cop-cordless：警察抓小偷果然是天命
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*kap-（抓住），C与K 同音通转，K表手，引申指抓住，这里指抓人的警察，引申指注意到。
【例句】
There's a drunkard standing out on the street corner, and a cop passes by and says, "What do you think you're doing? "
一个醉汉站在马路拐角。一人警察走过，问他：“你这是在干什么？”
【同根词】accept; anticipate; anticipation; behave; behoof; behoove; cable; cacciatore; caitiff; capable; capacious; capacity; capias; capiche; capstan; caption; captious; captivate; captive; captor; capture; case (n.2) "receptacle;" catch; catchpoll; cater; chase (n.1) "a hunt;" chase (v.) "to run after, hunt;" chasse; chasseur; conceive; cop (v.) "to sieze, catch;" copper (n.2) "policeman;" deceive; emancipate; except; forceps; gaffe; haft; have; hawk (n.); heave; heavy; heft; incapacity; inception; incipient; intercept; intussusception; manciple; municipal; occupy; participation; perceive; precept; prince; purchase; receive; recipe; recover; recuperate; sashay; susceptible.
【造词理据】c-是com-的截短，表一起，-y是后缀，词根op源自PIE词根*op-（劳作、量产），O是A的近音变体，可能是误拼，也可能是因为元音字母通转（注意，字母A\O等元音字母被创造时是被看作辅音字母的）。A表牛角，引申指放牧、劳作、量产，这里指大量复写、复制、抄袭，也指复制品。
【例句】
It was a good idea for her to copy my homework.
对她来说，抄我的家庭作业是个好主意。
【同根词】cooperate; cooperation; copious; copy; cornucopia; hors d'oeuvre; inure; maneuver; manure; oeuvre; office; official; officinal; omni-; omnibus; omnium gatherum; op. cit.; opera; operate; operation; operose; optimism; optimum; opulence; opulent; opus; Oscan.
【造词理据】复合词，由copy+right组成。其中，right（正确的、权利），源自PIE词根*reg-（直线移动、统治），R表头，引申指头领，在这里跟着头领走、头对齐的，再引申指正确的、直的、领导、统治。西方有左凶右吉的迷信，所以“正确的”就是“右侧的”。另，“正确的”名词化指“权利”。copyright指复制的权利、版权。
【例句】
This revenue could be substantially higher, said the report, were it not for the global phenomenon of copyright theft.
报告指出，如果不是卷入全球盗版事件中，税收应该更高。
【同根词】right的同根词abrogate; address; adroit; Alaric; alert; anorectic; anorexia; arrogant; arrogate; bishopric; correct; corvee; derecho; derogate; derogatory; Dietrich; direct; dress; eldritch; erect; ergo; Eric; Frederick; Henry; incorrigible; interregnum; interrogate; maharajah; Maratha; prerogative; prorogue; rack (n.1) "frame with bars;" rail (n.1) "horizontal bar passing from one post or support to another;" Raj; rajah; rake (n.1) "toothed tool for drawing or scraping things together;" rake (n.2) "debauchee; idle, dissolute person;" rakish; rank (adj.) "corrupt, loathsome, foul;" real (n.) "small Spanish silver coin;" realm; reck; reckless; reckon; rectangle; rectify; rectilinear; rectitude; recto; recto-; rector; rectum; regal; regent; regicide; regime; regimen; regiment; region; regular; regulate; Regulus; Reich; reign; resurgent; rex; rich; right; Risorgimento; rogation; royal; rule; sord; source; subrogate; subrogation; surge; surrogate; viceroy.
【造词理据】-less是后缀，表否定，词根cord源自PIE词根*ghere-（绳索、场子）。象形，G与C同源通转，G形表一团绳子，这里指无绳的。最早的电话时候电话线的，随着科技的发展，出现了不用电线绳与电源连接的电话，即无绳电话。
【例句】
Monica comes out with her cordless phone .
莫妮卡拿着无绳电话出来。
【同根词】Chordata; chordate; chord (n.2) "structure in animals resembling a string;" chorion; cord; cordon; harpsichord; haruspex; hernia; notochord; yarn.
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单词成就英语，英语照见未来