词根：mir = to wonder（惊讶）, to behold（看见）
来自拉丁语的mir 意为to wonder。
（*拉丁文mirari (=to wonder),mirare (= to behold),意为“惊讶地看”——英文字根字典）
同源词：
1. mirage （引起惊讶的事物 mir(=wonder)）
n.海市蜃楼；幻想，妄想
Is that a mirage up ahead,or am i finally seeing the Rocky Mountains?我们面前的是海市蜃楼，还是我终于见到了落基山脉？
2. miracle （令人见而惊讶者）
n.奇迹；(~of)惊人的事例
miracle play （中世纪取材自《圣经》或圣徒的）奇迹剧
miracle drug 有奇效的药
It's a miracle of ingenuity.这真是令人吃惊的精巧。
3. miraculous
adj.奇迹般的；超自然的；不可思议的
miraculously adv.神奇地；不可思议地
4. mirror
n.镜子；反映，真实的写照；榜样，典范
driving mirror （汽车的）后视镜
mirror image 镜像
Pepys's Diary is a mirror of lake mirrored the hillside. 平静的湖水倒映着山坡。
5. admire
v.钦佩，称赞；欣赏 （惊讶地瞪大眼睛） *ad(=to)
admirable adj.极好的；值得赞美的
6. admiring
adj.羡慕的；赞美的 *ad(=to)
admirer n.羡慕者；对女性的爱慕者
Mary and her many admirers 玛丽和她众多的仰慕者
admiring crowd 一群崇拜者
7. admiration
n.钦佩，赞美 *ad(=to)
express one's admiration for 表达对...的赞赏
8. marvel
n.奇异之事
v.惊异《拉丁文mirare- = to wonder》
marvel(l)ous adj.不平常的；奇异的
词根词缀：scopo-, scop-, scept-, skept-, -scope-, -scopy, -scopia, -scopic, -scopist
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: see, view, sight, look, look at, examine, behold, consider
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look": blep-; delo-; demonstra-; opt-; -orama; pare-; phanero-; phant-; pheno-; spec-; vela-, veal-; video-, visuo-.
【同源单词】abdominoscope, abdominoscopy, acoustic microscope, acroscopic, actinoscopy, aerobioscope
词根词缀：spec-, spic-, spect-, spectat-, spectro- -spectr, -spectful, -spection, -spective
【来源及含义】Latin: to see, seeing; to look at, looking at; sight, to appear, appearing; to behold, to examine, examining
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "appear, visible, visual, manifest, show, see, reveal, look": blep-; delo-; demonstra-; opt-; -orama; pare-; phanero-; phant-; pheno-; scopo-; vela-, veal-; video-, visuo-.
【同源单词】Ab alio expectes, alcohol fetopathy, allopatric speciation, aspect, audiospectography, auspex