词根：plaud, plaus(plod, plos, plex) = strike（打, 击）, clap鼓掌

  来自拉丁语的plaudere,plodere(=to strike,to clap)——英文字根字典 ,意为to strike,to clap。plod,plos,plex是它们的变形。同义词根来自拉丁语的bat,flict,cuss,fend/fens(fenc,fest),lid/lis等和来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的sla。

同源词：

1. plausible （可以使其感动的 plaus(=strike)）
  adj.看似真实的，似乎有道理的；花言巧语的
  plausibility n.似乎有理，可信性
  There are several plausible explanations for the current global climate changes.针对目前全球气候的变化有几种似乎合的解释。

2. applaud  [ap-=ad- = to near + plaud 鼓掌]
  v.鼓掌欢迎；向...喝彩；称赞，赞同 *ap<ad(=to,near)

3. applause  [见上，-e 后缀 ]
  n.鼓掌欢迎；喝彩；称赞，赞同 *ap<ad(=to,near)
  general applause 全场喝彩
  win the applause of the audience.赢得听众的喝彩

4. plaudit  [plaud 鼓掌 + -it 后缀]
  n.鼓掌喝彩；称赞
  gratified at the plaudits of the audience 对听众的喝彩感到高兴

5. explode  [ex- 出来 + plod 打 + -e 后缀 ]
  v.使爆炸；爆发；（感情）迸发；推翻（意见、理论等）；戳穿；激增 *ex(=out)
  explode a bomb 引爆炸弹
  explode a superstition 破除迷信
  exploded idea 被驳倒的意见

6. explosion  [见上,-ion名词后缀 ]
  n.爆炸；（愤怒、笑声等的）爆发；激增
  population explosion after World War II 第二次世界大战后人口的激增

7. explosive  [见上，-ive 后缀]
  adj.易爆炸的，爆炸性的；爆发的
  n.炸药，爆炸物 *ex (=out)
  explosive substance 爆炸物
  high explosive 高性能炸药，烈性炸药

8. implosion  [im- = in 里面，内 + plos = plaud 打 + -ion 名词后缀 ]
  n.（电灯泡等因为外力而发生的）内向爆炸

9. apoplexy  [apo = away 离开 + plex = plaud 打 + -e 后缀 → 一个人的正常精神离开了正常状态，乱打七  → ]
  n.中风，卒中 *apo(=away)
  apoplectic adj. 中风的，患中风的；有中风迹象的，濒于中风的
  cerebral apoplexy 脑卒中

词根：plod, plos = big noise, 表示“大声音”

plod v. 拖重步子走路

explode v. 爆炸（ex出+plod+e→出来大声音→爆炸）

explosion n. 爆炸（explode的名词）

implode v. 内聚爆炸，猛然内缩（im内+plode→向内爆炸）

implosion n. 内暴

词根词缀：dexter-, dextra-, dextro-

【来源及含义】Latin: right, right hand, to the right; therefore, "skillful, fortunate"

【同源单词】ambidexter, ambidexterity, ambidextrous, ambisinistrodextrous, ambo dexter, amylodextrin

词根词缀：haplo-, hapl-

【来源及含义】Greek: simple, simply; single, once

【同源单词】haplobiont, Haplocanthosaurus, haplodermatitis, haplodiploid, haplodiploidy, haplodont

词根词缀：helo- (nail)

【来源及含义】Greek: nail, stud, wart, corn

【同源单词】Heloderma, heloma, heloma durum, heloma molle, helosis, helotic

词根词缀：ode, -odal, -odeon, -ody

【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: song, poem

【同源单词】comedy, melodeon, melodic, melodies, melodious, melodiously

词根词缀：phello-, phell-

【来源及含义】Greek: cork, bark; cork tree; inner bark of trees

【同源单词】phellem, Phellodendron, phelloderm, phellodermal, phellogen, phellogenetic

词根词缀：psilo-, psil-

【来源及含义】Greek: bare, making bare, stripping; smooth, plain; mere, merely

【相关描述】Used by biologists and ecologists with the sense of "prairie" or "savannah"; a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions.

【同源单词】psilad, psilanthropist, psilanthropy, psilicole, psilodermatous, psiloi

词根词缀：scroful-, scrofulo-

【来源及含义】Latin: breeding sow

【相关描述】In the extended sense, it pertains to scrofula, a tubercular swelling, especially of the lymphatic glands [so named, perhaps, because the swelling resembles the shape of a sow or a female hog]).

【同源单词】scrofula, scrofuloderma, scrofulous, scrofulous abscess