The Pythagorean ... having been brought up in the study of mathematics, thought that things are numbers ... and that the whole cosmos is a scale and a number.

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mathematics [,m?θ?'m?t?ks] 詞頻4 詞根: mathemat
n. 數學;〈詩〉同“ripen”;算學;
?? mathemat=mathematic數學的+ ics 名詞后綴→ 數學
"a dictionary of mathematics"
數學詞典
近義:arithmetic, math, maths
cosmos ['kɑzmos]
n. 宇宙;一個有序的整體;大波斯菊;
?? cosm(universe)+os→(井然有序的)宇宙;秩序
"the structure of the cosmos"
宇宙的結構
近義:universe, world
scale [skel] 詞頻1
n. 規模;比例(尺);魚鱗;級別; vt. 測量;攀登;刮去…的鱗片; vi. 衡量;攀登;(鱗屑)脫落;生水垢;
?? scale(climb)→登;爬越;音階;比例尺;規模;尺;尺上的刻度
"The storm measured 10 on the Beaufort scale ."
這次風暴按蒲福風級測量為10級。
近義:mount, surmount, climb, descale, weigh, desquamate
number ['n?mb?] 詞頻1 詞根: number
n. 數字;數量;號碼;編號; v. 標號;總計;把…算作;
?? numer, number 表示”數字”;”計算”,”估算”
"The number of people employed in agriculture has fallen in the last decade."
過去十年,農業從業人數已經下降。
近義:numerate, reckon, recount, sum, tally, cipher 反義:remove, subduct, take, withdraw, deduct
study ['st?di] 詞頻1
n. 學習,研究;課題;書房;結論; vi. 考慮;沉思;默想;努力; vt. 想出;詳細地檢查;背誦(臺詞等);為…費心思;
"The figures for 2001 were used as a baseline for the study."
這項研究以2001年的數據為基礎。
近義:investigate, assay, peruse, probe, research, resolve
thought [θ?t] 詞頻1
n. 思想;想法;關心;思索; v. 想( think的過去式和過去分詞);思索;以為;認為;
"Sleep has often been thought of as being in some way analogous to death."
人們常常認為睡眠在某種意義上來說類似死亡。
近義:idea, intent, meditation, mind, notion, pondering 反義:unintentional, unmeant, unwilled, unwitting, unwilling

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