cube-culture:劳动之花即文化
【造词理据】可能源自PIE词根*keu(b)-(弯曲),K为C的同音通转。象形,K形表交叉、转折、弯曲,这里指六边形的魔方、立方体。
【例句】
I spent the next half hour with an ice cube and a plastic knife, scraping tar offthe bottom of my shoes.
接下来我花了半个小时用一块近似立方体的冰块和一把塑料刀把柏油从我的鞋底擦去。
【同根词】cube cubit camber
【造词理据】-ic是后缀,见cube。
【例句】
The gas pipeline will provide up to 30 million cubic meters of natural gas a year, helping reduce reliance on heavily polluting coal.
而该管道也将通过年均输送天然气3000立方米来减轻中国对污染性能源——煤炭的依赖。
【同根词】见cube。
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*pekw- (烹饪、做饭),脱落字母P表嘴,引申指说话、吃饭,这里指做饭的地方、做的饭(菜肴)。
【例句】
Vienna claims to be the only city with a cuisine of its own.
维也纳声称自己是唯一一座有自己的特色菜肴的城市。
【同根词】相关词biscotti biscuit concoct cook cookbook cooker cookery cookout cox cuisine decoction dyspeptic kiln kitchen peptic precocious pumpkin ricotta terra-cotta
【造词理据】-al和-ure是后缀,词根cult源自PIE词根*kwel-(转,耕作),K为C的同音通转。象形,C形表轮转、轮耕、耕作。culture原指农业,后抽象指在农业上衍生出得文化。
【例句】
Nisbett says that any explanation for the cultural differences is, at this point,speculation.
尼斯伯特说,从这个角度看,任何对文化差异的解释都是一种推测。
【同根词】accolade; ancillary; atelo-; bazaar; bicycle; bucolic; chakra; chukker; collar; collet; colonial; colony; cult; cultivate; culture; cyclamen; cycle; cyclo-; cyclone; cyclops; decollete; encyclical; encyclopedia; entelechy; epicycle; hauberk; hawse; inquiline; Kultur; lapidocolous; nidicolous; palimpsest; palindrome; palinode; pole (n.2) "ends of Earth's axis;" pulley; rickshaw; talisman; teleology; telic; telophase; telos; torticollis; wheel.
【造词理据】-ure是后缀,见cultural。
【例句】
How much did Kissinger know about Chinese history and culture when he set off for his first rendezvous with Zhou?
第一次启程去与周恩来会面的时候,基辛格对中国历史和文化了解多少?
【同根词】见cultural。
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