词根:dens = make thick, 表示“变浓厚”
dense a. 浓密的
density n. 比重;浓缩(dens+ity)
condense v. 浓缩(con全部+dene浓缩→全部浓缩)
densimeter n. 密度计(dens+I+meter测量计)
词根:rud 原始, 粗野
rude 原始(阶段)的,未开化的,粗野的
rudeness [见上,-ness名词后缀] 原始,粗野
rudiment [rud原始→开始,起初,初步,-i-,-ment名词后缀] 初步,入门,基础,基本原理
rudimental [见上,-al…的] 初步的,基本的,起码的
erudite [e-除去,rud粗野,-ite…的;’去掉粗野无知”] 有学问的,博学的,有学问的人
erudition [见上,-ition名词后缀] 博学
后缀:-esque [形容词后缀]
表示如...的、...式的、派的、...风的
picturesque 如画的
arabesque 阿拉伯式的
gigantesque 如巨人的
gardenesque 如花园的
robotesque 机器人似的
statuesque 如雕像的
Japanesque 日本式的
lionesque 如狮的,凶猛的
Disneyesque 迪斯尼式的
Romanesque 罗马式的
Dantesque 但丁派的
Zolaesque 左拉风格的
词根词缀:adeno-, aden-, adeni-
【来源及含义】Greek: gland or glands, glandular [from “acorn”]
【同源单词】adenalgia, adendric, adenectomy, adenectopia, adenia, adenic
词根词缀:callus-, callous-
【来源及含义】Latin: hardened skin, thick skin; a knob
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "skin": chorio-; cicatri- (scar); cori-; cuti-; hymen-; lepido- (scab, scale); papulo- (pimple); psoro- (itch, mange); pustu- (blister, pimple); rhytid- (wrinkle); scabio- (mange, itchy); sebo- (grease, oil).
【同源单词】callositas, callosity, callous, calloused, callousness, callus
词根词缀:crud-
【来源及含义】Latin: raw, not cooked; literally, trickling with blood, bleeding; raw, bloody, cruel
【相关描述】The terms, cruelty and crudeness are closely linked etymologically. Cruel came via Old French cruel from Latin crudelis, a relative of Latin crudus; which actually meant "cruel" as well as "raw" and "bloody".
【同源单词】crude, crudely, crudeness, crudity, cruel, cruelly
词根词缀:duodeno-, duoden-
【来源及含义】Latin: first part of the small intestine; based on duodecim, "twelve", because its length is approximately twelve finger-breadths
【同源单词】antroduodenectomy, autocholecystoduodenostomy, duodenal, duodenectomy, duodenitis, duodenogram
词根词缀:-ectomy, -ectome, -ectomize
【来源及含义】Greek: a suffix; cut, excise, surgical removal of
【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; mutil-; put-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.
【同源单词】abdominal hysterectomy, abdominal nephrectomy, abdominohysterectomy, acetabulectomy, acromionectomy, adenectomy
词根词缀:hor-, horr-
【来源及含义】Latin: bristling, rough, roughness; rudeness; shaking, tremble, trembling, shutter; shock; disgust, hatred; resulting in horror, horrid, etc.
【同源单词】abhor, abhorred, abhorrence, abhorrent, abhorrently, abhorrer
词根词缀:horti-
【来源及含义】a garden, of a garden, a gardener; enclosed space, enclosure
【同源单词】cohort, court, courtesan, electrohorticulture, horticole, horticolous