garrulity

n.多嘴; 話過多 [Excessive talkativeness; loquaciousness. ]

音: ga ga ru ru 的一直說話

 

 

 

 

garrulous

adj.多嘴的; 話過多的 [Given to excessive and often trivial or rambling talk; tiresomely talkative.]

ex. Old men are garrulous by nature.
老人的本性使他們絮絮叨叨


字源:1605-15; < L garrulus talkative, garrulous, equiv. to garr (īre) to chatte r + -ulus -ulous

 

 

 

 

 

gaseous

gas-eous

adj.氣體的 [existing in the state of a gas]

ex. Liquid or gaseous fuels
液體或氣體燃料

adj.無實質的 [Lacking substance or concreteness; tenuous or indefinite.]

ps. 字尾-eous: an adjectival suffix with the meanings 「composed of,」 「resembling, having the nature of,」 occurring in loanwords from Latin ( igneous; ligneous; vitreous )


 

 

 

 

 

gasification

gas-ification [ify-ice-ation]

n.氣化

 

 

 

 

 

 

gash

n.深長的傷口  [a long, deep wound or cut; slash.]

ex. The deep gash in his arm would take weeks to heal over.
他胳膊上的割傷很深,需要幾個星期的時間才能痊癒

 

gash    n.深長的傷口

gush    v.噴湧而出         (u字型像噴湧口)

有深長的傷口(gash),血就會噴湧(gush)而出

 

cleft:chasm=cut:gash
裂口對深坑=切口對深傷口

 

 

 

 

 

 

gaucherie

gauche-rie(=ery)

n.笨拙的舉動 [ lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness]

 

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gauche

adj.笨拙的 [lacking social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkward]

ex. Their exquisite manners always make me feel gauche.


字源:French, awkward, lefthanded , from Old French, from gauchir , to turn aside, walk clumsily , of Germanic origin .]

gauche 原為法文的左手、笨拙的意思

gauche  <> polished  adj.擦亮的;優美的

 

 

 

 

 

gaudy

n.炫耀的; 俗氣的 [Showy in a tasteless or vulgar way; garish]

 

音:高低 -->穿著高高低低不搭的衣服-->炫耀的; 俗氣的

 

 

 

 

 

gauge

n.標準規格 [a standard of measure]

ex. The amount of money one makes is not the only gauge of one's success.

n.測量儀器 [any device or instrument for measuring]

ex. pressure gauge

v.量,測

 

gauge   n.標準規格

gouge   v.敲竹槓[欺詐或勒索的大量的金錢]  n.半圓鑿

有標準規格(gauge  )後,就不會發生敲竹槓(gouge)的案例

 


gauge:pressure=scale:weight
測量儀用來測量壓力=天平用來測量重量

 

 

 

 

 

 

gavel

n.小木槌(judge法官、auctioneer拍賣用的) [ a small mallet used by the presiding officer of a meeting, a judge, auctioneer etc., usually to signal for attention or order.]

ex. The chairman rapped on the table twice with his gavel.
主席用他的小木槌在桌上 重敲 了兩下。

 

聯想:gave給,l --> 從上到下的一下在空中畫出的曲線

 

ps.

gave      give的過去式

gavel    n.小木槌(法官、拍賣用的) [gave給,l ( 從上到下的一下在空中畫出的曲線 )]

gravel   n.砂礫

 

 

 

 

 

 

gaze

n/v.凝視 [To look steadily, intently, and with fixed attention. ]

ex. She turned to gaze admiringly at her husband.

 

 

 

 

 

gazetteer

n. 地名辭典 [a geographical dictionary.]

ps. world gazetteer 網站上關於 Taipei 的描述

 

聯想:gaze著gazetteer發現有好多地方沒有去過,留下tear

 

 

 

 

gear

n.齒輪 [A toothed machine part, such as a wheel or cylinder, that meshes with another toothed part to transmit motion or to change speed or direction.]

n.車的排檔 [A transmission configuration for a specific ratio of engine to axle torque in a motor vehicle.]

 

字源:Middle English gere , equipment , from Old Norse gerv i ; akin to gera , to do, make, make ready .


gear:tooth=screw:thread
齒輪上有齒=螺絲釘上有螺紋

 

 

 

 

 

 

gem

n.寶石  [ a cut and polished precious stone or pearl fine enough for use in jewelry.]

 

ps. 最大的鑽石

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

gene

n. 基因 [the basic physical unit of heredity; a linear sequence of nucleotides along a segment of DNA ]

 

字源1911; < G Gen (1909), appar. abstracted from -gen -gen; introduced by Danish geneticist( 遺傳學家) Wilhelm L. Johannsen (1857-1927)

gene來自於希臘的字根gen"生"的意思,而gene這個字是由荷蘭的遺傳學家Wilhelm L. Johannsen所帶出的

 

 

 

 

 

genealogy

gene-alogy(ology)

n.家系, 世系 [A record or table of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; a family tree.]

 

ps. see wiki

 

 

 

 

 

general

adj.一般的,普遍的 [Concerned with, applicable to, or affecting the whole or every member of a class or category]

ex. a general magazine.

ex. a matter of general anxiety.

n.將軍

 

字源:c.1300 (implied in generally), from L. generalis "relating to all, of a whole class" (contrasted with specialis), from genus (gen. generis ) "stock, kind" (see genus). Noun sense of "commander of an army" is 1576 shortening of captain general, from M.Fr. capitaine général.

general,當然與字根gen有關囉,它的最源頭就是來自於genus(種類;等等我們會提到),而general就是只"relating to all genus的意思",將軍的意思是後來才發展出來的。

 

 

 

generality

general-ity

n.概括的表述(就是通通都有的概括性說法) [ an indefinite, unspecific, or undetailed statement]

ex. to speak in generalities about human rights.

n.大多數

ex. The generality of students work hard.
大多數的學生努力用功。

 

 

 

generalize

general-ize

v.概括;歸納(找出共同的原則) [To reduce to a general form, class, or law;To draw inferences or a general conclusion from.]

ex. to generalize from a large collection of data
從一大堆資料中概括地歸納出結論

ex. 比方說,你看到今天看到日本人很有禮貌,昨天也是看到日本人很有禮貌,於是你 generalize a conclusion that 日本人很有禮貌

 

 

 

generate

gener-ate

v.產生 [To bring into being; give rise to]

ex. A dynamo is used to generate electricity.
發電機用於發電。

v.生育,生殖 [To engender (offspring); procreate.]

 

ps.

generative [gener-ative] adj.有生殖力的 ex. the generative power of the sun

generic [gener-ic] adj.種屬的

 

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genus       n.種屬 (Dogs, wolves belong to the same genus.)

 

gene.ric  adj.種屬的 [form genus]

gene.tic  adj.基因的 [from gene]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


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