Friday, July 13, 2007

??ck

back
beck: mountain streams, 点头打招呼
bock: a kind of beer or a cup of beer
buck
cock
deck
dick
dock
duck
fuck
guck: 粘糊糊的东西
hack
heck: 感叹词,表示轻微的懊恼惊讶
hick: 乡巴佬
hock: 踝关节,白葡萄酒,典当
jack: 千斤顶,插座,抬起
jock: 骑手
keck: 想吐
kick
kuck: 库克
lack
leck: 硬黏土
lick
lock
luck
mack: 雨衣,防水胶布
mick: 爱尔兰人
mock
muck: 牲畜粪便
neck
nick: 小切口
nock: 箭的尾端
pack
peck: 啄
pick
pock: 痘疮
puck: 淘气的小孩
rack: 挂衣服的架子
reck: 介意,和 ... 相关
rick: 轻度扭伤
rock
ruck: 弄皱
sack
seck: 不生产的,无结果的
sick
sock
suck
tack: 平头钉
tick
tuck: 褶,糖果
wack: 怪人
wick: 蜡烛芯
yack: 闲扯
yock: 大笑
yuck: 哼,呸
zack: 6 便士

Thursday, July 12, 2007

analgesic vs. anesthetic

Love can be analgesic for the loss of old feelings. But it can also be a dose of anesthetic for individual thinking.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

*jure

jure:

abjure:

adjure:

conjure:

de jure:

in jure:

injure:

jure:

perjure:

*ject

ject:

abject:

adject:

conject:

countersubject:

deject:

disject:

eject:

inject:

interject:

megaproject:

microinject:

object:

project:

reject:

resubject:

retroject:

subject:

superject:

traject:

*duct

duct: a pipe

abduct: to lead sb. to an abnormal place

adduct: to add so as to bring together similar parts
He adducted his fingers to hold the cup more steadily.
Derivatives: adduction, adductive

aqueduct: a pipe
The murderer cut off the aqueduct that transfused life-sustaining liquid to the dying patient.

caliduct: calorie carrying duct ;-p in purpose of warming up
The caliduct was broken somewhere, since it was cold in the bedroom.

circumduct: circum~ is to rotate about axis
The circumduction of the plane indicated that something was going uncontrolled on ground.
Derivatives: circumduction

coelomoduct: 体腔管

conduct: con~ is to pass sth., direct the course of sth., to lead or guide
The chairman conducted the country to overthrow all intruders and win independency.
Derivatives: conductor(ress), conduction, conductance, conductible, conductibility, conductive, conductivity, conductron

coproduct: co~

deduct: to de~ is to take away sth. from ..., as corollaries takes away proofs from prime theorems
The government deducts tax from deposits.
Derivatives: deductible, deductibility, deduction, deductive
related to: deduce

dorsiduct: physiology, to turn or draw toward the back

educt: e~ 引(析)出物
Derivatives: eductor

gonaduct = gonoduct

induct: to in~ is to put into duct so as to make affiliated, familiar with sth
Derivatives: inductance, inductee, inductile, induction, inductive(ly), inductivism(st), inductivity, inductor, inductorium
related to: induce

introduct: obsolete introduce

misconduct: mis~

nephridioduct:

nephrogonaduct:

nerviduct: the duct of nerves

oviduct: the duct of ova

product
Derivatives: production, productivity, productive
related to: produce

reconduct: re~

reduct
related to reduce

spermiduct: duct of sperms
spermoduct

sporoduct: duct of spores

subduct: to sub~ is to subtract

superconduct: super~

ventiduct: duct for ventilation

viaduct: duct for cars to pass via

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abduct: ab~wrongly lead, that's abduction.
The abducted boy came back, with a wound in his heart unperceiveable to others.
Derivatives: abduction, abductor
see also: *duct

aberrant: I don't know when I am on an aberrant way in the research work.
Derivatves: aberrance, aberrancy, aberrantly,

abet: If we are still abetting all the ill-doers in stealing money from our society, our people won't stay with us any more.
Derivatives: abetment, abettor

abey: He abeyed his forther's advice.
Derivatives: abeyance

abhor: abhor something/to do sth
She abhorred to cry in the face of her prince.
Derivatives: abhorrent

abide: abide something, abide by(comply with)
We will abide by our promises.
Derivatives: abiding

abject: The abject poverty impeded the development of tourism.
Derivatives: abjectness, abjectly
see also: *ject

abjure: to abandon (believes, rights) publicly
Those who abjure their belief will be deserted by God.
see also: *jure

ablution: The bishop performed his ablution and served a solemn ceremony.
Derivative: abluted, ablutionary

Sunday, March 11, 2007

*dicate

abdicate: After the president abdicated, he was soon found murdered at his home.

adjudicate: ju~jury, related to court, hence to abjudicate is to settle finally in a court
The bribery involved so much interest that it was sent to a special commitee to abjudicate.
Derivatives: adjudication, adjudicative, adjudicatory, adjudicator

coindicate: co~provide conjoint indication
The turmoil coindicated the following revolution.

contraindicate: contra~ to indicate the inadviability of (a medical treatment)

dedicate: He dedicated himself in the theory of number all his life.

dijudicate:

eradicate: era~erase, to eradicate is to erase something including its root
The grasshppers were eradicated by introducing birds and other natural enemies.

indicate: We need an saliant indicator telling us when the fire occurs.

irradicate:

medicate: to treat with medcine
Derivatives: medication, medicative

mendicate: to beg

predicate: to assert
Derivatives: predication, predicational, predicative
He predicates his arguments on facts.

preindicate: pre~

prejudicate: pre~

premedicate: pre~

radicate: to root deeply
He is the one who radicated the theory of relativity.

rededicate: re~

revendicate: to demand a restoration of territory
We are now revendicating, for Taiwans has been separated from us for more than 50 years.

revindicate: re~

syndicate: to union as a syndicate (-,-)

vindicate: to clear accusation
Our society permits people to sue for libel so that they may vindicate their reputations.