curious-cushion:一手交钱一手交货
【造词理据】-ious是后缀。象形,C形表包裹、覆盖伤口,引申指关心的、好奇的。
【例句】
Well, you might be curious about what my life was like on the streets, and I've never really talked about it in depth.
那么,你也许会好奇我流落街头的日子是怎么过的,我从来没有真正地深入地谈过这个。
【同根词】cure curiosity incurious uncurious curious
【造词理据】-ency是后缀,词根cur源自PIE词根*kers-(跑),C与K同音通转,C表骆驼,引申指运输、行走、跑,这里指流动的货币、流通的钱。
【例句】
It has evolved over the decades into an international financial center but hasn't been able to use or trade the currency of its hinterland.
经过几十年的发展,它成了一个国际金融中心,但却不能使用或交易其腹地的货币。
【同根词】car; career; cargo; caricature; cark; carpenter; carriage; carrier; carry; charabanc; charette; charge; chariot; concourse; concur; concurrent; corral; corridor; corsair; courant; courier; course; currency; current; curriculum; cursive; cursor; cursory; discharge; discourse; encharge; excursion; hussar; incur; intercourse; kraal; miscarry; occur; precursor; recourse; recur; succor.
【造词理据】-ain是后缀,cur源自PIE词根*gher-(包围),G与C同源近音通转,象形,C形表围起来的院子、庭院。后因为通往庭院的希腊房子的“门”是一块悬挂的布,所以也指“窗帘”。
【例句】
The dark Ones have had their day and a great curtain is being pulled down that will put an end to their reign.
黑暗势力已日落黄昏,巨大的帷幕正在落下,给他们的时代画上句号。
【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" curtain
【造词理据】-ion是后缀,象形,C形表臀部的外形,后指屁股坐的的垫子、坐垫。
【例句】
It is not unusual to see a 20-something woman with a big, Garfield-shaped cushion on her sofa or a Hello Kitty mobile phone accessory.
20岁左右的女士,用一个大大的加菲猫沙发靠垫,或者手机上装饰有凯蒂猫,已经司空见惯。
【同根词】cushion pincushion
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