pest ilent (ˈpɛstɪlənt)

pest-i-lent

adj. [destructive to life; deadly; poisonous.]

adj. [producing or tending to produce infectious or contagious, often epidemic, disease; pestilential.]

ex. I'm glad to find another true-hearted loyalist in this pestilent city.

 

ps. Pestilence, one of the four Horsemen of the Apocalypse symbolizing plague (contagious disease) in some interpretations of the book of Revelation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pester

v. [to bother persistently with petty annoyances; trouble]

ex. Don't pester me with your trivial problems.

ex. He told the photographers to stop pestering him.

 

聯想:蟲子會bother

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

pestle

n. [a tool for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar.]

ps. mortar

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petal

n.花瓣 [any of the separate parts of the corolla of a flower: often brightly colored]

 

from wiki:

Petals are modified leaves that surround the reproductive parts of flowers. They often are brightly colored or unusually shaped to attract pollinators. Together, all of the petals of a flower are called a corolla. Petals are usually accompanied by another set of special leaves called sepals(花萼) lying just beneath the corolla. When the petals and sepals of a flower look similar they are called tepals.

ps.可review p.58

pedal        n.腳踏板(腳踏車的)

pedestal    n.柱腳   // plinth  n.基座

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petition

pet(seek)-it-ion

n. [a formally drawn request, often bearing the names of a number of those making the request, that is addressed to a person or group of persons in authority or power, soliciting some favor, right, mercy, or other benefit]

ex. a petition against closing the swimming-pool signed by hundreds of local residents 數百名當地居民聯合簽名反對關閉遊泳池的請願書

v. [to beg for or request (something).]

 

 

from wiki:

A "petition" is a written request to parliament for action, such as a need to change an existing law or to pass a new law. It is accompanied by a collection of signatures that shows the signatories to be concerned about the issue or problem and to support the specific request.

類似聯名的請願

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reveiew p.98

字根

pet == seek尋找        //c.f  字根 quer-->quir  quest  quisit == seek

 

compete              v.競爭

compet-ent       adj.勝任的

compet-ence        n.勝任、能力

 

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petitioner

pet-itioner

n. [a person who presents a petition]

 

ps. A petitioner is a person who brings a legal case to a court of law.

The petitioner may seek a legal remedy if the state or another private person has acted unlawfully. In this case, the petitioner , often called a plaintiff , will submit a plea to a court to resolve the dispute.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petrify

petr(rock)-ify

v. [to convert into stone or a stony substance.]

 

ps. Petrified Forest National Park

from wiki. In geology, petrifaction, petrification or silicification is the process by which organic material is converted into stone by impregnation with silica. It is a rare form of fossilization. Petrified wood is the most well known result of this process, but all organisms from bacteria to vertebrates can be petrified.

A major ingredient in the cell walls of wood is cellulose. Under certain conditions the silica binds to the cellulose; when it crystallizes, it preserves the microscopic structure of wood even after the cellulose is gone.

 

ps.

petroleum 石油

petrol(rock)-eum

eum-a suffix occurring in some Latin scientific names

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petroglyph (ˈpɛtrəˌɡlɪf)

petro(rock)-glyph(graph)

n. [a drawing or carving on rock, made by a member of a prehistoric people.]

 

Gobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petrology

petr(rock)-ology

n. [the study of the composition, origin, structure, and formation of rocks]

字構:石頭的學問

 

website: Teaching Petrology in the 21st Century


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petty

adj. [of little or no importance or consequence]

adj. [of a narrow-minded, mean, or small-natured disposition or character]

 

聯想:像寵物pet一樣

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

petulant

adj.[insolent or rude in speech or behavior]

adj.[characterized by temporary or capricious ill humor ]

ps. 與peevish(p.349)是同義詞

 

字源:pet是seek的意思,同時也有rush的意思,在很早的時候,有暗指不易控制的;難駕馭的。

 

 

 

 

 

petulance

n. [the state or quality of being petulant.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

phantom

phan(appear)-tom

n. [=apparition(p.31); something (as a specter) apparent to sense but with no substantial existence]

 

說到phantom當然不能錯過這首歌

Sarah Brightman & Antonio Banderas - The Phantom Of The Opera

 

review p.146

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字根

phan -->phen  == appearance, show 出現

 

phantom      n.幽靈= apparition [appear-ition]

 

phenomenon      n.現象             [記:she+no+men+on]

phenomena        n.現象(複數)

phenomenal    adj.現象的、明顯的

 

dia-phan-ous   adj.半透明的

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