broken-brown:破镜难圆,兄弟齐心

【造词理据】拟声词。模仿断裂声,借指折断。这里指破碎的。

【例句】If he had not broken his tooth, he would not be in the hospital now.

如果没有把牙齿弄坏,他就不会现在在医院了。

【同根词】anfractuous; Brabant; bracken; brake (n.1) "stopping device for a wheel;" brake (n.2) "kind of fern;" brash; breach; break; breccia; breeches; brioche; chamfer; defray; diffraction; fractal; fraction; fractious; fracture; fragile; fragility; fragment; frail; frangible; infraction; infringe; irrefragable; irrefrangible; naufragous; ossifrage; refract; refraction; refrain (n.); refrangible; sassafras; saxifrage; suffragan; suffrage.

【造词理据】象形。源自PIE词根*bh(e)rem- (投掷、凸起project,一个尖端a point), B形表收拢的、绑缚的样子,这里指把金雀花的枝叶收拢在一起,来制作扫帚。

【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】bundle  相关词:bramble broomstick scrub

【造词理据】源自PIE词根 *bhrater(子宫兄弟、血亲兄弟)。B表房屋,喻指子宫,这里借指同胞兄弟。

【例句】Oh, poor bunny! He is trying to earn food for his brother. I must help him, he thought.

他想,可怜的小兔子,瞧他正给弟弟种蘑菇呢!我得帮帮他。

【同根词】相关词:br'er brethren bro brotherhood brother-in-law brotherly bubba bud buddy bully confrere fraternity fratricide friar friary half-brother pal stepbrother

【造词理据】拟声词。源自*bher-词根(明亮bright、褐色brown),指棕熊的颜色,令人惊恐。这种惊恐常引起声音的联想。(与black、blue造词理据相似)。

【例句】With her brown bobbed hair, luminous gray eyes and pale skin, she lookedperfectly charming.她褐色的头发剪得很短,灰色的眼睛充盈着光泽,皮肤苍白,看上去非常迷人。

【同根词】Barnard; bear (n.) "large carnivorous or omnivorous mammal of the family Ursidae;" beaver (n.1) "large amphibious quadruped rodent of the genus Castor;" berserk; brown; Bruin; brunet; brunette; burnish.

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