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词根:und, ound = wave 波浪

  来自拉丁语的und意为wave。

同源词:

1. abound [用力荡漾ab(=intensive, away)+und(=wave)]/[ab-加强语义;und, ound=wave, flow波浪,流→水量大→量多,丰富,充裕]
  adj.in/with+sth大量存在;富于;充满
  This section of town abounds with ltalian restaurants.(这个城区有很多意大利餐厅。)

2. inundate [in(=on.in) 入 +und(=wave)波浪-->流 + -ate动词后缀,大量的水“流入”-->]
  v. 泛滥,淹没;压倒;使应接不暇
  inundation泛滥,洪水;压倒;应接不暇
  In September of 1999.floods inundated many Nigerian villages.(1999年9月,尼日利亚的许多村庄被洪水淹没。)

3. redundant [继续荡漾的 red<re(=back,again)+und(=wave) + ant 形容词后缀]
  n. 多余的,过剩的,累赘的
  Stop berating me! You' re being redundant.(不要再责备我了!你太哆唆了。)

4. undulate [und波浪 + -u- 连接字母 + ulate=ate表动作, -ate 动词兼形容词后缀]
  v. / adj.(表面)呈波浪形;波动,起浪;起伏
  undulation n. [见上,-ation 名词后缀]波动;起伏

5. fecundity (fec=fic做+und波动+ity表名词→出产的[粮食]像波浪→丰富,富饶)
  n.生产力;丰富,富饶

6. abund [ab+cund[=und]参考;abundant]
  v.丰富,充满
  abundance n.[见上,-ance 名词后缀] 丰富
  abundant adj. [见上,-ant 形容词后缀] 丰富的
  abundantly adv. [见上,-ly 副词后缀] 丰富地

7. redound (red回+ound[=und]→波动回来→回流;产生影响)
  v. 回流;起作用

8. superabound [super 超,过 + abound 多]
  v.极多,过多,过剩
  superaboundant adj. [见上,-ant 形容词后缀] 过多的,过剩的

词根:mort, mors, mor = death(死)

  来自拉丁语的mort,mors,mor意为death。同义词根有来自希腊语的leth,necr,thanat/than等。

  (*拉丁文mors(=death),mori(=to die)——英文字根字典)

同源词:

1. immortal(不死im<in(=not) + mort(=death))
  adj.不死的;永生的;不朽的
  n.不朽的人物
  The christian religion claims that the soul enjoys immortal life.基督教主张灵魂不死。

2. mortify(使达到死亡mort(=death))
  vt.使蒙受屈辱,使失面子;抑制(情欲等)《-ify = to make》
  mortification n.屈辱感;禁欲;苦修
  It mortified me to be dressed down by the boss in front of my colleagues. 在同事面前被老板训斥让我感到羞辱难当。

3. mortal(应该死mort(=death))
  adj.必死;(伤害、疾病等)致命的;凡人的;不共戴天的;临终的;极度的
  n.人;凡人
  mortally adv.致命地;非常地
  Most Christians believe death is a release from mortal cares.大多数基督教徒相信,死亡是从凡人尘世的烦恼中的解脱。

4. mortality
  n.必死性;死亡人数;死亡率
  epidemic with a heavy mortality 死亡率很高的传染病
  mortality tables (保险的)死亡率统计表

5. mortage
  n.抵押(行为);抵押权;抵押契据
  v.抵押 *gage(=pledge)
  mortgagee n.受抵人
  mortgage n.还清抵押
  mortgage my house to Citi Bank of $100,000 以10万美元将我的房子抵押给花旗银行
  land that may be mortgaged 可以抵押的土地

6. mortician
  n.殡仪业者 *ician (=person who)

7. mortuary
  n.停尸房,太平间
  adj.死亡的;丧葬的 *ary (=place where,pertaining to )
  mortuary rites 葬礼
  mortuary monument 墓碑

8. post-mortem
  adj. 死后的 n.尸体解剖,验尸;事后剖析 *post (=after)
  post-mortem examination 尸体解剖
  A post-mortem showed that King lvan had been poisoned 验尸结果表明,伊万国王是被毒死的。

