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词根:bell = beautiful, war

  来自拉丁语的bell意为beautiful,war,在盎格鲁-撒克逊语里意为bag,to swell。当bell 用做beautiful 这一含义时,其同义词根有来自拉丁语的pulchr和来自希腊语的calli,cosmet。

(*拉丁文 bellum(=war) —— 英文根字典)

同源词:

1. embellish(使变美丽em<en(=make) + bell (=beautiful))
  vt. sth + with + sth 美化;装饰;使(故事等)更有趣;润色
  embellishment n.装饰(物);润色
  She embellished the cake with real cut flowers. 她用折来的鲜花装饰蛋糕。

2. belle
  n.美女 *bell (=beautiful) ,e(=person who)
  the belle of the ball/society 舞会花魁/交际花

3. belles-lettres
  n.<法>纯文学(与商业,技术、科学等文献相对)*bell (=beautiful)

4. belladonna
  n.(植物)颠茄;颠茄制剂 *bell (=beautiful),don(=give)

5. bellicose
  adj.<正>好战的,好争吵的,好斗的;黩武 *bell(=war)

6. Bellona
  n.司战女神 *bell(=war)
  Mars 战神

7. rebel
  n.造反者;叛逆者;反抗者 adj.选择者,叛逆的 v.造反;反叛;反抗 *re(=against) ,bell(=war)
  rebel forces 叛军

8. rebellion
  n.造反,叛乱 *re(against),bell(=war)
  rebellion against the dictator 针对独裁者的叛乱

9. rebellious
  adj.造反的;反叛的;难控制的 *re(=against),bell(=war)
  rebellious behavior 造反行为

10. antebellum
  adj.战争前的;(特指)美国南北战争前夕的(<-->postbellum战后的)*ante(=before),bell(=war))

11. belly
  n.肚子,腹部;胃;鼓起(或凹进去的)部分(小提琴等的腰部)v. 涨满,鼓胀 *bell(=bag,swell)
  belly button 肚脐
  The sails bellied in the wind. 帆在风中鼓起

12. Belgium
  n.比利时

13. bellied
  adj.(构成合成词)有腹的;腹...的 *bell(=bag,swell)
  big-bellied 大腹便便的
  empty-bellied children 饥肠辘辘的孩子们

14. bellyful
  n.过量(of);满腹 *bell(=bag,swell)
  a bellyful of advice 过多的功告

15. bellow
  n.(像牛一样)吼叫,怒吼,咆哮;大声发出 *bell(=bag,swell)
  bellow out a drinking song 放声高唱祝酒歌

16. bellows
  n.(用以送风助火的或风琴的)风箱;肺 *bell(=bag,swell)

词根词缀:foll-, folli-

【来源及含义】Latin: bag; bellows; windbag; moneybag

【同源单词】folleatus, follically challenged, follicle, follicle mite, folliclis, follicular

词根词缀:phys-, physo-

【来源及含义】Greek: breath, wind; pertaining to air or gas; bellows, bladder, bubble; swollen; as seen in many modern scientific terms

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind": aello-; aeolo-; aero-; anemo-; atmo-; austro-; flat-, flatu-; pneo-, -pnea; pneumato-; turb-; vent-; zephyro-.

【同源单词】physocarpous, physocele, physocephaly, physocleistous, physogastrism, physograde