词根:rap, rav(rep) = to take, to snatch(攫取)
来自拉丁语的rap,rav意为to take,to snatch。rap中元音弱化后变成rep。同义词根有来自拉丁语的prehend/prehens,pris,cap/capt/cept/ceiv(cip,cup,ceit),empt/em,sump/sumpt,lab/lep等。
(*拉丁文rapere(=to snatch,to seize,to grasp)——英文字根字典)
同源词:
1. surreptitious(向下抓住、采用的sur<sub(=under) + rep<rap(=take)
adj.秘密的;鬼鬼祟祟的
That handsome dude over there is stealing surreptitious glances at you.那边那个帅哥正在向你暗送秋波呢
2. ravage(被抢夺或被夺取的状态 rav(=take,seize)
n.破坏;荒废;(pl.)破坏后的残迹
vt.破坏,使荒废;(军队等)劫持
The lion ravaged the zebra until nothing was left but bones.狮子将一匹斑马吞食得只剩下骨头。
3. rape
n./v.抢夺;强奸
rapist n.强奸犯
4. rapaclous
adj.(尤其指对金钱)贪婪的,掠夺的
rapacity n.贪婪
5. rapid
adj.(速度)快的;陡峭的
n.(pl.)急流
rapidity n.迅速,急速
rapidly adv.快地,迅速地
6. rapine
n.抢夺,掠夺
7. rapt
adj.着迷的,埋头的
with rapt attention 全神贯注地
rapt in a book埋头读书的
8. rapture
n.狂喜,高兴;着迷
rapturous adj.狂喜的
go into raptures over着迷于...
9. enrapture
v.使狂喜 *en(=make)
10. raven
n.渡鸦(通常被看做不吉利的鸟)
adj.(毛发等)乌黑的
v.掠夺
raven locks 乌黑的头发
11. ravening
adj.空腹觅食的;狼吞虎咽的
ravening wolf 觅食的饿狼
12. ravenous
adj.狼吞虎咽的,非常饥饿的;贪婪的
ravenous appetite 极好的胃口
ravenous hunger 极度的饥饿
ravenous for power贪图权力的
13. ravine
n.峡谷
14. ravish
v.使狂喜;使陶醉;掠夺
ravishingly adv.狂喜地;陶醉地
ravishment n.陶醉;狂喜
ravishing view 令人陶醉的景色
ravished with her beauty 被她的美貌逮住
词根词缀:cleido-, cleid-, clido-, clid-
【来源及含义】Greek: key; a means of locking or a thing that locks [or unlocks] a door; a key, bar, or hook; a combining form that denotes the clavicle or collarbone
【同源单词】cleidal, cleidarthritis, cleidocostal, cleidocranial, cleidohumeral, cleidohyoid
词根词缀:nom-, nomo-
【来源及含义】Greek: a meadow; a pasture; an abode; a place for eating; by extension, "distribution of an acute, necrotizing ulcerative process involving mucous membranes of the mouth or genitalia"
【相关描述】Don’t confuse this element with the Greek nomo- which means "law" or another Latin nom- meaning "name".
This element is closely related to nomad- which means “wander, moving around for pasture or grazing for herds or flocks”.
【同源单词】noma, nomocole, nomophile, nomophilous, pronomos
词根词缀:nomad-
【来源及含义】Greek, nomas, nomados, "pasturing, roaming about for pasture" > Latin , nomas, nomdis: wander, moving around for pasture or grazing for herds or flocks
【相关描述】Closely related to nomo-, "a pasture" or "a place for grazing".
【同源单词】nomad, nomadic, nomadical, nomadically, nomadism, nomadize