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词根:fus, fut, fund, found = to pour

  来自拉丁语的fus,fut,fund,found意为 to pour。同义词根为chem。
  (*拉丁文fundere(=to pour),过去分词为fusus——英文字根字典)

同源词:

1. profuse(向前倾泻、倾到的pro(=forth) + fus(=pour))
  adj.丰富的;浪费的,奢侈的;毫不吝惜的,慷慨的
  profusion n.丰富;慷慨;浪费,奢侈
  profusely adv.毫不吝惜地;丰富地
  The profuse stand of douglas fir trees perfumes the air with pine scent.茂密的花旗松的松香弥漫在周围的空气中。

2. affusive(向外倾泻的ef<ex(=out) + fus(=pour))
  adj.过分热情的;喷出,溢出的
  effuse v.使流出;流露
  effusion n.流出;流露
  effusively adv.过分热情地
  I find effusive praise embarrassing,but i do appreciate it all the same.虽然过分热情的称赞会让我有些不知所措,但我仍然对此表示真心感谢。

3. irrefutable(不能往回倒的ir<in(=not) + re(=back) + fut(=pour))
  adj.无法反驳的
  I attended a seminar on the "irrefutable Laws of Leadership".我参加了一个有关“无可辩驳的领导法则”的研讨会。

4. confuse
  v.搞乱,使混乱;使糊涂 *con<com(=together)
  confusing adj.令人困惑的
  confusedly adv.困惑地;混乱地
  I got confused.我困惑了。

5. confusion
  n.混乱;糊涂 *con<com(=together)
  confusion! 混乱!
  confusion worse confounded 乱上加乱
  in the confusion of the moment 在片刻的混乱中

6. defuse
  v.拆去(炮弹等的)引信,使失去爆炸性;使镇定,缓和 *de(=reverse the action of )
  defuse a situation/crisis使用情况缓和/平息危机

7. diffuse
  v.使(热气体等)散开;传播(知识、消息等),散布
  adj.冗长的;扩散的 *dif<dis(=away,apart)
  diffusion n.散布;普及,传播;扩散

8. infuse
  v.注入(思想、活力等);泡(茶、药等);鼓舞 *in(=in)
  infuse soldiers with fresh courege 让士兵们鼓足勇气
  infuse herbs 泡药草
  infusion n.灌,注入;鼓舞;泡制;注入物 *in(=in)

9. refuse
  v.拒绝;不肯;不愿 n.废物,垃圾 adj.废物的,扔掉的 *re(=back)
  refuse dump (垃圾回收处)
  refuse consumer 垃圾焚烧器
  refuse collector 垃圾工人

10. refusal
  n.拒绝;推辞;(pl.)优先取舍权,优先购买权 *re(=back)
  give her a flat refusal 断然地拒绝地

11. suffuse
  v.遍布;(液体、色彩等)充满 *suf<sub(=under)
  suffusion n.充溢,布满;(脸上的)红晕
  eyes suffused with tears泪汪汪的眼睛

12. transfuse
  v.[医]输血,注射(生理盐水等);使(液体、色彩等)渗入;灌输(思想等);倾注 *trans(=throught)
  transfusion n.倾注;输血 *trans(=through)

13. fuse
  v.熔化;保险丝烧坏
  n.(炮弹等的)导火索,(用于爆破等的)导火线;熔丝
  The light has fused.保险丝烧断了,灯不亮了。
  time fuse 定时导火索
  fuse wire 保险丝,熔丝
  fusion n.熔解;(政党等的)联合,合作;(核)聚变
 
14. refund
  v.归还;偿还 n.返还;偿还(金)*re(=back)
  refund the cost of postage 归还邮费
  obtain a refund of a deposit 得到返还押金

15. confound
  v.混淆;使混乱;挫败 *con<com(together)
  confound right and wrong 混淆了对与错
  Don't confound the means with the ends.不要混淆手段和目的。

16. confounded
  adj.狼狈的;困惑的;<口>讨厌的;无理的 *con<com(=together)
  confoundedly adv.非常地
  confoundedly hot 非常热
  confounded lie无理的谎言
  You're a confounded nuisance!你真是个让人讨厌的家伙!

