词根:troph = to nourish
来自拉丁语的troph 意to nourish。同义词根有来自拉丁语的nutri,al。
同源词:
1. atrophy(没有营养 a<an(=not,without) + troph(=nourishment))
n.萎缩;衰退
v.(使)萎缩
Quadriplegics often experience muscular atrophy after their paralysis. 四肢瘫痪者在以后肌肉往往也会萎缩。
2. dystrophy
n.营养失调 *dys (=bad,badly)
3. hypertrophy
n.(因营养过剩等而引起的)[生]肥大 *hyper (=excessive)
前缀:quadri- 四(变作quadru, 在元音前作quadr-)
quadrilingual 用四种语言的
quadrangle 四角形
quadricycle 四轮车
quadrisyllable 四音节词
quadrivalent (化学)四价的
quadripartite 分四部分的
quadrilateral 四边的
quadrennial 四年的
quadruped 四足动物
quadruplane 四翼飞机
词根词缀:stalac-, stalag-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: dropping, dripping; trickling; to drip, to drop, to trickle
【相关词根词缀】 Related "cave, cavern" word sources: cav-, cavern; speleo-; spelunc-, spelunk-; troglo-.
【同源单词】stalactic, stalactical, stalactiform, stalactite, stalactite, stalactitic
词根词缀:-staxis, -stactic, -stactical, -stactically
【来源及含义】Greek: a trickling; oozing; to drip, dripping; denoting a flow of some kind, or from some source
【同源单词】angiostaxis, apostaxis, bronchostaxis, cystistaxis, enterostaxis, epistaxis