cover-crayon:千锤万击出深山,烈火焚烧若等闲
【造词理据】
混成词。co-是com-的截短，起强调作用，o是op的截短，是epi的变体，表在...之上（over、靠近），ver是源自PIE词根*wer-的变体。象形，V通W形表曲折、包裹，这里指扣在物体上面，即覆盖、包裹，也指封面、封皮、罩子。
【例句】
How much will it cost, and will insurance cover it?
治疗费用是多少，能否使用医疗保险？
【同根词】
aperitif; apertive; aperture; barbican; cover; covert; curfew; discover; garage; garment; garnish; garret; garrison; guarantee; guaranty; kerchief; landwehr; operculum; overt; overture; pert; warn; warrant; warrantee; warranty; warren; wat; Wehrmacht; weir.
【造词理据】拟声词。源自PIE词根*gwou-（牛），模仿牛的叫声，借指牛、母牛、乳牛等。
【例句】
He had not gone far when he ran into a large cow and fell down.
没走多远，他撞到了一只大母牛，摔倒了。
【同根词】beef; Boeotian; Bosphorus; boustrophedon; bovine; bugle; Bucephalus; bucolic; buffalo; bugloss; bulimia; butane; butter; butyl; butyric; cow (n.); cowbell; cowboy; cowlick; cowslip; Euboea; Gurkha; hecatomb; kine.
【造词理据】复合词，由cow+boy组成。cow为拟声词，见cow。boy在前文也讨论过。这里不再赘述。
【例句】
Once there was an honest and kind-hearted fellow named Niu Lang (cowboy).He was driven out of home by his sister-in-law.
很久以前有一个诚实善良的人叫牛郎，他被嫂子赶出了家门。
【同根词】见cow。
【造词理据】疑与粉笔（chalk）有关，象形，C形表卵石，比喻指石灰石、白垩。这些矿物被用来制作粉笔。后泛指各种彩笔、蜡笔等。
【例句】
Eric was such a brat, he took a crayon and scribbled all over the living roomwalls!
埃里克真是个讨厌鬼，他拿蜡笔把客厅的墙壁吐的乱七八糟。
【同根词】见chalk。（calcareous calcify calcite calcium calculation calculous calculus caliche caulk chalkboard chalk-mark chalky chelsea）
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单词成就英语，英语照见未来