词汇 | rhinoceros |
词根词缀 | 词源: c.1300, from L. rhinoceros, from Gk. rhinokeros, from rhinos "nose" (a word of unknown origin) + keras "horn." Shortened form rhino is first attested 1884."What is the plural of rhinoceros? ... Well, Liddell and Scott seem to authorize 'rhinocerotes,' which is pedantic, but 'rhinoceroses' is not euphonious." [Sir Charles Eliot, "The East Africa Protectorate," 1905] 词根记忆: 犀牛[rhin=nose(鼻子)] 词根词缀: rhinocerosrhinoceros 犀牛rhin=nose (鼻子) rhinoceros 犀牛 |
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