17. foundry
  n.铸造厂;玻璃厂
  type foundry 活字铸造厂

18. confute
  v.驳倒 *con<com(=intensive)
  confutation n.驳斥,驳倒

19. refute
  v.驳斥,反驳 *re(=back)
  refutation n.驳斥,反驳
  refutable 可以驳斥的
  refute an argument /an opponent 驳斥一个论点/对手

20. futile
  adj.无用的,无益的,无效果的;没出息的;愚蠢的
  futility n. 无用,无益;无益的事
  the futility of life 人生的无用
  futile attempt 徒劳的尝试

21. perfuse
  v.使充满;撒满;洒遍(完全注入)《per- =thoroughly》

22. circumfuse
  v.散布;围绕;充溢(注入四周)《circum- = around》
  circumfusion n.周围浇灌

词根词缀:path-, patho-, -path-, -pathia, -pathic, -pathology, -pathetic, -pathize, -pathy

【来源及含义】Greek: feeling, sensation, perception; suffering, disease, or disorder; a system of treating diseases

【相关描述】In medicine, some of these elements usually mean "someone who suffers from a disease of, or one who treats a disease"; so, they should not be confused with the words that mean "feeling" which are also shown on these pages even though both meanings come from the same Greek element.

【相关词根词缀】 Related-word units meaning feeling: aesth-; senso-; pass-.

【同源单词】acroleukopathy, acropathology, acropathy, adenopathy, adrenalopathy, adrenopathy

词根词缀:phon-, phono-, -phone, -phonia, -phonic, -phonetic, -phonous, -phonically, -phonetically, -phony

【来源及含义】Greek: sound, voice, speech, tone

【相关描述】This phono-, phon- should not be confused with another phono-, phon- that means "slaughter, murder, homicide". In Greek, a distinction is made between the phonos (PHOH nohs), "murder", which is spelled with the Greek letter omicron in the last syllable; and the Greek phonos (phoh NOHS), "voice", which is spelled with the letter omega in the last syllable. Both omicron and omega became the letter "o" in English.

【相关词根词缀】Cross references of word families related directly, or indirectly, to: "talk, speak, speech; words, language; tongue, etc.": cit-; clam-; dic-; fa-; -farious; glosso-; glotto-; lalo-; linguo-; locu-; logo-; loqu-; mythico-; -ology; ora-; -phasia; -phemia; phras-; Quotes: Language,Part 1; Quotes: Language, Part 2; Quotes: Language, Part 3; serm-; tongue; voc-.

【同源单词】acouophone, acouophonia, acrophonetic, acrophonic, acrophony, actinophone

词根词缀:pin-, pino-

【来源及含义】Greek: a combining form confused between three Greek roots and may mean "hunger", "dirt", or "drink"; and there is one Latin form referring to the "pine tree"

【同源单词】pinocyte, pinocytosis, pinosome, pinotherapy

词根词缀:super-, supra-, sur-

【来源及含义】Latin: above, over, more than; excessive

【相关描述】Sur- is a form of super- formed through the French and shouldn't be confused with another assimilated sur- form that comes from sub- and means: "under, below, beneath".

In some words, super- is amplified to mean: "on top of; higher in rank or position than; superior to; greater in quality, amount, or degree than others of its kind; to a degree greater than others of its kind; to a degree greater than normal; extra, additional".

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

【同源单词】anterosuperior, archaeological survey, beta-gamma survey meter, costosuperior, cybersurfer, electromagnetic surveying

词根词缀:vati-

【来源及含义】from Latin vates, seer, prophet; sooth-sayer; prophesy, prophecy; which should not be confused with Vatican, "Pope's palace in Rome" or Vaticanism, "doctrine of papal supremacy and infallibility"

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "divination, diviner; seer, soothsayer, prophecy, prophesy, prophet": augur-; auspic-; fa-, fate; Fates in action; futur-; -mancy; omen; -phemia; sorc-, sorcery.

【同源单词】vatic, vatical, vaticide, vaticinal, vaticinate, vaticination