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chronic

chron(time)-ic

adj.慢性病的 [(of a disease) having long duration, cf acute]

adj.長期的;習慣性的 [constant; habitual ]
 
     ex.a chronic state of civil war.

chronic <> sporadic  adj.偶爾發生的;不定期發生的 sport + radio

ex.

anachronism n.時代錯誤

synchronous adj.同時的

chrysanthemum

chrys-anth-emum

n.菊花

  ps. anthology n.詩選, 文選

ps.圖中的字應為chrysanthemum

chuckle

v.輕聲地笑、咯咯笑  [to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction]

chuckle：laughing＝whisper：speaking

輕聲笑：笑＝低語：說話 （小•正常）

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笑的特輯

chuckle    v.輕聲地笑、咯咯笑  [to laugh softly or amusedly, usually with satisfaction] (ex.小嬰兒咯咯笑)

chortle    v.開心地笑 [to chuckle gleefully]

giggle     v.咯咯笑( 重複間歇的、短的笑 ) [to laugh in a silly, often high-pitched way, esp. with short, repeated gasps]         

grin        v. 露齒而笑  (ex.黑人牙膏) <> pout  v.撅嘴、繃臉生氣

simper     v. to smile in a silly way.

smirk      v. to smile in an affected, or offensively familiar way.

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churl

n.沒有教養的粗野者 [a rude, boorish, or surly person.]

Word History: The word churl comes almost unchanged in meaning and pronunciation, though not in spelling, from Old English ceorl, "freeman of the lowest class."

rude:churl
粗野無禮的人特點是粗魯

cinder

n.煤渣,炭渣 [a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood]

cinderella n.灰姑娘

cipher

n.密碼  ex. a message written in cipher

n.零

n.無價值的東西 ex. He's a mere cipher in the company.

ex.decipher v.破解密碼

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字根 circ  == ring

      cyc

circle          n.圓

circular      adj.圓的

circulate      v.循環

circulation    n.循環

circuit             n.環行、電路   [circ-u-it(go)]

circuitous     adj.迂迴的

  cycle     n.循環

recycle     v.回收

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circuit

circ-u-it

n.環道 a circular journey or one beginning and ending at the same place; a round.

  ex. It takes a year for the earth to make a circuit of the sun.

n.電路

circuitous

circ-u-it-ous

adj.迂曲的;繞行的 not direct

  ex. a circuitous argument.

circular

circ-ular

adj.圓形的;環形的

circulate

circ-ulate

v.循環

  ex. Blood circulates in the body.

circulation

circ-ulation

n.循環(ex.血液循環)

n.貨幣,報刊等的發行量

circumference

circum(繞圈)-fer(帶來)-ence

n.圓周 the outer boundary, esp. of a circular area

c.f

perimeter n.周長 A closed curve bounding a plane area