director-dirty：出淤泥者脏

【造词理据】象意。源自PIE词根*reg-(直线移动），R表头，引申指头对齐的，再引申指排队行走、领导等，在这里指“做出指示的人、指导者、负责人等”。di-前缀，是dis-的截短，表分开（apart）；-or后缀，表...者（人）。

【例句】Though recognized as a fine actress and a proven director, Xu wants her name associated with a new line of jewelry. 尽管已是公认的出色演员兼优秀导演，她还不想停下脚步，希望涉足珠宝行业。

【同根词】abrogate; address; adroit; Alaric; alert; anorectic; anorexia; arrogant; arrogate; bishopric; correct; corvee; derecho; derogate; derogatory; Dietrich; direct; dress; eldritch; erect; ergo; Eric; Frederick; Henry; incorrigible; interregnum; interrogate; maharajah; Maratha; prerogative; prorogue; rack (n.1) "frame with bars;" rail (n.1) "horizontal bar passing from one post or support to another;" Raj; rajah; rake (n.1) "toothed tool for drawing or scraping things together;" rake (n.2) "debauchee; idle, dissolute person;" rakish; rank (adj.) "corrupt, loathsome, foul;" real (n.) "small Spanish silver coin;" realm; reck; reckless; reckon; rectangle; rectify; rectilinear; rectitude; recto; recto-; rector; rectum; regal; regent; regicide; regime; regimen; regiment; region; regular; regulate; Regulus; Reich; reign; resurgent; rex; rich; right; Risorgimento; rogation; royal; rule; sord; source; subrogate; subrogation; surge; surrogate; viceroy.

【造词理据】见director。在这里指指示人们找到自己位置的名录（如图）、计算机文件目录等。

【例句】A bit of planning and neat directory structuring can save you a lot of headaches later on down the line. 进行一点计划并保持文件组作执整洁会在后期避免许多麻烦。

【同根词】见director。

【造词理据】象形。D形表不规则的小土块，也指泥土块、污垢、粪便等。

【例句】My teacher says land is the most valuable thing on earth. How much do you suppose the dirt behind my ears is worth? 我老师说土地是地球上最有价值的东西。你认为我耳朵后面的污垢值多少钱呢？

【同根词】dirty。

【造词理据】见dirt。-y是后缀。

【例句】Anne O'Neill, a dermatologist at the Children's Hospital at Westmead, said babies did not get dirty until they began crawling. 威斯特米德儿童医院的皮肤科医生安妮·奥尼尔说，宝宝到了开始会爬的阶段才会容易变成小脏孩。

【同根词】见dirt。

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单词成就英语，英语照见未来