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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