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词根:light = light

  来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的light意为light。同义词根有来自拉丁语的lumin(lun),luc/lust和来自希腊语的photo。

同源词:

1. enlightened(给光的en(=give) + light(=light))
  adj.开通的;有知识的;摆脱偏见(或迷信)的;文明的
  enlighten v.启蒙,使摆脱偏见(或迷信)
  enlightenment n.启蒙,教化
  My parents are fairly enlightened for country people. 作为下乡人,我父母算是相当开通了。

2. searchlight
  n.探照灯;探照灯光束

3. spotlight
  n.聚光灯;(the~)公众的关注 v.聚光照明;使突出醒目
  come into the spotlight 吸引众人的关注

4. light
  n.光;发光体(如蜡烛、灯等);交通信号;照明;火柴、香烟等点火物;脸上的光彩,眼神;名人,权威的人
  adj.(地点)有光的,明亮的;(颜色)淡的,浅的;轻微的;轻快的;行李(或负担)轻的;(吃饭)量少的;(食物)易消化的;(酒类)低度的;易醒的;睡得不沉的;轻率的,轻浮的,行为轻佻的;(女子)水性杨化的
  adv.轻地;轻装地
  v.点火,点燃;使光明,照亮;(~up)点(电灯或煤气灯);(~upon)偶然发现;下(马等);(鸟)停落
  light bulb 电灯泡
  All the lights went out——there was a power failure. 所有的灯都灭了——停电了。
  Can you give me a light,please?能借个火吗?
  strike a light 开灯
  Light come,light go.来得容易易去得快。

5. lighten
  v.(使)发亮,照亮,变亮;使(负担等)减轻
  lighten the darkness of the cellar 照亮黑暗的地下室
  lighten a ship's cargo/taxes 减轻船上的货物/降低税收

6. lightning
  n.闪电,电光
  adj.闪电的;极快的;闪电似的
  like lightning 闪电般地
  lightning strike /operation 闪电式的罢工/工作
  lightning beetle (bug)萤火虫
  lightning war 闪电战

7. lighter
  n.打火机;点火器;点火者;驳船 v.用驳船运送(货物)
  snap on a lighter 点着打火机
  lighterage n.驳运费
  tug with a string of lighters behind it 后面拖着一长串驳船

8. lighthouse
  n.灯塔
  lighthouse keeper 灯塔看守人

9. lightly
  adv.轻轻地;轻微地,稍微地;轻蔑地
  push lightly 轻轻地推
  lightly friend fish 稍微用油炸过的鱼

10. lights
  n.(羊、猪、牛等)肮脏

11. lightsome
  adj.轻松愉快的;无忧无虑的;发亮的,光亮的,明亮的

词根词缀:aphidi-, aphid-, aphis

【来源及含义】Latin: a plant louse; a plant sucking insect

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】aphidian, aphidicide, aphidicole, Aphididae, aphidivorous, aphidophagous

词根词缀:api-

【来源及含义】Latin: bee

【相关描述】Kim Hubbard

E. Cole, An English Dictioinary, 1677

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】Acarapis, apiaceous, apian, apiarian, apiarist, apiary

词根词缀:ascari-, ascarid-

【来源及含义】Greek: worm; maw-worm; intestinal worm

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】ascariasis, ascaricide, ascarid, ascaridal, ascaridiasis, ascaridosis

词根词缀:culci-, culici-, culc-

【来源及含义】Latin: gnat, mosquito

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】Culex, Culicidae, culicidal, culicide, culicifuge, Culicinae

词根词缀:entomo-, entom-

【来源及含义】Greek: insect, bug; literally, "cut up, cut in pieces"; an insect because it appears to be segmented

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】dientomophilous, entognathous, entomochore, entomogamy, entomogenous, entomography

词根词缀:helmintho-, helminth-, helminthi-, -helminth

【来源及含义】Greek: worm, worms

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】antihelmintic, Helminth, Helminthic, helminthicide, helminthoid, helminthologist

词根词缀:insecto-, insect-, insecti-

【来源及含义】Latin: a bug; literally, "cut into," from insectum, with a notched or divided body; literally, "that which is cut up, segmented" [as the bodies of the first invertebrates to which the term was applied or appeared to be]

【相关词根词缀】 An entomological unit of words about insects.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】disinsectization, insect, Insect Biotechnology, Insecta, insectarian, insectarium

词根词缀:isopter-

【来源及含义】Greek: termites

【相关词根词缀】Another termite unit: termit-.
A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; larvi-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】Isoptera, isopteran, isopterophobia, isopterous

词根词缀:larvi-, larv-

【来源及含义】Latin: insect in its grub stage; from Latin larva, "mask" and by extension, "ghost", the idea being that an insect in its grub stage is merely a ghost of its future self and bears no resemblance to its future form

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, or indirectly, with: "insects, bugs, worms; invertebrates": aphidi-; api-; ascari-; culci-; Dung Beetle Survival; Dung Beetles Important; Eating Worms; entomo-; formic-; Guinea worms; helmintho-; insecto-; Insects: Importance; isopter-; lepidopter-; meliss-; mosquito; Mosquito, other Languages; Mosquitoes, Pt. 1; Mosquitoes, Pt. 2; myrmeco-; scarab; scoleco-; sphec-; taeni-; termit-; vermo-.

【同源单词】larva, larval, larvate, larvicide, larvicole, larviparous