词根:bell = beautiful, war
来自拉丁语的bell意为beautiful,war,在盎格鲁-撒克逊语里意为bag,to swell。当bell 用做beautiful 这一含义时,其同义词根有来自拉丁语的pulchr和来自希腊语的calli,cosmet。
(*拉丁文 bellum(=war) —— 英文根字典)
同源词:
1. embellish(使变美丽em<en(=make) + bell (=beautiful))
vt. sth + with + sth 美化;装饰;使(故事等)更有趣;润色
embellishment n.装饰(物);润色
She embellished the cake with real cut flowers. 她用折来的鲜花装饰蛋糕。
2. belle
n.美女 *bell (=beautiful) ,e(=person who)
the belle of the ball/society 舞会花魁/交际花
3. belles-lettres
n.<法>纯文学(与商业,技术、科学等文献相对)*bell (=beautiful)
4. belladonna
n.(植物)颠茄;颠茄制剂 *bell (=beautiful),don(=give)
5. bellicose
adj.<正>好战的,好争吵的,好斗的;黩武 *bell(=war)
6. Bellona
n.司战女神 *bell(=war)
Mars 战神
7. rebel
n.造反者;叛逆者;反抗者 adj.选择者,叛逆的 v.造反;反叛;反抗 *re(=against) ,bell(=war)
rebel forces 叛军
8. rebellion
n.造反,叛乱 *re(against),bell(=war)
rebellion against the dictator 针对独裁者的叛乱
9. rebellious
adj.造反的;反叛的;难控制的 *re(=against),bell(=war)
rebellious behavior 造反行为
10. antebellum
adj.战争前的;(特指)美国南北战争前夕的(<-->postbellum战后的)*ante(=before),bell(=war))
11. belly
n.肚子,腹部;胃;鼓起(或凹进去的)部分(小提琴等的腰部)v. 涨满,鼓胀 *bell(=bag,swell)
belly button 肚脐
The sails bellied in the wind. 帆在风中鼓起
12. Belgium
n.比利时
13. bellied
adj.(构成合成词)有腹的;腹...的 *bell(=bag,swell)
big-bellied 大腹便便的
empty-bellied children 饥肠辘辘的孩子们
14. bellyful
n.过量(of);满腹 *bell(=bag,swell)
a bellyful of advice 过多的功告
15. bellow
n.(像牛一样)吼叫,怒吼,咆哮;大声发出 *bell(=bag,swell)
bellow out a drinking song 放声高唱祝酒歌
16. bellows
n.(用以送风助火的或风琴的)风箱;肺 *bell(=bag,swell)
词根词缀:foll-, folli-
【来源及含义】Latin: bag; bellows; windbag; moneybag
【同源单词】folleatus, follically challenged, follicle, follicle mite, folliclis, follicular
词根词缀:phys-, physo-
【来源及含义】Greek: breath, wind; pertaining to air or gas; bellows, bladder, bubble; swollen; as seen in many modern scientific terms
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word groups that are related, directly or indirectly, to: "air, wind": aello-; aeolo-; aero-; anemo-; atmo-; austro-; flat-, flatu-; pneo-, -pnea; pneumato-; turb-; vent-; zephyro-.
【同源单词】physocarpous, physocele, physocephaly, physocleistous, physogastrism, physograde