价格。
3. delude [由于可笑而使某人脱离正常状态de(=from)+lud(=laugh,play)]
vt. 欺骗;哄骗;迷惑
delusion n. 迷惑,欺瞒;错觉
deIusive adj. 欺骗的;妄想的
He deludes himself that he is handsome. 他自欺地认为自己长得很帅。
4. elude [笑着从危险状况中摆脱出来e<ex(=out)+lud(=laugh.piay)]
vt.(巧妙地)逃脱,摆脱
elusive adj.逃避的
elusion n. 回避;选跑
The criminal eluded the cops by stealing a car and driving away. 犯人躲开警察偷了一辆车逃跑了。
5. illusion [头脑对某事物闹着玩il<in(=on)+lus(=laugh,play)]
n.幻想;错觉;假象
illusionist n. 魔术师;空想家
illusiva/illusory adj.幻影的;错觉的;迷惑人的
Many old maids hold the illusion of perfect marriage well into their fifties. 许多老处女在五十岁以后仍然幻想着拥有完美的婚姻。
6. ludicrous
adj.滑稽的,可笑的 *lud(=laugh)
7. prelude
n.前奏曲;序幕 v.作为...的前奏(或序幕)*pre(=before),lud(=play)
8. interlude
n.间奏;(话剧或歌剧等的)幕间;穿插事件 *inter(=between),lud(=play)
interludes of bright weather 坏天气中间或有的晴天。
9. postiude
n.后奏曲 *post(=after),lud(=play)
10. disllusion
n.幻灭;觉醒 v.使幻灭;使醒悟(幻想破灭)《dis- = away》
词根:rap, rav(rep) = to take, to snatch(攫取)
来自拉丁语的rap,rav意为to take,to snatch。rap中元音弱化后变成rep。同义词根有来自拉丁语的prehend/prehens,pris,cap/capt/cept/ceiv(cip,cup,ceit),empt/em,sump/sumpt,lab/lep等。
(*拉丁文rapere(=to snatch,to seize,to grasp)——英文字根字典)
同源词:
1. surreptitious(向下抓住、采用的sur<sub(=under) + rep<rap(=take)
adj.秘密的;鬼鬼祟祟的
That handsome dude over there is stealing surreptitious glances at you.那边那个帅哥正在向你暗送秋波呢
2. ravage(被抢夺或被夺取的状态 rav(=take,seize)
n.破坏;荒废;(pl.)破坏后的残迹
vt.破坏,使荒废;(军队等)劫持
The lion ravaged the zebra until nothing was left but bones.狮子将一匹斑马吞食得只剩下骨头。
3. rape
n./v.抢夺;强奸
rapist n.强奸犯
4. rapaclous
adj.(尤其指对金钱)贪婪的,掠夺的
rapacity n.贪婪
5. rapid
adj.(速度)快的;陡峭的
n.(pl.)急流
rapidity n.迅速,急速
rapidly adv.快地,迅速地
6. rapine
n.抢夺,掠夺
7. rapt
adj.着迷的,埋头的
with rapt attention 全神贯注地
rapt in a book埋头读书的
8. rapture
n.狂喜,高兴;着迷
rapturous adj.狂喜的
go into raptures over着迷于...
9. enrapture
v.使狂喜 *en(=make)
10. raven
n.渡鸦(通常被看做不吉利的鸟)
adj.(毛发等)乌黑的
v.掠夺
raven locks 乌黑的头发
11. ravening
adj.空腹觅食的;狼吞虎咽的
ravening wolf 觅食的饿狼
12. ravenous
adj.狼吞虎咽的,非常饥饿的;贪婪的
ravenous appetite 极好的胃口
ravenous hunger 极度的饥饿
ravenous for power贪图权力的
13. ravine
n.峡谷
14. ravish
v.使狂喜;使陶醉;掠夺
ravishingly adv.狂喜地;陶醉地
ravishment n.陶醉;狂喜
ravishing view 令人陶醉的景色
ravished with her beauty 被她的美貌逮住
词根:lact = milk, 表示“奶, 乳”
lactic a. 乳汁的
lactate v. 分泌乳汁(lact+ate)
ablactate v. 使…断奶(ab离开+lact+ate→离开奶→断奶)
lacteal a. 乳汁的;乳白的
词根:austr = aouth (南方)
austeal a. 南面的
Australia n. 澳大利亚(在南半球)
后缀:-th [名词后缀]
构成抽象名词,表示行为、性质、状态、情况
warmth 温暖,热情
coolth 凉爽,凉
growth 成长,发育
stealth 秘密行动,秘密
strength 力量(streng=strong)
breadth 力度(bread=broad)
length 长度(leng=long)
width 宽度(wid=wide)
depth 深度(dep=deep)
truth 真理(tru=true)
[注]加在基数词之后,表示“第...”、兼表“...分之一”
fourth 第四,四分之一
fifth 第五,五分之一
sixth 第六,六分之一
seventh 第七,七分之一
词根词缀:algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy
【来源及含义】Greek: pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting
【相关描述】Used actively in medical terminology to denote a condition of sensitivity to pain as specified by the combining root.
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families: -agra; algo-; angina-; dolor-; Masochism; noci-; odyno-; poen-; pono- (toil, work; pain); Sadism.
【同源单词】abdominalgia, acromelalgia, acrostealgia, acupuncture analgesia, adenalgia, adiposalgia
词根词缀:glut-
【来源及含义】Greek: buttock, butt, rump; muscles of the buttocks; sometimes, it means "round"
【同源单词】buttock, buttocks, gluteal, gluteal nerve, gluteal reflex, gluteal region
词根词缀:klept-, klepto-, -kleptic; clepto-, clept-, -clepty, -cleptic
【来源及含义】Greek: theft, thief, steal
【同源单词】biblioklept, bibliokleptomania, bibliokleptomaniac, biological oxidation, clepsammia, clepsydra
词根词缀:ommat-, ommato-
【来源及含义】Greek: eye
【同源单词】basommatophora, ommateal, ommateum, ommatophobia, ommatophore, polyommatous