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cumbersome

cumber(v.阻礙)-some

adj.笨重的;(因體積、重量等原因)難處理的 [ Difficult to handle because of weight or bulk]

adj.麻煩的 [troublesome.]

   cumbersome <> easy to handle  adj.易處理的

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字根

cumb  == lie down 躺

tum   == swell腫

tuber n.塊莖 (當字根時，也有"凸出"的意思)

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字根cumb == lie down 躺

    cumb-er     v.阻礙

en-cumb-er     v.阻礙

 in-cumb-ent   n.現任者、在職者 [in 做 on the state of解]

recumbent  adj.斜躺的  [re做back解]

succumb  n.屈服  [sub(down)+ cumb(lie down)-->屈服]

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cumulus

cumul(堆積;pile)-us

n.積雲

accumulate   v.累積

cumulative  adj.累積的

cunning

adj.狡猾的,奸詐的 [ skill employed in a sly manner]

  ex. By a cunning trick he became heir of the rich widow.
  他策劃了一個狡猾的計謀,成了這有錢寡婦的繼承人。

adj.精巧的;熟練的

adj.【口】小巧玲瓏的

from

can(狗)-ing
ex. canine 犬科的

cunning <> ingenuous  adj.坦白直率的

cupidity

cupid(邱比特)-ity

n.貪心,貪財 [eager or excessive desire, esp. to possess something; greed]

curator

cure-ate-or

n.館長 [ the person in charge of a museum, art collection, etc.]

ps.

cure      v.治癒

curable  a.可醫治的

curb

n.(人行道旁的)鑲邊石 [ a rim, esp. of joined stones or concrete, along a street or roadway, forming an edge for a sidewalk.]

  ex. He parked his car close to the curb.
  他將汽車停在緊靠人行道路緣的地方。

n.勒馬繩

v.控制,遏止 [To check, restrain, or control as if with a curb;]

  ex. The public demanded to curb on military spending.
  公眾要求限制軍事開支。

curdle

curd(n.凝乳)-le

v.凝結  (比如牛奶凝乳用來製作cheese )

   ex. The milk has curdled.
  牛奶凝結了。

  讀 ：蝌蚪-->很多蝌蚪就會凝結

curmudgeon

n.難以取悅的人;壞脾氣的人 [a bad-tempered, difficult, cantankerous person.]

   拆字聯想： cur(跑) + mud(土) + go :跑到泥巴裡去→脾氣暴躁的人

  curmudgeon <> agreeable person  隨和的人

review

cantankerous

cant + anger

adj.脾氣壞的 [ Ill-tempered and quarrelsome ]

curriculum

curr(=cur;run)-i-culum

n.學校的全部課程 [All the courses of study offered by an educational institution.]

   ex. curriculum:course
   全部課程由課程組成

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字根 cur == run