9. amortize
  v.用偿债基金(sinking fund)分期偿还(债务)*a(=to)
  amortization n.(用偿债基金)分期偿还;用以分期偿还的款项
 
10. morgue
  n.停尸房(保存人的尸体的场所,直到身份被确认并被认领);(报纸、电影制片厂等的)资料库

11. moribund
  adj.垂死的,濒临死亡的,即将灭亡的 *bund(=tending toward)

12. morbid
  adj. 疾病的;不健全的(与死有关的)
  morbidity n.病态;不健全

词根:mort = death, 表示“死”

mortal a. 死的,致命的(mort+al)

immortal a. 不朽的(im不+mortal→不死的)

mortality n. 死亡(率)(mort+ality性质→死亡)

mortify v. 使羞辱;屈辱(mort+ify→使人想死→羞辱[别人])

mortgage n. 抵押(品)(mort+gage抵押品→抵押品不能动,像死一样)

immortalize v. 使不朽(im不+mortal+ize→使不死)

mortuary n. 停尸室(mort+uary地方→放尸体的地方)

morbid n. 疾病的,不健康的(morb[=mort]+id→像死一样→疾病的)

moribund a. 垂死的,将死的(mori+bund[=bound边界]→死的边界→垂死的)

postmortem a. 死后的(post后+mort+em→死后的)

词根:und = wave, 表示“波动”

abundant a. 丰富的(ab加强+und+ant→[多得]象波浪一样→丰富的)

abundance n. 丰富,富裕

undulate v. 波动(und+ulate表动作+波动)

inundate v. 泛滥,淹没(in进入+und+ate→进入波浪→淹没)

redundant a. 多余的(red反复+und+ant→反复波动→多余的)

fecundity n. 多产,富饶(fec做+und+ity→出产的[粮食]像波浪→富饶)

abund v. 丰富,充满(ab+cund[=und]参考;abundant)

redound v. 回流;起作用(red回+ound[=und]→波动回来→回流;产生影响)

后缀:-ant ①[形容词后缀]

大部分与-ance或-ancy,相对应,表示属于...的、具有...性质的

expectant 期待的

vigilant 警惕的

luxuriant 奢华的

attendant 在场的

resistant 抵抗的

determinant 决定性的

assistant 辅助的

repentant 后悔的

buoyant 有浮力的

accordant 和谐的,一致的

ignorant 无知的

abundant 丰富的

reliant 依赖的

词根词缀:-aceous, -acea, -aceae, -aceaen, -aceus

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; having the quality of, of the nature of, characterized by, belonging to, resembling

【相关描述】There are hunderds of words that utilize the -aceous suffix which are not shown here; however, the following will present important examples.

A suffix that forms adjectives and is used with technical combinations, especially in biological terms: "pertaining or belonging to, of the nature of, or characterized by; to be full of, to possess abundantly". The suffix -acea usually denotes "orders and classes in zoology" while the suffix -aceae usually denotes "orders and families in botany" and -aceaen is used to denote members of "orders of the animal kingdom".

【同源单词】acanthaceous, -aceous, alliaceous, ampullaceous, amygdalaceous, amylaceous

词根词缀:-ance, -ancy

【来源及含义】Latin: often through French, quality or state of; being; condition; act or fact of _______ ing; a suffix that forms nouns

【同源单词】aberrance, absorbance, absorptance, abundance, acceptance, accordance

词根词缀:-ancy

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; quality, state of; process, degree, action of

【同源单词】abundancy, brilliancy, buoyancy, constancy, continuancy, expectancy

词根词缀:-ant, -ants

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; a person who, the thing which; people who, things which

【同源单词】abdicant, aberrant, abundant, abundantly, acanthopore, accelerant

词根词缀:copi-, copy-

【来源及含义】Latin: abundance, plenty, plentiful, well supplied, abounding

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units meaning "more, plentiful, fullness, excessive, over flowing": exuber-; hyper-; multi-; opulen-; ple-; pleio-; plethor-; poly-; super-; total-; ultra-; undu-.

【同源单词】copier, copiosity, copious, copiously, copiousness, copy