breath-brick:墙砖像是碎片
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*gwhre-(呼吸breath、气味smell)。脱落字母G,象形。G形表张大嘴,引申指呼气,这里指呼吸。
【例句】By then Shousheng had already entered, truly covered with mud. The clerk satdown, panting for breath, unable to say a word.
这时寿生已经跑了进来,当真是一身泥,气喘喘地坐下了,说不出话来。
【同根词】breathalyzer breathe breathless breath-taking breathy
【讨论】词源没有这方面证据,我主要参考了gasp、gap的词源和含义。
【造词理据】见breath。
【例句】
In parts of Sumatra, the neighbouring Indonesian island spewing out the smog, it had been getting hard to breathe.
邻近的印尼岛屿苏门答腊岛部分地方正喷吐烟雾,呼吸愈发困难。
【同根词】见breath。
【造词理据】-less是后缀,表否定。见breath。
【例句】The apparent last gasp of Gaddafi's power appeared to happen with breathlessspeed, as his loyalists seemingly melted away into the dark.卡扎菲的权力明显奄奄一息出现气喘吁吁的速度发生,因为他的忠诚似乎融化成暗。
【同根词】见breath。
【造词理据】拟声词。原指被打碎的碎片,与break近源。后指砖块。
【例句】Brick and tile has superior mechanical properties than the soil can be from localmaterials, yet easy to manufacture.
砖和瓦具有比土更优越的力学性能,可以就地取材,而又易于加工制作。
【同根词】break brickbat bricklayer brickwork brickyard briquette gold-brick
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