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specious /ˋspiʃəs/

spec(to look)-i-ous

adj.似是而非的 [apparently correct or true, but actually wrong or false ]

ex. 廣增大學會提升教育程度，以及帶動薪資成長，其實上一個specious argument。

ps. ostensible adj. 表面的, 假裝的 (p.366),

ps. plausible adj.似乎正確的, 似有道理的 (p.362)

etymology: Latin speciōsus fair, good-looking, beautiful. 在拉丁文中，所指的是外表好看的，具有attractive的」。而到現今所指的為外表看似正確，但實際上卻是不對的。

spectacle /ˋspɛktəkl/

spec(to look)-ta-cle

n. [a grand and impressive event or performance. ]

ex. The coronation was a lavish spectacle.

ps. a great fireworks show

字源：在源於拉丁文中的 L. spectaculum "a show" or 公開的表演。而從17世紀開始，spectacle也指的是一種劇場藝術的名稱。

n. 眼鏡 (Old-fashioned)

spectacular /spɛkˋtækjəlɚ/

spectacle-ar

adj. [of or like a spectacle; marked by or given to an impressive, large-scale display.]

ex. spectacular views from the top of a mountain.

n. [an impressive, large-scale display]

ex. another Hollywood spectacular.

ex. a television spectacular for Christmas.

ps. 這個字當名詞時也是常被使用的唷，ex.唱片的title有人就取 Jazz spectacular. 而TV series, songs也有很多以spectacular為命名的。

spectator

spect(to look)-ator

n.觀眾 [someone who watches something, especially a sporting event]

ex. noisy spectators at a football match.

ex. Watching celebrities walk the red carpet before an award show has become an increasingly popular spectator sport.

字源：from L. spectator "viewer, watcher,"大致上就是指來看spectacle的觀眾們。

specter

spect(to look)-er

n. [a ghost; phantom; apparition]

ps. 鬼就是種，看而摸不到的東西

note:

phantom (p. 356) /ˋfæntəm/

ps. phan -->phen == appearance, show 出現

ex. The Phantom Of The Opera

apparition (p.31)

ps. appear-ition

spectral /ˋspɛktrəl/

specter-al

adj.幽靈的 [of or pertaining to a specter; ghostly ]

adj. 光譜的 = spectrum + al

ps. 在HR diagram中，其中的x軸常用 spectral class or spectral type，那是指光譜的種類，不是指鬼唷。

The Cosmic Classroom - The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram.

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spectrum

spect(to look)-er-um

n.光譜

考古：color:spectrum＝tone:scale (各種顏色組成光譜＝各種音調組成音階)

Quantum Mechanics: The Structure Of Atoms

speculate

spec-ul-ate

v. [If you speculate about something, you make guesses about its nature or identity, or about what might happen. ]

ex. We were speculating whether the President had to resign after the scandal.

ex. I had published my speculations about the future of the universe in the Review of Modern Physics.

v. 做投機買賣 [to buy and sell goods or stocks and shares in the hope of making a profit through changes in their value, but with the risk of losing money]

ex. The banks made too many risky loans which now can't be repaid, and they speculated in property whose value has now dropped.

from wiki: Speculation is the practice of engaging in risky financial transactions in an attempt to profit from short or medium term fluctuations in the market value of a tradable good such as a financial instrument, rather than attempting to profit from the underlying financial attributes embodied in the instrument such as capital gains, interest, or dividends.