procreate /'prəʊkrieɪt/
v. 生育,生殖,繁殖;
pro-[forth]+ cre-[生長]+ -ate [動詞後綴];
lit. bring forth 長出體外→分娩,生育;
相關詞:
procreation /,prokrɪ'eʃən/
n. 生育,分娩;
crescent /'kresnt/
n. 1. 新月,彎月,上、下弦月; 2. 新月形的物體(如新月形的街道);
cre-[生長]+-sc-[表始動詞]+ -ent [現在分詞後綴作名詞,表主動];
lit. moonbeginning to grow開始長大的月亮→新月;
croissant /'kwɑːsɒŋ/
n. 羊角麵包,牛角麵包,新月形麵包;
法語詞,構詞等同於crescent;cro-[=cre(sc)-, 生長]+ -iss- [古法語現在分詞慣用中綴]+ -ant [現在分詞後綴];
lit. growing生長中的→新月→新月形的麵包;該詞也是麵包店"可頌坊Croissantsde France"的英譯;
increment /'ɪŋkrɪmənt/
n. (薪金的)定期增長;(數字,價值或數量的)增加額;
in-[介詞前綴in,後產生出副詞含義makeinto sth] + cre- [生長]+ -ment[名詞後綴,常與動詞詞根組合表示度量衡或動作的過程與結果];
lit. theprocess of increasing;
increase /'ɪnkriːs/
n. 增加,增長,增強;
/ɪn'kriːs/ v. 增進,增加,增大;
in-[介詞前綴in-,後產生出副詞含義makeinto sth]+creas-[to begin growing]+ -e;
lit.make something begin growing使增長;
increasingly /ɪn'krɪsɪŋlɪ/
adv. 漸增地,日益…,越來越多地;
decrease /dɪ'kriːs/
v.(使)減少,減弱,減輕;
n. 減少,減少額;
de-[down,negative]+creas-[to begingrowing]+ -e;
lit. to begingrowing negatively 增長的反義→減少;
accretion /əˈkriːʃən/
n. 堆積層;增加;
ac-[=ad-,to]+cret-[生長]+-ion[名詞後綴,表達過程或結果];
lit.1.the result of growing up→堆積層2.the process of growing up→增加;
concrete /'kɒnkriːt/
adj.1. 具體的,有形的; 2. 明確的;
n.1. 具體物;2. 混凝土,凝結物;
v.用混凝土修築;
con- [=com-, together]+cret-[生長]+-e;
lit. grow together生長在一起→凝聚在一起的→有形的,具體的;