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Fra(g)- = 碎片
Ex:fragile
adjective
· 1.
(of an object) easily broken or damaged.
· 2.
flimsy or insubstantial; easily destroyed:
you have a fragile grip on reality
· 3.
(of a person) not strong or sturdy; delicate and vulnerable.
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De- = down,down to,complete
Ex:default
noun
· 1.
failure to fulfill an obligation, especially to repay a loan or appear in a
court of law:
it will have to restructure its debts to
avoid default
the deteriorating economy
pushed defaults to almost $20 billion
· 2. a
preselected option adopted by a computer program or other mechanism when no
alternative is specified by the user or programmer:
the default is fifty lines
default settings
· 3.
something that is usual or standard:
all my life, envy has been
my default emotion
SSRIs have become the default for adults
with depression
verb
· 1. fail
to fulfill an obligation, especially to repay a loan or to appear in a court
of law:
some had defaulted on student loans
· 2.
declare (a party) in default and give judgment against that party:
the possibility that cases would
be defaulted and defendants released
· 3.
(of a computer program or other mechanism) revert automatically to (a
preselected option):
when you start a fresh letter, the system
will default to its own style
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Ob- = against
Ex:
obstetrician
o
noun
a physician or surgeon qualified to practice
in obstetrics.
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-gen- = birth,initiate,start
Ex:
generic
adjective
· 1.
characteristic of or relating to a class or group of things; not specific:
chèvre is a generic term for all goat's
milk cheese
Synonym
: general, common, collective, nonspecific, inclusive, all-encompassing, broad, comprehensive, blanket, umbrella
· 2.
(of goods, especially medicinal drugs) having no brand name; not protected by
a registered trademark:
generic aspirin
· 3.
lacking imagination or individuality; predictable and unoriginal:
generic dance-floor fillers
the plot of the film isn't just generic, it's
insultingly stupid
· 4.
of or relating to a genus
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Sym- = with,together
Ex: symbol
noun
· 1. a
thing that represents or stands for something else, especially a material
object representing something abstract:
the limousine was another symbol of his
wealth and authority
· 2. a
mark or character used as a conventional representation of an object,
function, or process, e.g., the letter or letters standing for a chemical
element or a character in musical notation.
· 3. a
shape or sign used to represent something such as an organization, e.g., a
red cross or a Star of David.
verb
· 1.
symbolize
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congenital
adjective
· 1.
(of a disease or physical abnormality) present from birth:
a congenital malformation of the heart
· 2.
(of a person) having a particular trait from birth or by firmly established
habit:
a congenital liar
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When I Was One-and-Twenty, or Poem
XIII, is the informal name of an untitled poem by A. E.
Housman,
published in A Shropshire
Lad in 1896. It is the thirteenth in a
cycle of 63 poems. One of Housman's
most familiar poems, it is untitled but often anthologised under a title
taken from its first line.
When I was
one-and-twenty
I heard a wise man say, ‘Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away;
Give pearls
away and rubies
But keep your fancy free.’ But I was one-and-twenty, No use to talk to me.
When I was
one-and-twenty
I heard him say again, ‘The heart out of the bosom Was never given in vain; ’Tis paid with sighs a plenty And sold for endless rue.’ And I am two-and-twenty, And oh, ’tis true, ’tis true. |
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Phonetics:The Sounds of American English
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What child is this(Lyrics)
