deflate & deflated
deflate
de-flat(blow;吹)-e
v.放氣 [ to release the air or gas]
ex. They deflated the tires.
v.緊縮(通貨)
ps.
inflate v.充氣
flatus n.腸胃脹氣;屁
deflated
deflate-d
adj.(球、輪胎等)洩氣的
ps. deflation n.放氣 、通貨緊縮
deflect
de-flect(bend)
v.使偏斜;使轉向 [To cause to turn aside; bend or deviate. ]
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字根 flect flex == bend
flex v.彎曲; 折曲
flexible adj.易彎曲的、柔韌的 // 否定 in-flexible adj.
flexibility n.易彎曲、柔韌
deflect v.使轉向 [to bend or turn aside]
inflect v.彎曲 v.使變調 [to modulate (ex. voice)] (inflection point 反曲點)
reflect v.反射、映出、深思反省 // refract v.折射
reflection n.反射、倒影、深思反省
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defoliator
de-foli(leaf)-ator
n.除葉劑 or 食葉之昆蟲
foliage n.葉子總稱
defoliator:tree=insecticide:insect
落葉劑使樹死亡=殺蟲劑使昆蟲死亡
review
deciduous adj.落葉性的
deforestation
de-forest-ation
n.砍伐森林
deforest v.砍伐森林
defraud /defraud/
de(加強)-fraud
v.詐騙
ex. Dishonest employees defrauded the firm of millions of dollars.
note: fraud n.欺騙, 騙局
deft
adj.靈巧的,熟練的
ex. With her deft fingers a mellifluous song springs out the piano. ( 2014 Apr. add)
maladroit:deft=voluble:terse (ps.之前唸成verse ...sorry)
不靈巧的對靈巧的=多話的對簡潔的
ps.
adapt v.使適應,使適合 [apt == fit,合適 (aptitude n.天資 n.適宜 )]
adept a.熟練的,內行的 [ept == grasp, related to apt]
dept
deft adj.靈巧的,熟練的
defuse
de(remove, off)-fuse(n.保險絲、導火線 v.熔合)
v.除去引信
v.緩和緊張或危險的局面
defy
v.公然反抗、向...挑戰 [to challenge the power of]
( He defied the order of the court. )
ps. defiance n.公然反抗
defy <> acquiesce v.默許
degradation & degrade
degrade
v.降級 [To reduce in grade, rank, or status; demote.]
v.降低...的品格(或質量、價值等);使丟臉
ex. a scandal that degraded the participants.
degradation
de-grade-ation
n.降級
dehydrate
de-hydr(water)-ate
v.脫水
note: hydrant n.水龍頭;消防栓
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