cup-cure:晚来天欲雪,能饮一杯无
【造词理据】源自PIE词根keup-(中空的),K为C的同音通转,象形,C形表中空的,这里指杯子。
【例句】
I eat some breakfast, make a cup of coffee, and pack up to leave.
我吃了点早餐,喝了杯咖啡,收拾离去。
【同根词】buttercup coop cupboard cupcake cupful cupola dummkopf egg-cup kop tea-cup tete
【造词理据】复合词,由cup+board组成。board,B表房屋,board原指造房子的坚硬的木板,后指木板。cupboard指放杯子的木板,即碗柜、橱柜。
【例句】
The captain's cook was a crook because he took the clock locked in the captain's kitchen cupboard.
船长的厨师是个骗子,因为他拿走了锁在船长厨房食柜的钟。
【同根词】见cup。
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*greut- (凝块),象形,C与G同源近音通转,C形表混在一起的块状物体,这里指凝乳、豆腐状物。
【例句】
The dried bean curd which has a long history, high nutrition value, good tastingand easy to carry about, is loved by most of people.
豆腐干,简称豆干,加工历史悠久,味美可口,营养价值高,携带方便,老少皆宜。
【同根词】crud curdle
【造词理据】象形,C形表包裹、覆盖伤口,引申指治疗、解决、对策。
【例句】
A spokesperson said: "Prevention is always better than cure and our publichealth campaigns on drinking and obesity reflects this. "
一名发言人说:“针对饮酒和肥胖问题的公共卫生战略反映出预防要比治疗更重要。”
【同根词】accurate curable curate curation curative curator cure-all curette curious manicure pedicure procure scour secure sinecure warrant
【讨论】warrant不是同根词,但意义相关,可以作为佐证用来解读cure的造词视角。
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