词根:tuine = twine, 表示“编织”
twine v. 缠绕n. 股线
entwine v. 纠缠(en使+twine→使编织到一起→纠缠)
intertwine v. 编织起来(inter在中间+twine→互相编织在一起)
untwine v. 解开(un打开+twine→把编织在一起的解开)
后缀:-le ①[动词后缀]
1、表示反复、连续及拟声动作
winkle 闪烁,闪耀
twinkle 闪烁,闪耀
wriggle 蠕动,扭动
joggle 轻摇
jingle 作丁当响
tinkle 发丁当声
sizzle 发咝咝声
gurgle 发咯咯声
2、将形容词或名词变成动词
darkle 变暗
speckle 使弄上斑点
sparkle 发火花
handle 拿,搬弄,操纵
②[名词后缀]
表示做某种动作时所使用的东西
thimble 顶针(thimb=thumb拇指)
shuttle 织布梭(shut=shoot抛出)
stopple 塞子
spindle 纺纱锭子(spin纺)
handle 柄,把手
girdle 带,腰带
词根词缀:didym-
【来源及含义】Greek: twin; testicle
【相关描述】Words that include the Greek element didym- which oddly provides us with words referring to "twins" or "testes".
【同源单词】cryptodidymus, didymalgia, didymitis, didymus, epididymis, epididymitis
词根词缀:fix-
【来源及含义】Latin: to fasten; to attach; from fixus, past participle of figere
【相关词根词缀】 Related word families intertwined with "to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach" word units: pon-; prosth-; stato-; the-, thes-.
【同源单词】affix, affixal, affixation, affixial, affixion, affixture
词根词缀:gemin-
【来源及含义】Latin: twin; double
【同源单词】bigeminal, Gemini, geminiflorous, geminous, trigeminal, trigeminy
词根词缀:-pagus
【来源及含义】Greek: something fixed or fastened together; a suffix that denotes conjoined twins, the first element of a word denotes the parts fused
【同源单词】craniopagus, omphalopagus, pygopagus, thoracogastropagus, thoracopagus
词根词缀:plic-, pli- plect-, plec-, plici-, -plex, -plexity, -plexus, -ple, -pli, -plic, -plicat, -plicit, -plicate, -plication, -ply
【来源及含义】Latin: plicare, plecare, to fold, bend, curve, turn, twine, twist, interweave, weave
【相关词根词缀】 Inter-related cross references involving word units meaning "bend, curve, turn": diversi-; diverticul-; flect-, flex-; gyro-; meand-; streph-; stroph-; tors-; tropo-; verg-; vers-; volv-.
【同源单词】accomplice, app, appliableness, appliably, appliance, applicability
词根词缀:pon-, posit-, pos-, -poning, -poned, -ponency, -ponent, -ponement, -pound
【来源及含义】Latin: to place, to put, to set; placement, positioning
【相关词根词缀】 Related word families intertwined with "to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach" word units: fix-; prosth-; stato-; the-, thes-.
【同源单词】aeolian deposit, appose, apposite, appositely, appositeness, apposition
词根词缀:prosth-, prosthe-, prosthet-, prostheto-
【来源及含义】Greek > Latin: an addition; to put to, add to, to place
【相关词根词缀】 Related word families intertwined with "to place, placing, to put; to add; to stay; to attach" word units: fix-; pon-; stato-; the-, thes-.
【同源单词】dental prosthesis, externally powered prosthetics, keratoprosthesis, maxillofacial prosthesis, myoelectric prosthesis, prosthesis
词根词缀:scintill-, scintil-, scinti-
【来源及含义】Latin: light, shine, spark, sparkle, twinkle
【相关词根词缀】 Etymologically related "light, shine, glow" word families: ethero-; fulg-; luco-; lumen-, lum-; luna, luni-; lustr-; phengo-; pheno-; phospho-; photo-; splendo-.
【同源单词】atmospheric scintillation, dacryoscintigraphy, immunoscintigraphy, interplanetary scintillation, microscintigraphy, scinticisternograph