词根:calc, calcul = lime, stone, to reckon 石灰, 石头, 计算
来源于拉丁语 calx/calculus 石灰石 / 计算。同义词根有来自拉丁语的rat。-calci- 为 -calc- 的变体,有同形异义词根:-calc- 踢 / 踩;有同类词根(钙和硫都属于化学元素):-sulf- / -sulph- 硫,而词根 -sulph- 也可以理解为是根据辅音的交替规律由 -sulf- 变来的,属于单 / 双辅音交替规律,如:sulfur 硫磺、sulfite 亚硫酸盐、sulphur 硫磺、sulphite 亚硫酸盐。
同源词:
1. incalculable(无法计算的in(=not) + calcul(=reckon))
adj.无法计算的,(数目)巨大的;不可预测的
Prime numbers of more than 100 digits are inclculate by today's supercomputers.今天的超级计算机也无法计算出超过100位的素数。
2. calculable
adj.计算的;可信赖的
3. calculate
v.计算;推算;打算
calculating adj.计算的;审慎的
calculated adj.计算出的;精心计划的;故意的;可能的
calculated crime 蓄意犯罪
calculator n.计算器;计算者
4. calculation
n.计算;仔细的分析(或思考等)
after much calculation 深思熟虑后
5. calculus
n.计算法;微积分;结石
6. chalk [calc 石灰,音变;c → ch,c→k,因此:calc → chalk;由“石灰”制成的→]
n.粉笔
7. calcarious [calc 石灰,-arious 复合后缀,...的]
adj. 石灰质的
8. calcic [-ic (a.) 表示“…的”]
adj. 石灰的,含钙的,钙质的
9. calcimine [-imine (n.) 名词后缀]
n. 刷墙粉
词根词缀:-ous, -ious, -eous
【来源及含义】Latin: full of or having the qualities of; in chemistry, a suffix denoting that the element indicated by the name bearing it, has a valence lower than that denoted by the termination -ic; as, nitrous, sulphurous, etc., as contrasted with nitric, sulphuric, etc.
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【同源单词】abdominous, abiogenous, ablepharous, abstemious, acanthaceous, acanthocephalous