correspond-cotton:无“本”万利是不可能的

【造词理据】cor-是com-变体,表一起,re-表回、向后,词根spond源自PIE词根*spend-(承诺)。S表牙齿,引申指说话,这里指互相说话,即通信、相一致。

【例句】

We may assume that the meanings of these underwater sounds correspondclosely to these with which we are familiar on land.

我们可以假定水下声音和陆地上我们熟悉的声音含意相似。

【同根词】despondence espouse respond sponsor spouse correspond correspondence respondent responder response responsible responsive riposte spondee correspondent corresponding

【造词理据】co-是com-的截短,表一起,词根st源自*sta-(站立),这里指放在旁边的(钱),即成本、本钱、代价。

【例句】

As the cost of energy goes down, he said, people would be more likely to usesteam turbines more often.

他说,随着能源成本的下降,人们将更广泛更频繁地使用蒸汽涡轮机。

【同根词】Afghanistan; Anastasia; apostasy; apostate; armistice; arrest; assist; astatic; astatine; Baluchistan; bedstead; circumstance; consist; constable; constant; constitute; contrast; cost; desist; destination; destine; destitute; diastase; distance; distant; ecstasy; epistasis; epistemology; establish; estaminet; estate; etagere; existence; extant; Hindustan; histidine; histo-; histogram; histology; histone; hypostasis; insist; instant; instauration; institute; interstice; isostasy; isostatic; Kazakhstan; metastasis; obstacle; obstetric; obstinate; oust; Pakistan; peristyle; persist; post (n.1) "timber set upright;" press (v.2) "force into service;" presto; prostate; prostitute; resist; rest (v.2) "to be left, remain;" restitution; restive; restore; shtetl; solstice; stable (adj.) "secure against falling;" stable (n.) "building for domestic animals;" stage; stalag; stale; stalwart; stamen; -stan; stance; stanchion; stand; standard; stanza; stapes; starboard; stare decisis; stasis; -stat; stat; state (n.1) "circumstances, conditions;" stater; static; station; statistics; stator; statue; stature; status; statute; staunch; (adj.) "strong, substantial;" stay (v.1) "come to a halt, remain in place;" stay (n.2) "strong rope which supports a ship's mast;" stead; steed; steer (n.) "male beef cattle;" steer (v.) "guide the course of a vehicle;" stem (n.) "trunk of a plant;" stern (n.) "hind part of a ship;" stet; stoa; stoic; stool; store; stound; stow; stud (n.1) "nailhead, knob;" stud (n.2) "horse kept for breeding;" stylite; subsist; substance; substitute; substitution; superstition; system; Taurus; understand.

【造词理据】-age是后缀,词根cot源自古日耳曼语*kutan(村舍、小屋),K为C同音通转。象形,C形表屋顶,这里指有棚顶的小屋子、农舍。

【例句】

The cottage, too, was empty and had been swept with a broom, which he had left leaning against the wall.

小屋里也空无一人,地面清扫过了,扫把还倚靠在墙上。

【同根词】cote coterie cotquean

【造词理据】源自古埃及人织的一种布的名词。也可能去去除棉花种子的轧棉机有关。魔法师以后一说法为依据,参考前者尝试解析。C表骆驼,引申指行动、运动,在这里使棉花种子被去除掉,借指轧棉机、织的布、棉线等。

【例句】

And the air permeability of the flax fabrics is far superior to that of cotton fabric.

麻织物的透气性能远比棉织物要好。

【同根词】Antigone; autogenous; benign; cognate; congener; congenial; congenital; connate; cosmogony; cryogenic; degenerate; engender; engine; epigone; eugenics; -gen; gendarme; gender; gene; genealogy; general; generate; generation; generic; generous; genesis; -genesis; genial; -genic; genital; genitive; genius; genocide; genotype; genre; gens; gent; genteel; gentile; gentle; gentry; genuine; genus; -geny; germ; german (adj.) "of the same parents or grandparents;" germane; germinal; germinate; germination; gingerly; gonad; gono-; gonorrhea; heterogeneous; homogeneous; homogenize; homogenous; impregnate; indigenous; ingenious; ingenuous; innate; jaunty; kermes; kin; kindergarten; kindred; king; kind (n.) "class, sort, variety;" kind (adj.) "friendly, deliberately doing good to others;" Kriss Kringle; malign; miscegenation; nada; naive; nascent; natal; Natalie; nation; native; nature; nee; neonate; Noel; oncogene; ontogeny; photogenic; phylogeny; pregnant (adj.1) "with child;" primogenitor; primogeniture; progenitor; progeny; puisne; puny; renaissance; theogony; wunderkind.

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