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THG·自嘲的猫 周边(词根: peri)
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from:《蒙娜丽莎的微笑》
2017年2月23日内容(周四)
Merriam-Webster’s Vocabulary Builder
词根: peri
词根释义:going around something
词根背景知识补充:这个词根简单例子比较少,periscope算是比较容易记忆的一个,我们说过scope表示“视野”,什么什么“镜”也老出现scope词根,比如telescope表示“望远镜”。所以periscope也是某镜,叫做潜望镜,戴上它可以see around corners。
1. perimeter [pə'rimitə]
定义: to boundary or distance around a body or figure
例句: All along the city’s perimeter the guerrillas kept up their attack night after night.
例句语法结构:主谓宾
例句中文翻译:游击队沿着城市周界日夜进攻。
单词中文意思及词性:perimeter n. 周长;周界
介绍段落精简句型解析及推荐背诵句式:The entire perimeter of Australia is bounded by water. 澳大利亚四周都是水。
2. periodontal [,periə'dɔntəl]
定义: surrounding the teeth
例句: Years of bad living had filled his teeth with cavities, but it was periodontal disease that finished them off.
例句语法结构:主谓宾,强调句
例句中文翻译:好几年不良生活导致他的牙齿都是蛀牙,但是牙周疾病彻底毁了他的牙齿。
单词中文意思及词性:periodontal adj. 牙周的
介绍段落精简句型解析及推荐背诵句式:periodontist,牙周病医生。简单说来,牙周病比较严重,因为有可能会hold不住牙齿在本来应该在的位置(they can no longer hold the teeth in place)。
3. peripatetic [,peripə'tetik]
定义: (1) having to do with walking; (2) moving or traveling from place to place
例句: She spent her early adult years as a peripatetic musician, traveling from one engagement to another.
例句语法结构:主谓宾,非谓语动词做伴随状语
例句中文翻译:她刚成年那几年,是个游历的音乐家,到处赶场。
单词中文意思及词性:peripatetic n. 走来走去的人;adj. 巡游的
介绍段落精简句型解析及推荐背诵句式:这个词其实是用来说哲学家亚里士多德的。peripatetic soul的状态就是wandering far and wide。但如今商界的“空中飞人”也可以用这个词:Today peripatetic executives and salespeople move from one job to the next and stare into laptop computers while flying from city to city. 你们觉不觉得stare into这里用的非常有画面感啊?(常见的“凝视”搭配是stare at sth.)
4. peripheral /pəˈrɪfərəl/
定义: (1) having to do with the outer edges, esp. of the field of vision; (2) auxiliary
例句: The teacher seems to have eyes in the back of her head, but what she really had was excellent peripheral vision and a thorough knowledge of how ten-year-olds behave.
例句语法结构:主谓宾,主系表
例句中文翻译:这老师就像脑袋背后长了眼睛一样,但她真正拥有的是周边视觉,以及对十岁左右的孩子们行为的透彻了解。
单词中文意思及词性:peripheral adj. 外围的;次要的 n. 外部设备
介绍段落精简句型解析及推荐背诵句式:比如老司机在开车的时候,周边视觉peripheral vision就很重要,尤其是在变道switch lanes的时候。