Wednesday, June 14, 2006

endow

[en-, intensive pref.; see en-1 + Old French douer, to provide with a dowry]



dilute 稀释

[dis-, apart, away; see dis- + -luere, to wash]

  •  verb [T]
to make a liquid weaker or thinner by mixing another liquid with it:
?diluted fruit juice
dilute adjective
dilution noun [C,U]


deluge


 noun [C]
1    a large flood, or a period of time when it rains continuously
2    a large amount of something such as letters, questions etc that someone gets all at the same time
deluge verb [T]:
?We were deluged with mail.

Etyma: de-

词根: de-


down,complete
降下,完全

字首 de 在拉丁文中也属於字首,有 down,complete 的意思,也可引申为否定加强语气的意思. 例如
decrepit a. [破旧,衰老的],字根 crep 拉丁文原作 crepare v.为爆裂之意,全字出自拉丁文 decrepitus,有老朽,破旧的意思. deliberate v. [考虑] 源自 deliberare v. 字根来自拉丁文名词 libra n.f. [天平,磅] (英文 pound可写成 lb.,便是源自libra), [将事物定下来掂算重量],因此就有 [考虑] 的意思.

deluge & delude

delude     迷惑,欺骗
deluge
    洪水

deformed


  •  adjective
something that is deformed has the wrong shape, especially because it has grown or developed wrongly:
?Her left leg was deformed.
deform verb [I,T]
deformity n.

g.Mem.
de(wrong)-form



solo

zolo
solo

g.Mem.
zolo 是孤单英雄

solo

zolo
solo

g.Mem.
zolo 是孤单英雄

-angle-

改变记忆空间
所谓改变记忆空间,就是在以词为单位的基础上,拓展记忆空间,实现词汇的纵向扩展,增加词汇量。
对于 angle 这个词, 我们用以词为单位的逻辑记忆法进行横向联想记住dangle ,记一个词等于记住两个词,但我们仍然还是被局限在一个狭小的记忆空间。假如改变了记忆空间,那麽我们词汇量的积累和扩大将从根本上改观。
现在我们利用 angle 一词按照英语 26 个字母的顺序实施记忆空间的纵向扩展:
angle 角;钓
bangle 手镯;脚镯
dangle 悬挂
fandangle 胡闹;蠢举
fangle 新款式;新发明
gangle 笨拙地移动
hangle 铁制的锅钩
jangle 发出刺耳的声音
ajangle 丁丁当当的
mangle 乱打;乱砍 (man-gle 男人都喜欢打架)
wrangle 争吵
tangle 纠缠
entangle 使纠缠
untangle 解开
wangle 扭身挤出;使用诡计
twangle 口音;鼻音