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词根:gross = large, thick

  盎格鲁-撒克逊语的gross 意为large,thick,它的变形为groc。

同源词:

1. engross(使变厚en(=make) + gross(=thick,large)
  vt. sb + in + sth 占用(时间),吸引(注意力),使全身贯注;用大字体清晰或端正地书写(或誊写)
  engrossment n.全神贯注,专注;(誊写成文的)文件
  engrossing adj.使人全神贯注的;非常有趣的
  Detective fiction invariably engrosses me. 侦探小说总是很吸引我...

2. gross
  adj.总的,总体的,全部的;臃肿的(以至看起来令人生厌);(错误、不正当行为等)严重的;不雅的,粗俗的;(食物)粗劣的;(植物)茂盛的,茂密的 v.总共收入...
  grossly adv. 非常,很
  gross national product 国民生产总值(缩写:GNP)
  gross domestic product 国内生产总值(缩写:GDP)
  his gross income 他的总收入
  the gross vegetation of the tropical rain-forest 热带雨林的茂密植物

3. grocer
  n.食品商,杂货商

4. grocery
  n.食品店;(pl.)食品,杂货,食品杂货业

后缀:-en ①[动词后缀]

表示做、使成为...、使变成...

shorten 使缩短

gladden 使快活

harden 使变硬

flatten 使变平

strengthen 加强

moisten 弄湿,使湿

deepen 加深,使深

sharpen 削尖

rechen 使富

quicken 加快

darken 使黑,变黑

youthen 变年轻

heighten 加高,提高

fatten 使肥

lengthen 使延长,伸长

straighten 弄直,使直

broaden 加宽

sweeten 使变甜

thicken 使变厚

soften 弄软,使软化

②[形容词后缀]

表示由...制成的,含有...质的,似...的

wooden 木制的

leaden 铅制的

woolen 羊毛制的

golden 金质的,似金的

silken 丝的,如丝的

wheaten 小麦制的

earthen 泥质的,泥制的

waxen 蜡制的,似蜡的

ashen 灰的,似灰的

oaken 橡树制的

③[名词后缀]

1、表示人

warden 看守人

citizen 公民

vixen 刁妇,泼妇

denizen 居民

2、表示小称

maiden 少女

chicken 小鸡

kitten 小猫

词根词缀:athero-, ather-

【来源及含义】Greek: groats, meal, porridge; soft, pasty materials

【相关描述】This element used to mean "of or pertaining to a sebaceous cyst" and "of or pertaining to arteriosclerosis", the "thickening of the arteries".

【同源单词】atherectomy, atherogenesis, atherogenic, atheroma, atheromatous, atherome

词根词缀:calibra-, calibr-, caliber-

【来源及含义】French: degree of merit or importance; diameter of a bullet, cannon-ball, etc.; instrument for measuring the thickness, width, or distance through the center of a tube

【同源单词】caliber, calibrate, calibrated, calibrated airspeed, calibrated altitude, calibrating tank

词根词缀:callus-, callous-

【来源及含义】Latin: hardened skin, thick skin; a knob

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references directly, or indirectly, involving the "skin": chorio-; cicatri- (scar); cori-; cuti-; hymen-; lepido- (scab, scale); papulo- (pimple); psoro- (itch, mange); pustu- (blister, pimple); rhytid- (wrinkle); scabio- (mange, itchy); sebo- (grease, oil).

【同源单词】callositas, callosity, callous, calloused, callousness, callus

词根词缀:dasy-

【来源及含义】Greek: thick, shaggy, hairy, dense

【同源单词】dasymeter, dasypedes, dasyphyllous, dasypod

词根词缀:densi-, dens-

【来源及含义】Latin: thick, thickly set, crowded, compact

【同源单词】condensable, condensate, condensate well, condensation, condensative, condense

词根词缀:duro-, dur-, dura-

【来源及含义】Latin: hard [as wood], lasting; thick, tough

【同源单词】dour, dourly, dourness, dura mater, durability, durable

词根词缀:lochmo-, lochm-

【来源及含义】Greek: thicket, bush

【同源单词】lochmocolous, lochmodophile, lochmodophilous, lochmodophyte, lochmophile, lochmophilous

词根词缀:masca-

【来源及含义】Latin: specter, witch, mask, nightmare > Italian mascera > French, masque [covering to hide or to protect the face]

【同源单词】enmascarar, mascara, mascaraing, thickening mascara