n. 蔬菜;植物人;
adj. 蔬菜的;植物的;
?? veget蔬菜 + able 形容詞后綴, 具有某種性質(zhì)的 → 蔬菜的;植物的 \r\n
"The tomato is technically a fruit, although it is eaten as a vegetable."
嚴(yán)格地說,西紅柿是一種水果, 盡管它是當(dāng)作蔬菜吃的.
近義:legume, pulse, vegetal
human
['hjum?n]
詞頻1
詞根: hum
n. 人,人類;
adj. 人的;有人性的;顯示人類特有弱點(diǎn)的;人本性的;
?? hum土,地+an名詞后綴,屬于...的,傳說人是由土造出的 → 人類
"The teacher drew an analogy between the human heart and a pump."
老師打了個(gè)比喻,把人的心臟比作水泵。
近義:mortal
drama
['drɑm?]
詞頻2
詞根: drama
n. 戲劇,劇本;戲劇效果;戲劇文學(xué)[藝術(shù)];戲劇性事件[場面];
?? dra表演+ma → 在舞臺上表演的故事 → 戲劇,劇本
"She hangs out with the arty types she met at drama school."
她和一些在戲劇學(xué)校認(rèn)識的附庸風(fēng)雅的朋友常混在一起。
近義:dramatism, playacting, stage, dramatics
反義:humorousness, humour, jocosity, jocularity, pleasantry, comicality