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字母C的發展來源

cabal

n.陰謀集團

ps. Popularized in Eng. 1673 as an acronym for five intriguing ministers of Charles II (Clifford, Arlington, Buckingham, Ashley, and Lauderdale).

ps. cast•actor ＝ cabal•conspirator   劇團•演員=陰謀集團•陰謀家（組成）

cabinet

n.櫥櫃

n.內閣

cache

n.貯藏所 [a hiding place, esp. one in the ground]

v.貯藏  [to put in a cache]

ps. cache（電腦:快速緩衝貯存區）

ex. cache•hoard  隱藏處•儲藏（後者是前者的特點）

ps. cachet n.郵戳  n.(正式)認可蓋印 [法語]

cacophonous & cacophony

cacophony

caco(bad)-phon(voice)-y

n.不和諧音; 難聽的聲音 [harsh discordance of sound]

" from kakos "bad, evil" + phone "voice" .

Kako- was a common prefix in Gk.

cacophony•sound=malodor•scent 刺耳的聲音•聲音=惡臭•氣味

cacophonous

caco(bad)-phon(voice)-ous

adj.聲音難聽的

cadet

想成 c op a nd stu dent

n.軍校學生 [a student in training for service as a commissioned officer in the U.S. Army, Air Force, or Coast Guard]

n.培訓生,見習生 [a trainee in a business or profession.]

cadge

v.乞討 [to beg or obtain by begging.]

ex. cadge on a person for a drink
向人討酒喝

cadge ◆ earn   乞求 ◆ 賺得

cajole

v.哄騙 [to persuade by flattery or promises]

blandishment•cajole  討好•哄騙（同義）

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**哄騙特輯

以甜言蜜語誘惑、用甜言蜜語欺騙、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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calamity

n.災難;大禍 [ a great misfortune or disaster, as a flood or serious injury]

ex. the calamity of war.

ps.

apocalyptic

adj.【宗】啟示的 of or relating to an apocalypse

adj.預示世界末日的 prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom


apo(遠)-calypt(cover)-ic

calcium

calc(石頭)-ium

n.鈣