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bilk

v.逃債,賴帳 [to evade payment of]

v.欺騙 [cheat ]

ex. He bilked the government of almost a million dollars .

bill  n.帳單

bilk v.賴帳 (k為l長的兩隻腳)

billow & billowy

billow

n.巨浪 [a great wave or surge of the sea.]

v.巨浪翻騰 [ to rise or roll in or like billows; surge]

billowy

adj.大浪的  [characterized by or full of billows]

bin

n.箱子 [A container or enclosed space for storage. ]

ps. 在英國bin，指的是垃圾桶。而垃圾桶在美國是用garbage can or trash can

biosphere

bio(生物)-sphere(n.球體)

n.生物圈 [the part of the earth's crust, waters, and atmosphere that supports life.]

biped

bi-ped

n.兩足動物 a two-footed animal.

adj.兩足的

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字根 ped == foot  from L.pes

字根 ped == child from Gk.paid, pais

c.f

podiatrist n.足科醫師 ps....o形腿

pediatrist n.小兒科醫師

字根 ped == foot

pedal       n.腳踏板

pedestal   n.柱腳

pedestrian n.行人 adj.單調的

ex-ped-ition        n.遠征; 遠征隊

ex-ped-ition-ary  adj.遠征的

ex-ped-itious     adj.迅速的

expedience   n.權宜之計

expedient   adj.權宜的

im-pede           v.阻礙

im-ped-iment    n.阻礙

字根 ped == child

ped-agogue n.喜歡賣弄學問的教師 n.(小學)教師 (or pedagog)

ped-agogy  n.教育方法；教育方法論

pedant       n.賣弄學問的人;迂腐的教師

ped-o-phil-ia  n.【醫】戀童狂(以兒童為對象之色情狂)

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petal        n.花瓣

pedal        n.腳踏板(腳踏車的)

pedestal    n.柱腳   // plinth  n.基座

pedestal 比較像pillar柱子，區別在pedestal是用來支撐statute雕像的。

而plinth是雕像最下面的基座。

因此    statue       __

pedstal       | |

plinth /   \

ground

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bit

n.少量

n.鑽頭

ps. bite bit bitten

bit: drill  鑽頭:鑽

bizarre

adj.奇異的;異乎尋常的 [markedly unusual in appearance, style, or general character and often involving incongruous or unexpected elements]

ex. bizarre behavior

blade

n.刀鋒 [the flat cutting part of a sword, knife]

ex. blade: razor 刀鋒:剃刀

題外：有部電影叫"Blade"翻成 刀鋒戰士 ，其實是半人半吸血鬼的故事。

blanch

v.用沸水燙使(蔬菜等)變白 [ Cookery]

ps.也可以是指把蔬菜放進滾水中過一過。請看下方影片

Cooking Tips : How to Blanch Green Beans

v.使變白 [to whiten by removing color; bleach]

Old age blanched his hair.
他因年老而滿頭白髮。

mottle ◆ blanch 使成雜色 ◆ 使變白

bland

記: 像land一樣bland淡然，溫和

adj.和藹的;溫和的

ps. 這個字的特徵是showing no strong emotions, 甚至是without striking features; uninteresting.

ex.The friendly salesman had a bland smile .
那個友善的推銷員面帶和藹的笑容。

adj.淡而無味的

ex. bland stories with little plot
缺乏情節而枯燥乏味的故事

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加ish前後變了個意思

bland               adj.溫和的、淡而無味的

bland-ish             v.討好

bland-ish-ment     n.討好

brand         n.商標  v.打烙印               [to mark with a brand]

brand-ish    v.揮舞 (炫耀性或示威性的)   [To wave or flourish (a weapon) menacingly]

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blandish & blandishment

blandish

v.討好 (逢迎) [to coax with flattery ]

ex. They blandished the guard into letting them through the gate.

blandishment

n.討好

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**哄騙特輯

以甜言蜜語誘惑、用甜言蜜語欺騙、ex.美人計

[To use flattery to achieve one's ends]

blandish  v.哄騙      //      bland adj.情緒平靜的、無味的

cajole     v.哄騙

coax       v.哄騙

cozen     v.哄騙

wheedle  v.哄騙

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blasphemy

blame(責備)-phem(出現)-y

n.褻瀆上帝

blast

n.一陣疾風;衝擊波

ex. A blast of wind blew my hat off.
一陣風吹走了我的帽子。

v.炸開     [blow]

v.使枯萎   [to cause to shrivel or wither]

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風特輯

blast     n.一陣疾風 [a sudden and violent gust of wind]

v.炸開     [blow]

v.使枯萎   [to cause to shrivel or wither]

gust   n.一陣疾風=blast

gale   n.強風(時速32至63英里的強風)=gust =blast、突然的一陣 (ex.笑聲)

bluster       v.風狂吹、咆哮地說 [to roar and be tumultuous, as wind]

blustering  adj.大吵大鬧的

whiff  n.輕風

atomic

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blatant

adj.喧鬧的  [ offensively noisy or loud; clamorous: blatant radios .]

adj.露骨的(到了厚顏無恥的程度了) [offensively conspicuous or obtrusive]

ex. a blatant lie.