词根:mens = to measure
来自拉丁语的mens 意为 to measure,同义词根来自拉丁语的meter,metr。
同源词:
1. commensurate(大小、尺寸相互一致的 com(=with) + mens (=measure))
adj.成比例的;均衡的,相应的;同量的
commensurable adj.可用同一单位度量的
Salary for the position will be commensurate with prior experience and ability. 这个职位的薪水将与以往的工作经验和能力成比例。
2. immense(无法测量的 im<in(=not) + mens(=measure))
adj.广大的,巨大的;无限的;极妙的,优秀的
immensity n.无限;广大;巨大
immensely adv.无限地;非常
There is an immense gulf of enmity between my trother and me. 我哥哥和多之间矛盾很深。
3. commensurable
adj.可度量的 *com(=with)
Their achievements are not commensurable.他们的成就不可相提并论。
4. dimension
n.(长、宽、厚、高等的)尺寸;(pl.)大小,规模;范围;重要性;<口>(女性的)胸围,腰围,臀围;[数]维 *di<dis(=away,apart)
What are the dimensions of the room ? 这个房间有多大?
building of great dimensions 庞大的建筑物
dimensions of the probem 问题的重要性
of one dimension 一维的,线性的
of two dimensions 二维的,平面的
of three dimensions 三维的,立体的
5. dimensional
adj. ...维的;尺寸的
3D(three-dimensional)figures (三维图形)
two-dimensional space 二维空间
three-dimensional films /picture 立体电影/三维图像
词根词缀:glob-, glom-
【来源及含义】Latin: a round body, a ball; round, a sphere; the earth; "sphere" came from Latin globus, "round mass, sphere"; related to gleba, "clod, soil, land". Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it, appeared first in 1553
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "land, ground, fields, soil, dirt, mud, clay, earth (world)": agra-; agrest-; agri-; agro-; argill-; choro-; chthon-; epeiro-; geo-; lut-; myso-; pedo-; pel-; rhyp-; soil-; sord-; terr-. Related ball, sphere-word units: hemoglobin-; sphero-.
【同源单词】agglomerate, agglomeration, agglomerative, aglobulia, aglobuliosis, calcoglobule
词根词缀:stereo-, stere-
【来源及含义】Greek: solid, firm, hard; three-dimensional
【同源单词】stereochemistry, stereochromy, stereognosis, stereognostic, stereogram, stereograph