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词根:mens = to measure

  来自拉丁语的mens 意为 to measure,同义词根来自拉丁语的meter,metr。

同源词:

1. commensurate(大小、尺寸相互一致的 com(=with) + mens (=measure))
  adj.成比例的;均衡的,相应的;同量的
  commensurable adj.可用同一单位度量的
  Salary for the position will be commensurate with prior experience and ability. 这个职位的薪水将与以往的工作经验和能力成比例。

2. immense(无法测量的 im<in(=not) + mens(=measure))
  adj.广大的,巨大的;无限的;极妙的,优秀的
  immensity n.无限;广大;巨大
  immensely adv.无限地;非常
  There is an immense gulf of enmity between my trother and me. 我哥哥和多之间矛盾很深。

3. commensurable
  adj.可度量的 *com(=with)
  Their achievements are not commensurable.他们的成就不可相提并论。

4. dimension
  n.(长、宽、厚、高等的)尺寸;(pl.)大小,规模;范围;重要性;<口>(女性的)胸围,腰围,臀围;[数]维 *di<dis(=away,apart)
  What are the dimensions of the room ? 这个房间有多大?
  building of great dimensions 庞大的建筑物
  dimensions of the probem 问题的重要性
  of one dimension 一维的,线性的
  of two dimensions 二维的,平面的
  of three dimensions 三维的,立体的

5. dimensional
  adj. ...维的;尺寸的
  3D(three-dimensional)figures (三维图形)
  two-dimensional space 二维空间
  three-dimensional films /picture 立体电影/三维图像

词根词缀:gurgit-, gurg-

【来源及含义】Latin: gurgitare, "to flood"; gurges, gurgitis, "the gullet, a gulf, the sea"; to surge, to flood; pour, glut, gorge; whirlpool, engulf; boiling liquid

【同源单词】aortic regurgitation, cardiac regurgitation, disapproving regurgitation, duodenal regurgitation, gurging, gurgitate

词根词缀:phago-, phag-, -phage, -phagi, -phagic, -phagically, -phagia, -phagism, -phagist, -phagic, -phagous, -phagy

【来源及含义】Greek: eat, eating; to consume, to ingest; relationship to eating or consumption by ingestion or engulfing

【相关词根词缀】 Related "eat, eating" word units: brycho-; esculent-; esophago-;glutto-; vor-. Cross references of word families that are related directly, or indirectly, to: "food, nutrition, nourishment": alimento-; broma-; carno-; cibo-; esculent-; sitio-; tropho-; Eating Crawling Snacks; Eating: Carnivorous-Plant "Pets"; Eating: Folivory or Leaf Eaters; Eating: Omnivorous.

【同源单词】acreophagist, acreophagous, acreophagy, acridophage, actinophage, adelphophagy

词根词缀:thalasso-, thalass-, thalassi-, thalassio-, thalatto-, thalatt-

【来源及含义】Greek: sea, ocean

【相关描述】Traditionally, there are five oceans: the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian, the Arctic, and the Antarctic. The Antarctic Ocean, lacking any precise natural boundaries, is sometimes considered an extension of the Atlantic, the Pacific, and the Indian oceans.

The adjacent bodies of salt water and various subdivisions of the oceans are generally known as seas, but local usage may also sanction such terms as gulfs, bays, channels, and straits; designations that are sometimes used interchangeably.

【相关词根词缀】Inter-related cross references, directly or indirectly, involving the "sea" and the "ocean" bodies of water: abysso- (bottomless); Atlantic; batho-, bathy- (depth); bentho- (deep, depth); halio-, halo- (salt or "the sea"); mare, mari- (sea); necto-, nekto- (swimming); oceano-; pelago- (sea, ocean); plankto- (drifting).

【同源单词】limnothalassa, Panthalassa, thalassemia, thalassian, thalassiarchy, thalassic