| 词汇 | humble |
| 词根词缀 | 词源： humble (adj.) mid-13c., from O.Fr. humble, earlier humele, from L. humilis "lowly, humble," lit. "on the ground," from humus "earth." Senses of "not self-asserting" and "of low birth or rank" were both in M.E. The verb is late 14c. in the intransitive sense of "to render oneself humble;" late 15c. in the transitive sense of "to lower (someone) in dignity.""Don't be so humble; you're not that great." [Golda Meir]To eat humble pie (1830) is from umble pie (1640s), pie made from umbles "edible inner parts of an animal" (especially deer), considered a low-class food. The similar sense of similar-sounding words (the "h" of humble was not pronounced then) converged in the pun. Umbles, meanwhile, is M.E. numbles "offal" (with loss of n- through assimilation into preceding article), from O.Fr. nombles "loin, fillet," from L. lumulus, dim. of lumbus "loin." 词根记忆： a. 谦卑的,恭顺的;地位低下的v.降低,贬低Thus the enthusiastic dumb man thumbed the humble man's umbrella.于是热情的哑巴用拇指拨弄谦卑男子的伞. a. 谦恭的;下贱的(hum+ble→接近地面→谦恭的)[hum=earth,表示"土,地"] 词根词缀： humble humble a 谦恭的,下贱的(hum+ble=接近地面=谦恭的) hum=earth,表示”土,地” humble a 谦恭的,下贱的(hum+ble=接近地面=谦恭的) humility n 谦让,低下(hum+ility状态=地的状态=低下) humiliate v 羞辱,侮辱(hum+iliate使…使人到地上=羞辱别人) humiliation nn 耻辱(humiliate+ion) inhume v 埋葬(in进入+hume=进入土中) exhume v 掘出(ex 出+hume=出土=掘出) posthumous a 死死的,遗腹的(post后+hum土,引申为死+ous=死后的) hummock n 小圆丘(hum+mock圆丘=土丘) human n 人类(传说人是由土造出的) humane a 有人情的,仁爱的(humane+e=有人情的) |
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