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词根:lud, lus = to play(游戏, 扮演)

  来自拉丁语的luder(=to paly)意为to laugh,to play。

同源词:

1. allude [对某事发笑al<ad(=to)+lud(=laugh, play)]
  vi. to  +sth 暗指;间接提到
  allusion n.暗指
  allusive adj. 暗指的
  Her drooping eyes allude to her profound fatigue. 她双眼低垂,说明她非常疲倦。

2. collusion [一起笑col<com(=together)+lus(=laugh, play)]
  n.同谋,勾结
  collude v. 同谋
  collusive adj.同谋的
  The airlines are sometimes thought to be guilty of collusion in ticket pricing. 有时航空公司会被指责相互串通垄断机票价格。

3. delude [由于可笑而使某人脱离正常状态de(=from)+lud(=laugh,play)]
  vt. 欺骗;哄骗;迷惑
  delusion n. 迷惑,欺瞒;错觉
  deIusive adj. 欺骗的;妄想的
  He deludes himself that he is handsome. 他自欺地认为自己长得很帅。

4. elude [笑着从危险状况中摆脱出来e<ex(=out)+lud(=laugh.piay)]
  vt.(巧妙地)逃脱,摆脱
  elusive adj.逃避的
  elusion n. 回避;选跑
  The criminal eluded the cops by stealing a car and driving away. 犯人躲开警察偷了一辆车逃跑了。

5. illusion [头脑对某事物闹着玩il<in(=on)+lus(=laugh,play)]
  n.幻想;错觉;假象
  illusionist n. 魔术师;空想家
  illusiva/illusory adj.幻影的;错觉的;迷惑人的
  Many old maids hold the illusion of perfect marriage well into their fifties. 许多老处女在五十岁以后仍然幻想着拥有完美的婚姻。

6. ludicrous
  adj.滑稽的,可笑的 *lud(=laugh)

7. prelude
  n.前奏曲;序幕 v.作为...的前奏(或序幕)*pre(=before),lud(=play)

8. interlude
  n.间奏;(话剧或歌剧等的)幕间;穿插事件 *inter(=between),lud(=play)
  interludes of bright weather 坏天气中间或有的晴天。

9. postiude
  n.后奏曲 *post(=after),lud(=play)

10. disllusion
  n.幻灭;觉醒 v.使幻灭;使醒悟(幻想破灭)《dis- = away》

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:austr = aouth (南方)

austeal a. 南面的

Australia n. 澳大利亚(在南半球)

后缀:-th [名词后缀]

构成抽象名词,表示行为、性质、状态、情况

warmth 温暖,热情

coolth 凉爽,凉

growth 成长,发育

stealth 秘密行动,秘密

strength 力量(streng=strong)

breadth 力度(bread=broad)

length 长度(leng=long)

width 宽度(wid=wide)

depth 深度(dep=deep)

truth 真理(tru=true)

[注]加在基数词之后,表示“第...”、兼表“...分之一”

fourth 第四,四分之一

fifth 第五,五分之一

sixth 第六,六分之一

seventh 第七,七分之一

词根词缀:algesi-, alge-, alges-, algesio-, algi-, algio-, -algesia, -algesic, -algetic, -algic, -algia, -algy

【来源及含义】Greek: pain, sense of pain; painful; hurting

【相关描述】Used actively in medical terminology to denote a condition of sensitivity to pain as specified by the combining root.

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references related to "pain, hurt; suffering, injury" word families: -agra; algo-; angina-; dolor-; Masochism; noci-; odyno-; poen-; pono- (toil, work; pain); Sadism.

【同源单词】abdominalgia, acromelalgia, acrostealgia, acupuncture analgesia, adenalgia, adiposalgia

词根词缀:klept-, klepto-, -kleptic; clepto-, clept-, -clepty, -cleptic

【来源及含义】Greek: theft, thief, steal

【同源单词】biblioklept, bibliokleptomania, bibliokleptomaniac, biological oxidation, clepsammia, clepsydra

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