choir-chopsticks:用“筷子”吃饭可以更快
【造词理据】源自PIE词根 *gher- (包围),象形。G与C同源通转,C形表包围,在这里指围起来唱歌跳舞的一群人,即合唱团、唱诗班。
【例句】She began singing in her church choir at the age of 11, and as a youngteenager occasionally performed at her mother's concerts.
惠特尼·休斯顿11岁就开始在当地教堂唱诗班演唱,青年时期偶尔参加母亲的演唱会,与母亲同台献艺。
【同根词】Asgard; carol; choir; choral; chorale; choric; chorister; chorus; cohort; cortege; court; courteous; courtesan; courtesy; courtier; curtilage; curtsy; garden; garth; gird; girdle; girt; girth; -grad; hangar; Hilda; Hildegard; Hortense; horticulture; jardiniere; kindergarten; Midgard; orchard; Terpsichore; Utgard; yard (n.1) "patch of ground around a house."
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*gyeu-(咀嚼、下巴)。G为C的同源通转,象形,模仿脸颊(cheek)的外形。咀嚼主要特征就是下巴动起来。咀嚼带动脸颊动起来,因为窒息与咀嚼吞咽相似而得名。
【例句】For another, the American Dream could consist in achieving a state of purefreedom from the choke-hold of money and social structure.
另一方面,美国梦可能存在于从令人窒息的金钱和社会结构中获取纯粹的自由。
【同根词】chin、cheek、chew choke
【造词理据】直接源自古日耳曼语词根*keus-,间接源自PIE词根*geus-(选择choose、品尝taste),G同C,C与K同音通转。K表手,引申指选取、选择。
【例句】If I regard a certain course of action as good, it is only I who choose to say thatit is good and not bad.
如果我认为这样的一种行为是好的,那也只是我自己的选择,说它是好的而不是坏的。
【同根词】Angus; choice; choose; degustation; disgust; Fergus; gustation; gustatory; gusto; ragout; Valkyrie.
【造词理据】复合词,由chop+stick组成。其中,chop是音译词,来自广东话
k'wai tse。其中,k'wai(快),来源于 “快”的意义在洋泾滨英语中的说法之一: chop-chop (快 - 快)。stick(棍棒),源自PIE词根*steig-(刺、戳),S表牙齿,引申指咬、刺,原指用棍子指、戳刺,后比喻指“固定”。
【例句】A variety of a tree with a piece of paper less disposable chopsticks, our home alittle more green less pollution! 一树同一张纸上品种少一次性筷子,我们的家园多一点绿色污染少!
【同根词】chop的同根词:chop-chop(快点)
stick的同根词:steak、thistle、extinguish、astigmatism、instigation、stick、stigma、instinct、stitch、ticket(魔法师总结)
【讨论】不是所有的st都是同义词根。
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