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词根词缀:ped-, pedi-, -pedal, -ped, -pede, -pedia

【来源及含义】Latin: foot, feet; people often see this ped element in other words. When people refer to "pedal extremities", they mean "feet". When anyone pushes the pedals of a bicycle, it is done with the feet. A pedestrian must use the feet for walking. A quadruped has four feet while a centipede has "100 feet"; or a large number of them because it may be impossible to count all of them.

【相关词根词缀】 Related "foot, feet" units: melo-; planta-; podo-; -pus.

【同源单词】aliped, anguiped, anomaliped, biped, bipedal, bipedal

词根词缀:sesqui-

【来源及含义】Latin: one and a half; normally used as a prefix; from Latin, semis “half” + que “and”

【相关描述】In chemistry, three atoms or equivalents of the [specified] element or radical are combined with two of another, as in iron sesquioxide, Fe 2O3. Also defined as the proportion of two (of one radical or element) to three (of another).

【同源单词】hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianist, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist, sesquialteral