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【造词理据】源自PIE词根*gre-no-（谷物）。象形，G与C同源通转，G形表包围，引申指储藏、仓库，这里指囤放谷物的谷仓、仓库，也借指储藏的种子。 corn 乃本族词，来自古英语。在英国 corn 统指“谷类”，在英格兰指“小麦”，在苏格兰和爱尔兰则指“燕麦”。17世纪英国殖民者来到美洲大陆看见当地玉米，就把它称作 Indiancorn 。由于当时玉米为新英格兰地区种植的唯一粮食作物，所以后来人们逐渐地把修饰性形容词 Indian 省略了。 com 就这样成了玉米的美国名称，而英国英语则仍沿用 maize 。 【例句】 The only work he gave me was to go once a month with a bag of corn to the huton the moor. 他派给我的唯一工作是每个月一次带一袋玉米到那荒野中的小屋去。 【同根词】corn (n.1); filigree; garner; garnet; grain; granary; grange; granger; granite; granular; granule; grenade; grenadine; kernel; pomegranate. 【造词理据】-er是后缀，词根corn源自PIE词根*ker-（角、头），象形。C为K的同音[k]通转，K形表动物头上长的角的样子，也借指动物的头，后引申指拐角、墙角等。 【例句】 She glanced shyly at him out of the corner of her eyes. 她羞涩地用眼角打了他一眼。 【同根词】alpenhorn; Capricorn; carat; carotid; carrot; carotene; cerato-; cerebellum; cerebral; cerebrum; cervical; cervix; charivari; cheer; chelicerae; corn (n.2) "hardening of the skin;" cornea; corner; cornet; cornucopia; cranium; flugelhorn; hart; hartebeest; horn; hornbeam; hornblende; hornet; keratin; kerato-; migraine; monoceros; reindeer; rhinoceros; saveloy; serval; triceratops; unicorn. 【造词理据】cor-是com-的变体，起强调作用。词根rect源自PIE词根*reg-（直线移动）。R表头，引申指头对齐的、直的，再引申指（与头对齐就是）正确的（见copyright）。 【例句】 Don't let your communication suffer because you are trying to think of the correct grammar form. 不要因为你想着正确的语法形式而让你的表达有所阻滞。 【同根词】abrogate; address; adroit; Alaric; alert; anorectic; anorexia; arrogant; arrogate; bishopric; correct; corvee; derecho; derogate; derogatory; Dietrich; direct; dress; eldritch; erect; ergo; Eric; Frederick; Henry; incorrigible; interregnum; interrogate; maharajah; Maratha; prerogative; prorogue; rack (n.1) "frame with bars;" rail (n.1) "horizontal bar passing from one post or support to another;" Raj; rajah; rake (n.1) "toothed tool for drawing or scraping things together;" rake (n.2) "debauchee; idle, dissolute person;" rakish; rank (adj.) "corrupt, loathsome, foul;" real (n.) "small Spanish silver coin;" realm; reck; reckless; reckon; rectangle; rectify; rectilinear; rectitude; recto; recto-; rector; rectum; regal; regent; regicide; regime; regimen; regiment; region; regular; regulate; Regulus; Reich; reign; resurgent; rex; rich; right; Risorgimento; rogation; royal; rule; sord; source; subrogate; subrogation; surge; surrogate; viceroy. 【造词理据】-ion是后缀，见correct。 【例句】The rod of correction imparts wisdom, but a child left to himself disgraces his mother.杖打和责备能加增智慧；放纵的儿子使母亲羞愧。 【同根词】见correct。 ------------------------------------ 单词成就英语，英语照见未来
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