词根:count = to count 计算
词根count 来源于拉丁语computare (=to count), 词根count的异形同义词根有arithm,calc。
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同源词:
1. count
n. 计数; 计算; (英国以外的)伯爵
vt. 计算,计数,清点; 认为,算为; 点…的数目; 指望,期待,依赖
vi. 计数; 有价值; 有价值; 算得上
2. countable [count数,计算 + able 能……的→]
adj. 可计算的
3. discount [dis-去掉 + count 数,计算 →去掉某些数→折扣]
n.折扣
4. counter [count 数,计算 + -er 后缀 → 计算用的东西]
n.筹码;柜台;计算器
5. countdown [count 计算 + down 下 → 记下 → ]
n. 倒数计时
6. account [ac- =ad- = to 对,向 + count 计算 → 数 → 列举]
n. 账,账目; 存款; 记述,报告; 理由
vi. 解释; 导致; 报账
vt. 认为; 把…视作
7. accountable [ 见上,-able 后缀 ]
adj.有责任的;可说明的
8. recount [re- 再 + count 数 → 再数一次,一次一次的数 → ]
v.详述;描述;列举
词根词缀:hypengy-, hypengyo-
【来源及含义】Greek: liable, accountable, responsible
【同源单词】hypengiaphobia
词根词缀:put-, puta-, -pute, -puter, -puting, -putate, -putation, -putative
【来源及含义】Latin: putatus past participle of putare: to think over, consider, reckon, count; to trim, prune, lop, cut, clean, clear, unmixed
【相关描述】From Latin, puto-, putare: literally; especially of trees, "to lop, to prune" and "to cleanse, to clear"; then (1) "to clear up, to settle"; especially, of accounts; (2) "to reckon, to estimate, to value"; (3) "to consider, to hold, to believe, to think".
【相关词根词缀】 Related cutting-word units: cast-; castrat-; -cise, -cide; -ectomy; mutil-; sec-, seg-; temno-; -tomy; trunc-.
【同源单词】account, account, accountability, accountable, accountably, accountant