【造词理据】象形,C形表很多人聚集在一起,引申指拥挤、挤满、人群。
【例句】
Miranda joins the crowd, beaming at us, and jokes, "You know that this meansyou're legally married. "
米兰达也加入了人群,对我们笑,她开玩笑说:“你知道吧,这意味着法律上讲你俩已婚了。”
【同根词】无。
【造词理据】-el是后缀。源自PIE词根*kreue-(生肉),K表手,引申指新宰杀的、还没有煮过的生肉,后比喻指冷酷的、残忍的。
【例句】
Chen Connaught people understand that the word fish is carved up the post,that this was very cruel.
市民陈诺了解到鱼身上的字是刻上去的后,认为此举很残忍。
【同根词】creatine creosote crude pancreas raw-boned raw-head rawhide sanguinary raw cruel cruelty
【造词理据】见cruel。
【例句】
If the animal cruelty isn't enough to turn your stomach, then the poor quality ofthe meat should be.
如果虐待动物还不足以令你的胃翻江倒海,那么差劲的肉质一定会做到这一点。
【同根词】见cruel。
【造词理据】拟声词,模仿猪的叫声,后比喻指大声喊叫(以寻求帮助)、哭喊。
【例句】
Although her parents had died more than six years ago, she had not been able to cry.
虽然她父母去世六年多了,她已经不再为此哭泣。
【同根词】cried crier crybaby decry descry outcry
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