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