词汇 | geophagy |
词根词缀 | 词源: "dirt-eating," 1850, from Gk. *geophagia (the actual Gk. was geotragia), from geo-, comb. form of ge "earth" + phagein "to eat.""A diseased appetite ... prevails in several parts of Alabama, where they eat clay. I heard various speculations on the origin of this singular propensity, called 'geophagy' in some medical books." [Lyell, 1850] |
随便看 |
英语词根词缀词典收录了31503条英语词根词缀词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的词根、词缀及词根记忆法解析,是记忆英语词汇的必备工具。