英文字彙字源 week 3－Melody Su 的部落格

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sub_rosaSpec-spect-, spic-: to look

Specter

1. : a ghost or spirit of a dead person

“Ghost of the Future,” he exclaimed, “I fear you more than any spectre I have seen…”

2. the specter of (something)

: something bad that might happen in the future

e.g. News of the disease raised the specter of [=made people worry about] a possible plague.

Circumspect

: thinking carefully about possible risks before doing or saying something

e.g. They are circumspect [=cautious] in all their business dealings.

Inspect

: to look at (something) carefully in order to learn more about it, to find problems, etc.

e.g. The border guard inspected [=examined] their passports.

e.g. She had the car inspected by a mechanic before she bought it.

: to officially visit a school, hospital, etc., in order to see if rules are being followed and things are in their proper condition

e.g. He inspected the soldiers' barracks.

Sub-: under

Subtitle

: words that appear on the screen during a movie, video, or television show and that are translations of what the actors are saying — usually plural

e.g The film is in Chinese with English subtitles.

: a title that comes after the main title of a book and that often gives more information about the contents of the book

e.g. It takes a lot of work to subtitle a film.

Submarine

: a ship that can operate underwater

e.g .nuclear submarines

: located below the surface of the water : underwater , undersea

e.g. a submarine canyon

Subway

: a system of underground trains in a city

e.g. I took/rode the subway to midtown.

e.g. No one on the subway seemed to mind how crowded it was.

Euph-:(eu) good, well, easy, (ph)正

Euphoria

: a feeling of great happiness and excitement

e.g. The initial euphoria following their victory in the election has now subsided.

e.g. The drug produces intense feelings of euphoria.

Eulogize

: to say or write good things about (someone or something)

: especially : to praise (someone who has died) in a eulogy

e.g. He was eulogized at his funeral as a great actor and a good friend.

-ium: framed field

Aquarium

1 : a glass or plastic container in which fish and other water animals and plants can live

2 : a building people can visit to see water animals and plants

Museum

: a building in which interesting and valuable things (such as paintings and sculptures or scientific or historical objects) are collected and shown to the public

Colosseum

: an outdoor arena built in Rome in the first century A.D

: a large stadium or building for sports or entertainment

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Cap-: stand for head

Captain

: a person who is in charge of a ship or an airplane

e.g. The captain has turned off the “fasten seat belt” sign.

: an athlete who is chosen to be the leader of a team

e.g. She was the captain of our team. = She was our team captain.

: an officer of high rank in some branches of the military

Capital

: in the form A, B, C, etc., rather than a, b, c

e.g. His handwritten capital S's look a lot like lowercase/small s's.

: having the main offices of a government

: having death as a possible punishment

e.g.Homicide that occurs during the course of an attempted kidnapping is a capital crime in some states.

Caption

: a sentence or group of words that is written on or next to a picture to explain what is being shown

e.g. The caption on the picture says “This year's contest winners.”

Tower of Bable--Genesis 3

Old Testament (Written in Hebrew)

New Testament (written in Greek)

Gene-, Gen: beginning, birth, race, produce

Gene

: a part of a cell that controls or influences the appearance, growth, etc., of a living thing

e.g. She inherited a good set of genes from her parents.

Generate

: to produce (something) or cause (something) to be produced

e.g. This business should generate a lot of revenue.

: to be the cause of or reason for (something, such as interest or excitement)

e.g. His theories have generated a great deal of interest among other scientists.

Genesis

: the beginning of something : origin

e.g. A book about the genesis of the civil rights movement

Sub rosa (=Under a rose)

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The Latin phrase sub rosa means "under the rose", and is used in English to denote secrecy or confidentiality, similar to the Chatham House Rule. The rose as a symbol of secrecy has an ancient history.

The rose has held a deeply symbolic significance in many times and cultures as a symbol of maternal creativity and of the yoni or feminine generative power.^[1] The literal rose and its essence or attar has also played a role in religious and spiritual rites which ofttimes would have been held in secret.

Golden Apple of Discord

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She had not been invited along with the rest of Olympus to the wedding of Peleus and Thetis, who would become the parents of Achillies, because of her troublemaking inclinations.She therefore tossed into the party the Apple of Discord, a golden apple inscribed –"To the Fairest One" – provoking 3 goddesses to begin quarreling about the appropriate recipient.

Anglo Grammar+French Vocabulary

King James the I

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James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death. The kingdoms of Scotland andEngland were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciary, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union.