bleed-block:房子是家也是堡垒
【造词理据】拟声词。源自PIE词根*bhel- (繁荣thrive、开花bloom),可能是吹(blow)、膨胀(swell)的变体。模仿吹气的声音,借指鼓起、膨胀、开花,这里指血液流出来、迸发出来。
【例句】My only love. I bleed for you. And I can't let go. No matter what I do. You face sosweet. I never want to see you go.
我唯一的爱,我为你滴血,我无法放手,无论我做些什麽,你的面容如此甜美,我永远都不想看你离去。
【同根词】blade; bleed; bless; blood; blow (v.2) "to bloom, blossom;" bloom (n.1) "blossom of a plant;" bloom (n.2) "rough mass of wrought iron;" blossom; cauliflower; chervil; cinquefoil; deflower; defoliation; effloresce; exfoliate; feuilleton; flora; floral; floret; florid; florin; florist; flour; flourish; flower; foil (n.) "very thin sheet of metal;" foliage; folio; folium; gillyflower; Phyllis; phyllo-; portfolio; trefoil.
【讨论】前文讨论过bleed,认为造词例句是象形(B形)。结合其他同根词看,魔法师认为还是拟声词更合理。
【造词理据】见bleed。早期宗教祈福多是血祭的形式。现在某些宗教还有类似仪式。
【例句】Over the next few years, the Lord continued to bless me. Everything Iprophesied came true!
接下来的几年,上帝一直眷顾我,我所预言的一切都成真了。
【同根词】见bleed。
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*bhel-(闪耀shine),拟声词。闪光使人变瞎、目盲。
【例句】As it turns out, many blind people, people with no visual perception of light at all,do have the same sleep sike as the sighted people.
据证实,许多无光感的盲人确实有和正常人一样的睡眠节律。
【同根词】beluga; Beltane; black; blancmange; blanch; blank; blanket; blaze (n.1) "bright flame, fire;" bleach; bleak; blemish; blench; blende; blend; blind; blindfold; blitzkrieg; blond; blue (adj.1); blush; conflagration; deflagration; effulgence; effulgent; flagrant; flambe; flambeau; flamboyant; flame; flamingo; flammable; Flavian; Flavius; fulgent; fulminate; inflame; inflammable; phlegm; phlegmatic; phlogiston; phlox; purblind; refulgent; riboflavin.
【讨论】blush最像拟声词了,脸唰地红了。
【造词理据】源自PIE词根bhelg-(结实的木板plank),B表房屋,借指造房子的木板,原指用模板挡住、阻碍。
【例句】Intending to jolt him from the deadly current, she whacked him with a handyplank of wood by the backdoor, braking his arm in two places .
为使他脱离致命的电流,她就近从后门抄了一块厚木板朝他劈去,把他的胳膊劈成两段。
【同根词】balk balcony balky baulk bilk block bulkhead debauch fulcrum phalanx
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