词根:test = witness(证据)
来自拉丁语的testis意为 witness。
同源词:
1. detest(在眼前看到脱离正常的事物 de(=from) + test(=witness)
vt. 厌恶,憎恶
detestation n.厌恶,憎恶
detestable adj.令人厌恶的
Many children detest the taste of Brussels sprouts. 许多小孩子都讨厌芽甘蓝的味道。
2. attest
v.证明,证实,是...的证据;(使)发誓 *at<ad(=to)
attest a signature 证明签名是真的
fests which attest to his strength of will 可证明他坚强意志的功绩
3. contest
n.竞争,竞赛;争论,论战,争辩 v.竞赛,争夺,竞争;争辩 *con<com(=together)
contestant n.竞争对手,竞争者
beauty / musical /speech contest 选美比赛/音乐比赛/演讲比赛
three-round featherweight contest (拳击)三轮的次轻量级选手比赛
4. intestate
adj.未留遗嘱的 *in(=not)
die intestate 死时未留遗嘱
5. pretest
n.预备考试 *pre(=before)
6. protest
v.抗议,提出异议;断言,主张 n.抗议,异议;主张 *pro(=forth,forward)
protest movement 抗议运动
protest march 抗议游行
7. protestation
n.断言,声明,主张 *pro(=forth,forward)
protestations of innocence /friendship 声明无罪/友好宣言
8. protestant
adj. 新教的,新教徒的 n.新教徒
protestantism n.新教,新教教义
Protestant Reformation 新教改革
9. testament
n.遗嘱;(T~)(基督教的)圣约书(Old/New Testament)
testamentary adj.遗嘱的,据遗嘱的
10. testamur
n.(英国大学)考试及格证书
testate
adj./n. 留有遗嘱的(人)
testator n.立遗嘱者
testatix n.女遗嘱人
11. testicle
n.(pl.)睾丸 *cle(=small)
12. testify
v.作证,证实,是...的证据,证明 *ify(=make)
13. testimonial
n.(能力、资格等的)证明书,推荐信;感谢信,表扬信;奖状,纪念品
14. testimony
n.[律]证词;(信仰等的)声明
give false testimony 作伪证
His poverty is a testimony to his innocence. 他的穷困证明他是清白的。
15. test
n.正文;原文(被编织的)
16. textile
adj.织物的 n.织物(的原料)
17. textual
adj. 本文的;原文的
18. texture
n.质地;组织;构造
19. textural
adj.质地的;组织上的
20. context
n.上下文;某事的前后关联(使和本文在一起的)《con- = together》
21. contextual
adj.上下文的;依前后关系的
22. contexture
n.组织;构造(共同织成)
23. subtle
adj.阴险的;微妙的;敏锐的(织法的精细)《sub- = beneath,closely》
24. pretext
n.藉口(眼前所编的话)《pre- = before》
25. subtlety
n.聪明;精微;阴险
26. tissue
n.[生理]组织
词根词缀:castrat-, castra-, castro-
【来源及含义】Latin: to cut, geld, spay; to remove the testicles or ovaries of an animal, including humans
【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: cast-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; mutil-; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.
【同源单词】castracism, castracize, castrate, castrated, castration, castration anxiety
词根词缀:didym-
【来源及含义】Greek: twin; testicle
【相关描述】Words that include the Greek element didym- which oddly provides us with words referring to "twins" or "testes".
【同源单词】cryptodidymus, didymalgia, didymitis, didymus, epididymis, epididymitis
词根词缀:orchido-, orchid-, orchio-, orchi-, -orchium
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: testes; testicles
【同源单词】anorchism, anorchus, cryptorchid, cryptorchidectomy, cryptorchism, hydrorchis
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