词根：figur = to shape（形成）, figure（形状）

  *拉丁文fingere(=to shape,figure) ——英文字根字典

同源词：

1. figure
  n.形状；数字；图形；人物；身材
  v.演算；表示；加图案

2. figuration
  n.成形；定形；轮廓

3. figurative
  adj.比喻的； 假借的；修饰多的

4. configuration
  n.形状；外形；轮廓 《con- = wholly》

5. transfigure
  v. 使变形；使变貌；使变为高尚（使形状转移）《trans- = across》

6. prefigure
  v.预示；预想（事先表示形状）《pre- = before》

7. disfigure
  v.破坏（形状、美观、价值等）（使形状分离）《dis- =apart》

8. effigy
  n.肖像；雕像；画像（使形状呈现出来）《ef- = ex- = out》

词根词缀：figur-; fig-

【来源及含义】Latin: form, shape, figure; to make, to shape

【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving word units dealing with "form, shape, appearance": eido-; form-; icono-; ideo-; imag-; morpho-; -oid; typo-.

【同源单词】configurate, configuration, cyberfiction, disfigure, disfigurement, effigy