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词根:tort(tor) = to twist(卷缩)

  来自拉丁语的tort 意为to twist,它的变形为tor。

  (*拉丁文torquere(=twist) —— 英文根字典)

同源词:

1. distortion(用力拧dis(=intensive) + tort(=twist)
  n.曲解,歪曲;变形,扭曲
  distort v.歪曲,使变形
  distorted adj.歪曲的
  What he says is a distortion of the truth. 他的话是对事实的歪曲。

2. extort(扭曲使出来ex(=out) + tort (=twist))
  vt. sth + from + sb 敲诈,强求,逼取;强夺,强取
  extortion n.强求,强夺;勒索钱财
  extortionate adj.勒索的;强求的
  The Mafioso extorted money from an old widow to pay her husband's debt. 黑手党成员微个老寡妇勒索钱财以偿还她丈夫的债务。

3. tortuous(扭曲的tort(=twist))
  adj.弯曲的,曲折的;不正直的,不坦率的;绕圈子的
  My arms are tired from steering along this tortuous mountain road .沿着这条曲折的山路开车,我的胳膊很累。

4. contort
  v.扭曲,歪曲(意义)*con<com(=together)
  face contorted with pain 因疼痛而扭曲的脸
  contort a word out of its ordinary meaning 曲解词义

5. contortion
  n.(特指脸、身体的)扭曲,歪曲;扭曲状态 *con<com(=together)
  contortionist n.(身体可以自由弯曲的)柔体杂技演员
  contortions of an acrobat 杂技演员的软功

6. retort
  v.(特指对指责、挑战等)回嘴;反击,报复 n.回嘴,反驳;蒸馏器;曲颈瓶;(提纯水银等使用的)干馏釡 *re(=back)
  retort insult for insult 以牙还牙
  retort an argument 反驳观点
  make an insolent retort 傲慢地回嘴

7. tort
  n.侵权行为

8. tortoise
  n.陆龟,乌龟
  Hare and Tortoise 龟兔赛跑
  tortoiseshell 龟甲,鳖甲

9. torture
  n.拷问;折磨,痛苦 v.拷问;折磨;歪曲
  torturer n.拷打者
  torture politics 酷刑政治
  instruments of torture 刑具,刑架,拷问工具
  tortured with anxiety 困焦虑而备受折磨

10. torch
  n.火把,火炬;照明物;(焊接用)喷灯,喷抢
  torchlight n.火炬之光
  torchlight procession 火炬游行
  torch race (古希腊的)火炬接力赛跑
  torch of Hymen 爱情

11. torment
  n.(身体、精神上的)剧痛;苦恼 v.使痛苦,折磨;烦扰
  torments of jealousy 因嫉妒而痛苦
  tormented with neuralgia/hunger/mosquitoes 受神经痛的折磨/受饱的折磨/受蚊子的烦扰

12. tornado
  n.龙卷风;旋风;飓风

13. torpedo
  n.鱼雷,水雷 v.用鱼雷攻击(破坏);使彻底完蛋,破坏(政策、制度等)
  torpedo boat 鱼雷艇
  torpedo tube 鱼雷发射管
  Who torpedoed the Disarmament Conference ? 谁破坏了裁军会议?

词根:rap, rav(rep) = to take, to snatch(攫取)

  来自拉丁语的rap,rav意为to take,to snatch。rap中元音弱化后变成rep。同义词根有来自拉丁语的prehend/prehens,pris,cap/capt/cept/ceiv(cip,cup,ceit),empt/em,sump/sumpt,lab/lep等。
  (*拉丁文rapere(=to snatch,to seize,to grasp)——英文字根字典)

同源词:

1. surreptitious(向下抓住、采用的sur<sub(=under) + rep<rap(=take)
  adj.秘密的;鬼鬼祟祟的
  That handsome dude over there is stealing surreptitious glances at you.那边那个帅哥正在向你暗送秋波呢

2. ravage(被抢夺或被夺取的状态 rav(=take,seize)
  n.破坏;荒废;(pl.)破坏后的残迹
  vt.破坏,使荒废;(军队等)劫持
  The lion ravaged the zebra until nothing was left but bones.狮子将一匹斑马吞食得只剩下骨头。

3. rape
  n./v.抢夺;强奸
  rapist n.强奸犯

4. rapaclous
  adj.(尤其指对金钱)贪婪的,掠夺的
  rapacity n.贪婪

5. rapid
  adj.(速度)快的;陡峭的
  n.(pl.)急流
  rapidity n.迅速,急速
  rapidly adv.快地,迅速地

6. rapine
  n.抢夺,掠夺

7. rapt
  adj.着迷的,埋头的
  with rapt attention 全神贯注地
  rapt in a book埋头读书的

8. rapture
  n.狂喜,高兴;着迷
  rapturous adj.狂喜的
  go into raptures over着迷于...

9. enrapture
  v.使狂喜 *en(=make)

10. raven
  n.渡鸦(通常被看做不吉利的鸟)
  adj.(毛发等)乌黑的
  v.掠夺
  raven locks 乌黑的头发
 
11. ravening
  adj.空腹觅食的;狼吞虎咽的
  ravening wolf 觅食的饿狼

12. ravenous
  adj.狼吞虎咽的,非常饥饿的;贪婪的
  ravenous appetite 极好的胃口
  ravenous hunger 极度的饥饿
  ravenous for power贪图权力的

13. ravine
  n.峡谷

14. ravish
  v.使狂喜;使陶醉;掠夺
  ravishingly adv.狂喜地;陶醉地
  ravishment n.陶醉;狂喜
  ravishing view 令人陶醉的景色
  ravished with her beauty 被她的美貌逮住

词根词缀:fam-

【来源及含义】Latin: fames, hunger, starvation

【同源单词】famelic, famine, famish, famished

词根词缀:limo-, lim-

【来源及含义】Greek: hunger, appetite

【同源单词】bulimia, bulimiac, bulimic, limophobia, limophoitas, limophthisis

词根词缀:orexi-, orex-, -orexia, -orexic, -oretic, -orectic, -rexia

【来源及含义】Greek: appetite [hunger]; to stretch out for; to desire

【同源单词】anorectic, anorectous, anorexia, anorexia nervosa, anorexiant, anorexic

词根词缀:pin-, pino-

【来源及含义】Greek: a combining form confused between three Greek roots and may mean "hunger", "dirt", or "drink"; and there is one Latin form referring to the "pine tree"

【同源单词】pinocyte, pinocytosis, pinosome, pinotherapy