If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get a million miles per gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside.

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automobile [,?t?m?'bil] 詞頻1 詞根: mob
n. <美>汽車; v. 開汽車,坐汽車;
?? auto自動+mob動+ile表名詞,物→自己動的車→汽車
"He is repairing the brake lever of an automobile."
他正在修理汽車的剎車桿.
近義:motorcar, auto, car, cart, motoring
development [d?'v?l?pm?nt] 詞頻1 詞根: velop
n. 發展,進化;被發展的狀態;新生事物,新產品;開發區;
?? develop發展+ment表名詞 →發展發達,發展
"The development was bitterly opposed by the local community."
這一開發項目遭到了當地社區的憤怒抵制。
近義:progress, unfoldment, upgrowth, evolution, evolvement, growth 反義:backwardness, underdevelopment, atrophy, degeneracy, degeneration
cycle ['sa?kl] 詞頻2 詞根: cyc
n. 循環,周期;自行車;時代,一段時間;整套; vi. 周而復始,循環;騎自行車;輪轉; vt. 運轉,循環;使輪轉;
?? cycl =ring,circle,表示”圓,環”
"We went for a cycle ride on Sunday."
我們星期天騎自行車去兜風了。
近義:period, recycle, reprocess, freeze, hang, bicycle
computer [k?m'pjut?] 詞頻2 詞根: com
n. (電子)計算機,電腦;
?? com一起+put認為,思考+er表名詞,物 → 幫助一起思考的機器 → 計算機
"The memory expansion cards are useful adjuncts to the computer."
內存擴充卡是計算機很有用的附件。
近義:software, computational, computing
explode [?k'splod] 詞頻1 詞根: plaud
vi. 爆[突]發,發怒;激增,迅速擴大; vt. (使)爆炸;突然(發出巨響,活躍起來,迸發感情);推翻;駁倒;
?? ex出+plode=plod鼓掌,擊,大聲音→出來大聲音→爆炸
"Many boys explode firecrackers on the Fourth of July."
許多男孩子在7月4日那天放爆竹.
近義:pop, blast, blow, burst, detonate, erupt 反義:relax, relent, tranquilize, tranquillize, calm, tranquillise
once [w?ns] 詞頻1
adv. 一次,一趟;一倍;曾經;一旦; conj. 一旦…就…;一經; n. 一次,一回;
?? on=one一+ce次 → 一次
"Once in the bloodstream, the bacteria adhere to the surface of the red cells."
細菌一進入血液里,就附著在紅細胞表面上。
近義:heretofore, occasionally, onetime, previously, sometimes, thereinbefore

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