词根:cel, celer = swift 快速
来源于拉丁语 celer意为swift 迅速。其反义词根为slo, tard,意为slow。
同源词:
1. accelerate [使某物更快ac<ad(=to.add)+coler(=swift)]
vt. 使加速:促进
vi. 加快
acceleration n. 加速;促进
acceierator n. 如速者,加速嚣
Globat warming continues to accelerate more each year. 全球变暖每年持续加速。
2. celerity [快的状态celer(=swift)]
n. 迅速,敏捷
Our teenage son shows amazing celerity when we call him to dinner. 我们喊我那十几岁的儿子吃晚饭时,他的反应快得惊人。
3. accelerando
adj./adv. 渐快的(地)*ac<ad(=to)
4. decelerate
v. 减速 *de(=down)
5. excel
v. 胜过,优于 *ex(=out)
6. excellence
n. 卓越,优秀;优点,长处 *ex(=out)
prize for excellence in furniture design 家具设计优秀奖
his excellence in all forms of sports 他在所有运动项目上的出色
7. Excellency
n. 阁下(对大使、总督等的尊称)*ex(=out)
Your Excellency (直接称呼)阁下
His/Her Excellency (间接提到时的称呼)阁下
词根:cel (cul, ceal) = cul, ceal
来自拉丁语的cel 意为cul,ceal。同义词根有来自拉丁语的cond,cover/cur,tect/teg 和来自希腊语的crypt。
同源词:
1. occult(严严实实地藏着的 oc<ob(=intensive) + cul<cel(=hide))
adj.掩藏的;神秘的,超自然的
I've long been a student of occult arts. 我学秘术很久了。
2. cell
n.(通常指革命的)政党团体的基层组织;(修道院的)单人房间;监狱的单人牢房;细胞
3. cellar
n.地下室
4. conceal
v.掩藏;隐瞒 *con<com(=completely),ceal<cel(=hide)
5. concealment n.掩藏;隐瞒 *con<com(=completely),ceal<cel(=hide)
词根:cel = sky, heaven
来自拉丁语的cel 意为sky,heaven。同义词根有来自希腊语的uran。另外,还请要记住意为star的词根aster/stell/sider,意为sun的词根sol/hell,意为moon的词根lun,意
为universe 的词根cosm,意为earth的词根terr/chame,和意为sea的词根mar/pelag。
同源词:
1. celestial (天空的、天国的cel(=sky,heaven))
adj.天空的;天国的;神圣的
Astrologists believe celestial bodies affect our destinies.占星术师们认为天体会影响我们的命运。
词根:cel = heaven (天空)
celestia a. 天的,天空的
ceiling n. 天花板(ceil+cel)
词根词缀:cell-, cel-
【来源及含义】Latin: to rise high, to surpass, to be eminent
【同源单词】excel, excelled, excellence, excellency, excellent, Excellentia
词根词缀:celo-, cel-, kelo-, kel-
【来源及含义】Greek: tumor, hernia
【同源单词】celosomia
词根词缀:coelio-, coelo-, coel-, -coele, coeli-, celeo-, cel-, cele-, celi-, celio-
【来源及含义】Greek: abdomen [hollow, cavity of the body]
【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of other word family units that are related directly, indirectly, or partially with: "opening, hole, cavity, tract, tube": alveolo-; antro-; anu-; celo-; concho-; fenestra-; hernio-; hiat-; meato-; ora-; parieto-; poro-; pyl-, pyle-; pylor-; sphinctero-; splanchn-; stomato-; syringo-; uretero-; urethro-; vagino-; ventricul-.
【同源单词】celiac, celialgia, celiectomy, celiocentesis, celiodynia, celioenterotomy