eucalyptus [











] n.桉树(澳大利亚国树),原产于澳大利亚,来自表示好的、正常的、快乐的希腊前缀eu+表示覆盖、隐藏、隐蔽的希腊词根 calypt。1788年,法国植物学家Charles Louis L'héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800)根据这种树花蕾被层层覆盖的特性命名。关于希腊前缀eu的详细介绍,请参考单词paper tiger中的内容,词根calypt的衍生单词有:
apocalypse [








] n.【宗】启示、天启,the Apocalypse【圣经】启示录,新约中的最后一章(希腊前缀apo=throw away远离的,所以apocalypse启示录的字面意思就是“揭去覆盖,露出本来面目”,参考单词boustrophedon交互书写法和feng shui风水中对前缀apo的更多介绍);
Calypso [







] n.女妖卡尔普锁,荷马史诗《Odyssey奥德赛》中传说把Odysseus奥德修斯在自己的岛屿上囚禁了7年,字面意思就是“隐藏起来的人”;
Circe [




] n.女妖锡西,同样是《Odyssey奥德赛》中传说把Odysseus奥德修斯的同伴全部变成猪,后来又爱上奥德修斯,在同样把奥德修斯“藏匿”1年后帮助后者回到自己的家乡。
koala [






] 可能有的朋友会说今天的单词比较难,摩西要说,乍一看,是挺长,但是仔细一分析,非常好理解,而且不止这些!比如2006年,美国演员&导演梅尔.吉布森拍摄了一部非常独特、反映南美洲热带从林中玛雅人生活的一部电影,叫做《Apocalypto启示》;1979年导演弗朗西斯.福特.科波拉拍过一部很有影响力的电影叫《Apocalypse Now现代启示录》,看过这两部电影的朋友不在少数,可是把这两部电影和eucalyptus桉树这种原产于澳大利亚的植物联系起来的就不多了。还值得一说的是,栖息在桉树上的澳洲特产树袋熊koala考拉,在当地语言中的意思是“不喝水”,原因是考拉能从桉树叶中摄取自身需要的90%左右的水分,只有在自己生病和极度干旱的情况下才去喝水。而这次澳大利亚山火如此难以控制的原因除了风速快和人为纵火外,还有桉树叶中含有大量油脂的原因。
It is necessary for us to learn from others’ mistakes. You will not live long enough to make them all yourself---Hyman George Rickover(1900-1986),US Navy Admiral,“Father of the Nuclear Navy”。
我们必须从别人的错误中吸取教训。你不会活足够长的时间让你自己把这些错误都犯一遍---海曼.乔治.瑞克瓦,美国海军上将,美国海军核部队之父。
摩西的回复:网站改版中,会注意的。
摩西的回复:不是,英语单词来自于多种语言,很多单词是没有词根这种说法的。
摩西的回复:Then you can share my website with your other friends.
摩西的回复:感谢kernel22朋友,现在改好了。
摩西的回复:有道词典很不错,是网易的,呵呵。
摩西的回复:群发邮件总是断断续续有问题,正在解决。
摩西的回复:“有加利树”?呵呵,不就是eucalyptus桉树的音译吗?




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