词根:plain, plaint = beat 打, to beat the breast 捶胸
来源于拉丁语 plangere,过去分词是planctus 意思是“打,捶胸”,plaint 为 plain 的变体;有异形同义词根:bat,cuss,fend,fenc,fens,fest,flict 打。
同源词:
1. plaint
n.悲叹,怨诉,抱怨
2. plaintiff [plain 打 + -tiff (n.) 名词后缀 → 打人的人居然是原告 → ]
n.起诉人,原告
3. complain [con- 一起,共同 + plain 捶胸 → 一起捶胸 → ]
v. 抱怨,诉苦,投诉,控告
4. complaint [com- 全部 + plain 捶胸 + -t名词后缀→ ]
n. 抱怨,诉苦,投诉,控告
5. complainant (=plaintiff) [见上,-ant 表示人的后缀 → ]
n.起诉人,原告
6. plaintive [plaint 捶胸 + -ive 形容词后缀 → 一个人捶胸大哭 → ]
adj. 悲哀的,哀伤的
7. plaintiveness [见上,-ness 名词后缀 → ]
n. 悲哀,哀伤
词根:plaint = complain, 表示“抱怨”
plaintive a. 痛苦的,伤心的(plaint+ive)
plaintiff n. 原告(plaint+iff表名词,如:tariff关税)
palaint n. 悲叹
complaint n. 抱怨(com全部+plaint→对全部东西抱怨)
词根词缀:ankylo-, ankyl-, anky-, anchylo-, anchyl-, ancylo-, ancyl-
【来源及含义】Greek: stiff, unmovable; adhesion; by extension, "bent, hooked, crooked, curved, looped"
【同源单词】anchyloblepharon, anchylose, anchylosed, anchylosis, anchylotic, ankyloblepharon
词根词缀:ponto-, pont-, pon-
【来源及含义】Latin: bridge
【同源单词】pontage, pontifex, Pontifex Maximus, pontiff, pontifical, pontifically
词根词缀:rigi-, rig-
【来源及含义】Latin: stiff, hard, numb; to be frozen, to grow stiff with cold, to be chilled
【同源单词】acid rigor, calcium rigor, catatonic rigidity, cerebellar rigidity, clasp-knife rigidity, cogwheel rigidity
词根词缀:set-, seto-, seti-
【来源及含义】Latin: bristle [short stiff hair on an animal or plant, or a mass of short stiff hairs growing; especially, on a hog's back or a man's face]
【同源单词】bisetose, seta, setaceous, setiferous, setiform, setiparous