词根:croch (croach, crouch, crutch, crook) = hook, to bend
来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的croch 意为hook,to bend。其变形为croach,crouch,crotch,crutch,crook。同义词根有来自拉丁语的clin/cli,flect/flex,cumb/cub等。
同源词:
1. encroach(像钩子一样蜷缩在里边en(=in) + croach<croch(=hook,bend))
vi. on + sth 侵入侵蚀;侵害(权利等)
encroachment n.侵入;侵害;侵蚀
suburban creep is encroaching on the family farm where i grew up. 我在我家的农场长大,现在它正受到郊区那些小偷的侵害。
2. crochel
n.钩针编织(品) v.用钩针编织
crochet hook 钩针
3. crouch
v.(因害怕或要躲藏而)蹲伏;(动物准备跳跃前)蜷缩(身体) n.下蹲(姿势),蜷缩(姿势)*crouch<croch(=bend)
4. crotchety
adj.反复无常的;有奇想的 *crotch<croch(=bend)
crotchet n.怪想,奇想;反复无常;四分音符
5. crotch
n.(树木的)枝丫;胯部,裤裆 *crotch<croch(=bend)
sti in a crotch of a tree 坐在树枝上
6. crutch
n.拐杖;(样子、用途像拐杖的)支撑物;精神支柱 *crotch<croch(=bend)
go about on crutches 拄着拐杖走
7. crook
n.钩状物;(牧童的)曲柄杖;(道路或河流的)拐弯处,弯曲处;骗子,小偷
v.(使)弯曲;诈骗,欺骗 *crotch<croch(=bend)
crookback n.驼背
on the crook 诈骗地,以不正当手段地
crook one's finger/arm 弯曲手指/胳膊
crook a friend 欺骗朋友
8. crooked
adj.弯曲的;歪的;(人、行动等)不正当的,不老实的,不正派的 *crotch<croch(=bend)
crooked lane 弯曲的小路
crooked stick 懒汉;不诚实的人
词根词缀:ankylo-, ankyl-, anky-, anchylo-, anchyl-, ancylo-, ancyl-
【来源及含义】Greek: stiff, unmovable; adhesion; by extension, "bent, hooked, crooked, curved, looped"
【同源单词】anchyloblepharon, anchylose, anchylosed, anchylosis, anchylotic, ankyloblepharon
词根词缀:campylo-
【来源及含义】Greek: crooked, bent
【同源单词】campylobacter, campylognathia, campylotropous
词根词缀:curvi-, curv-
【来源及含义】Latin: crooked, bent; curved
【同源单词】ahead of the curve, behind the curve, curvaceous, curvate, curvated, curvature
词根词缀:prav-
【来源及含义】Latin: crooked, crookedness; perverted, vicious, wicked; borrowed through Old French depraver or directly from Latin depravare, "to corrupt"; from de, "completely" + pravus, "crooked"
【同源单词】depravation, deprave, depraved, depravedly, depravedness, depravement
词根词缀:scolio-, scoli-, skoli-
【来源及含义】Greek: curvature, curved, twisted, crooked, bent
【同源单词】rachioscoliosis, scoliokyphosis, scoliolordosis, scoliometer, scoliosciometry, scoliosis