词根：tail = to cut

  来自盎格鲁-撒克逊语的tail 意为to cut。同义词根有来自希腊语的tom(tem)和来自拉丁语的cis,cop/coup,scind/scis,sect,sever,tons,trench 等。

  （*拉丁文talea(=to cut) —— 英文根字典）

同源词：

1. entail（有力切en(=intensive) + tail (=cut)）
  vt.使必需；使承担；限定不动产的继承人
  n.限定继承
  entailment n.继承人之限定
  Applying for college entails a great deal of paperwork. 申请入大学需要做大量的书面工作。

2. curtail
  v.缩减，缩短 *cur(=care)
  curtailment n.缩减，缩短
  curtail a speech /one's holiday 缩短讲话/假期

3. detail
  n.细节，细目；详情；详述；（美术中）细部（描绘）v.详述；（为特殊任务）派遣 *de(=down,intensive)
  detailed report 详细报道
  go /enter into details 详述，逐一细说
  in detail 详细地，仔细地
  five soldiers were detailed to guard the bridge. 一名士兵被派去守卫大桥。

4. retail
  v.零售；详述；传播（消息） n.零售 adj./adv.零售的，以零售方式 *re(=again,back)
  retailer n.零售商
  retail dealer 零售商
  retail price 零售价格
  retail shop 零售店
  retail sales 零售
  at retail 以零售方式
  sell retail 零售
  retail a slander 传播诽谤之言

5. tailor
  n.（尤其指做男装的）裁缝 v.缝制（衣服）；使适合
  tailoring n.裁缝业，裁缝的技术
  tailor-made 裁缝制的；量身定做，合适的
  well-tailored suit 做工精良的西服
  tailored for a special purpose /to a particular audience 适合特殊目的/适合特殊的观众要求的

词根词缀：plano-, plan-, -plany, -plania

【来源及含义】Greek: passively drifting, wandering, or roaming; planet or planets

【相关描述】The planets are shown in this unit with images and links for details about each planet.

【相关词根词缀】 A cross reference of word units that are related, directly or indirectly, to the: "moon": Calendar, Moon Facts; Chemical Element: selenium; Gods and Goddesses; luna, luni-; Luna, the earth moon; menisc-; meno-; Planets in Motion; seleno-.

【同源单词】angioplany, aplanogamete, diplanetism, exoplanet, extrasolar planet, interplanetary