【造词理据】混成词,由breakfast和lunch各取部分字母组成。前文已经论述过breakfast,这里只讨论lunch(午餐)。拟声词,源自lump,指 大块物体落地声音,这里指一团食物,特指午餐。 【例句】I started off wandering in king's road, had brunch with my aunt, then do a bit of furniture hunting around the area. 我以游荡在英皇道开始,与我阿姨吃早午餐,然后在附近一带淘家具。 【同根词】lump 【造词理据】可能源自通俗拉丁语*bruscia(一束嫩枝)。象形,B形表一束、一捆(参见broom),这里指刷子、毛刷等。 【例句】Do not use spot washer, steel brush, detergent or any other chemical agent toclean it; otherwise, the surface might be scared and damaged. 切勿使用菜瓜布、钢刷、溶剂或其它化学物质以避免刮伤及破坏表面。 【同根词】broom 【造词理据】-ism是后缀,budda源自PIE词根*bheudh-(觉悟、意识)。音译词,源自印度佛教,指醒着的、觉者、有大智慧的。这里指追求证悟超脱的佛教。 【例句】You know in Buddhism we talk about the six realms, they do not exist externally it exist within your own being. 正如你所知道的,在佛教中我们谈到有六道,但它们并非存在于外部,而是存在于你的内心。 【同根词】beadle; bid; bo tree; bode; Bodhisattva; Buddha; forbid; foreboding; ombudsman; verboten. 【造词理据】象形。源自PIE词根*beu-、 *bheu- (膨胀、鼓起)。B象形,古英语里指鼓起来的小型大水罐,即桶。 【例句】The concluding image was that of a child staring longingly into a bucket. 还有一幅照片,一个孩子渴望的看着一个水桶。 【同根词】相关词:buckboard bulk bull burette kick ------------------------------------ 单词成就英语,英语照见未来
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