abhor 憎恶,厌恶:恐惧或憎恨;痛恨
(ab-away-远离,hor-horror-恐怖——远离恐怖的事情,对恐怖事情的厌恶、憎恶)
accede 同意, 加入, 同意
(from ad- "to" cedere "go, move"——靠近、同意(如果不同意,就远离、疏远))
accolade 赞美, 骑士爵位的授予, 连谱号
(ac-加强语气,col-collar-领子、脖子,给…戴项圈——授予爵位,就是把荣誉戴在你脖子上,另外,collar领子、脖子,来源于 column 柱子)
acme 顶点, 极致
1570, from gk. akme "(highest) point," from pie base *ak- "sharp"
词源翻译:ac=ang-尖锐,ac-尖锐的,ac-尖的,a-象形,m-加在”c、g”后面的缀生辅助发音字母,e-无义。
affiliate (使...)加入, 接受为会员, 使隶属于
fil-词根:儿子,从属
为什么 fil-儿子
descendant 子孙,后代(descend-下降)
fil 儿子(fil=fall-下落)
agile 敏捷的,轻快的(ag=act-动,行动,ile-ible=able——能动的、好动的)
alabaster 雪花石膏
(bust-半身像、胸像、妇女的胸部、半身雕像;使爆裂——burst的简化字——女性胸部当然是爆了 ——ala-alike-象,bast=bust-雕像-与雕像相关的——石膏)
alacrity 敏捷, 活泼, 爽快
a-否定前缀,lacr-lac-缺乏、迟缓,ity-后缀。
amalgam [采矿]汞合金, 汞齐
1471, "soft mass formed by chemical manipulation," from m.l. amalgama, "alloy of mercury (esp. with gold or silver),"
词源翻译: am alg am——把汞弄到一起——alg简化自ally, am=a mercury
ameliorate 改善, 改进
meliorate- 改善、变好
mel通假 well
amenity 怡人:使人愉快或吸引人的性质;使人愉快
1432, "quality of being pleasant or agreeable," from o.fr. amenité, from l. amoenitatem (nom. amoenitas) "delightfulness, loveliness," from amoenus "pleasant," perhaps related to amare "to love."
am-爱,en-使动,使接受爱意,对别人爱,ity-后缀。
acolyte 侍僧, 助手
c.1315, "inferior Officer in the church," from m.l. acolytus, from gk. akolouthos "following, attending on," lit. "having one way,"
词源翻译不出来
拙劣联想:acolyte——矮个赖特——一个矮个子的赖特兄弟——侍僧、跟班的