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词根:pil = hair

  来自拉丁语的pil意为hair。

同源词:

1. pillage (拨头发的行为pil(l) (=hair))
  n.(特别指战时的)掠夺,抢劫
  vt.掠夺,抢劫
  pillager n.掠夺者,抢劫者
  The rioters broke store display windows and pillaged their merchandise. 暴徒砸碎了商店的橱窗,抢走了商品。

2. pillow
  n.枕头
  v.放在枕头上面;用枕头垫着;用做...的枕头
  pillow case /slip 枕头套
  pillow fight (孩子们)用枕头打架的游戏

3. depilatory
  adj.有脱毛作用的 n.脱毛药 *de(=away)

词根词缀:pil-

【来源及含义】Latin: to gather, to pillage, to plunder, to rob, to steal, to snatch, to heap up (as stones) and to carry off

【相关描述】Don't confuse the words in this pil- unit with the pil-, pilo- or "hair" group of words.

【同源单词】compellation, compilation, compilatory, compile, compiled, compilement

词根词缀:pred-

【来源及含义】Latin: booty, plunder, pillage, ravage

【同源单词】depredate, depredation, depredator, depredatory, obligate predator, predacious

词根词缀:pupillo-, pupill-

【来源及含义】Latin: [diminutive of pupa, a young girl, doll or puppets] the pupil of the eye; including the larva of insects

【相关描述】The term pupil came into existence because when one looked closely into another person's eyes, he/she could see the reflections of little images ["dolls" or "puppets"] of her/himself.

【相关词根词缀】 Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; irido-; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; ocelli-; oculo-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; retino-; uveo-.

【同源单词】interpupillary, iridopupillary, oculopupillary, pupilla, pupillage, pupillarity