倫倫的小blog

chapel

n.附屬於大教堂的小禮拜堂 a private or subordinate place of prayer or worship

n.禮拜儀式 a religious service in a chapel

char

v.把...燒成炭 to burn or reduce to charcoal

The fire charred the paper.

聯想: chair少了i

character             n.人的性格;事物的性質=feature

characterize          v.描繪...的特性 to describe the character:The author characterizes the central figure as a weakling.

characterization     n.(對人或物的)特性描述 description

characteristic       adj.特有的,獨特的  n.特性feature

charade

n.看手勢猜字謎遊戲
charades, (used with a singular verb) a game in which the players are typically divided into two teams, members of which take turns at acting out in pantomime(演啞劇) a word, phrase, title, etc.,

charade•word = mime•story

用手勢表示的字謎•字 = 默劇•故事（前者用後者來表達）

charisma

n.魅力 a spiritual power or personal quality that gives an individual influence or authority over large numbers of people.

想成chris+ma

charity & charitable

charity

n.施捨;慈善事業 generous actions or donations to aid the poor, ill, or helpless

   ex. to devote one's life to charity.

charitable

charit-able

adj.慈善的

charlatan

n.江湖郎中 a person who pretends to more knowledge or skill than he or she possesses

charlatan         n.江湖郎中、騙子

mountebank     n.江湖郎中 ( 以講故事或耍花招吸引顧客的賣藥者 ) 、騙子

quack              n.庸醫 ( 未經訓練而裝作醫生並提供藥方和治療的人 )

charm

n.魅力  a power of pleasing or attracting, as through personality or beauty:

  ex. the charm of a mountain lake.

v.使陶醉