词根:spers(spars) = to sprinke, to strew, to scatter 散, 撒
来源于拉丁语的词根spargere 意为 to sprinkle,to strew。spars 是其变形。
同源词:
1. aspersion(向某人散播 a<ad(=to) + spers (=strew) )
n.洒圣水;诽谤,中伤
asperse v.洒圣水;诽谤,中伤
The movie star's autobiography cast aspersions on every director she'd worked with. 那个电影演员在自传里诽谤了所有与她合作过的导演。
2. disperse(分别散播 di<dis(=away,apart) + spers(=strew))
vt.驱散,使散开
dispersal n.散布,分散;解散
dispersion n.散布;分散
The crowd of protesters dispersed when the police arrived. 警察一到,示威者们就散开了。
3. sparse(spars 散,-e 后缀;散-->散开-->稀疏)
adj.稀少的,稀疏的 *spars<spers(=strew))
sparsity n.(见上,-ity 名词后缀)稀少,稀疏
sparse population 稀少的人口
sparse beard 稀疏的胡须
4. intersperse(在...中间,spers 散;“撒在中间”)
v.散布,散置,点缀
interspersion n.(见上,-ion 名词后缀)散布,散置,点缀
词根:fig = to form
来自拉丁语的fig 意为to form。
同源词:
1. effigy (拔出来做成某种样子ef<ex(=out) + fig(=form))
n.(用木、石等雕刻的)像,模拟像
The U.S. President is frequently burned in effigy by protesters.示威者们经常烧掉美国总统像。
2. transfigure
v.使...变形;改变...的外表 *trans (=change)
transfiguration n.变形,改观
3. figment
n.虚构的事,臆造的事
figments of the imagination 凭空想出来的事
4. figure
n.数字;图形;图解;图表;雕像;身材,外形;(飞行或滑冰)花样;舞步;人物
v.想像;描绘;计算;估计;(~out)理解
figurehead n.傀儡
double figures 两倍数
geometrical figures 几何图形
a woman of graceful figure 外形优雅的女人
political figure 政界人士
great figures of the age 那个时代的伟大人物
cut a brilliant figure 崭露头角
I can't figure that man out.我搞不懂那个人
figure dance 花样舞
figure dancer 跳花样舞的人
figure painting / picture 肖像画
figure skate / skating 花样滑冰
5. figured
adj.有花纹(或图案)的;用图形表示的
figured glass window 压花玻璃窗
figured silk 有花纹的丝织品
6. figurative
adj.比喻,象征的;用修辞的;[画]形象的
in the figurative sense 就比喻意义而言
the figurative arts 形象艺术
词根词缀:testi-, test-
【来源及含义】Latin: a witness, one who stands by; from testicle, one of the two oval male gonads supported in the scrotum by its tissues and suspended by the spermatic cord
【同源单词】Ab intestato, attest, attestable, attestant, attestation, attester