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【造词理据】象意。D表门，引申指挖掘（出口）、凿洞。 【例句】Once upon a time there was a miser. He hid his gold under a tree. Every week he used to dig it up. 从前有一个守财奴，他把他的金子藏在一棵树下，每个星期他总要把自己的金子挖出来看看。 【同根词】dike、ditch、delve 【造词理据】象意。源自PIE词根*ag-（驱动、移动），G表骆驼，引申指移动、运输、携带，这里指带走、分开，再引申指消化、摘要（只取最精华内容）。di-是dis-的截短，表分开。 【例句】Solid foods can be tolerated, but they need to be small and easy to digest. 固体食物可能能被忍受，但是他们必须是小块的，易于消化的。 【同根词】act; action; active; actor; actual; actuary; actuate; agency; agenda; agent; agile; agitation; agony; allege; ambagious; ambassador; ambiguous; anagogical; antagonize; apagoge; assay; Auriga; auto-da-fe; axiom; cache; castigate; coagulate; cogent; cogitation; counteract; demagogue; embassy; epact; essay; exact; exacta; examine; exigency; exiguous; fumigation; glucagon; hypnagogic; interact; intransigent; isagoge; litigate; litigation; mitigate; mystagogue; navigate; objurgate; pedagogue; plutogogue; prodigal; protagonist; purge; react; redact; retroactive; squat; strategy; synagogue; transact; transaction; variegate. 【造词理据】拟声。源自PIE词根*deik-（严肃的声音），模仿威严的声音，借指说话，后指用手指或脚趾数数以计算或表明，再后来指10以下的数字。-al是后缀。 【例句】Since the marginal cost of making a piece of software is zero, and the cost of digital distribution is zero, prices ought to fall to free. 既然制造软件的边际成本为零，销售数字产品的成本也为零，那么价格也就应降至零。 【同根词】abdicate; abdication; addict; adjudge; apodictic; avenge; benediction; betoken; condition; contradict; contradiction; dedicate; deictic; deixis; dictate; diction; dictionary; dictum; digit; disk; ditto; ditty; edict; Eurydice; index; indicate; indication; indict; indiction; indictive; indite; interdict; judge; judicial; juridical; jurisdiction; malediction; malison; paradigm; policy (n.2) "written insurance agreement;" preach; predicament; predicate; predict; prejudice; revenge; soi-disant; syndic; teach; tetchy; theodicy; toe; token; valediction; vendetta; verdict; veridical; vindicate; vindication; voir dire. 【造词理据】象意。I表手指，引申指手抓饭，反指斋戒，后指打破斋戒，白天吃的第一顿饭。-er是后缀，d-是dis-的截短，表相反（undo），词根in是拉丁词 jejunare（斋戒）的截短。 【例句】Mr. Marker and his wife have invited me to a Christmas dinner . 马克先生和他妻子邀请我吃圣诞晚宴。 【同根词】jejune dine -------------------------------- 单词成就英语，英语照见未来
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