字詞研究 (13)

字詞研究 (13)

39) corps /corpse:

1. corps [kor] n. 一團體的人

Marine C~ 陸戰隊； Peace C~ 和平軍；Youth C~ 青年軍；但，Salvation Army救世軍 (美國一收集捐贈物品轉送貧困人們的團體)

 core n.果核，與corps 同音。

These government officials are rotten to the core. 這些政府官員十分惡劣 (壞透了)

*nut n. 硬核 (core之外殼); He is a hard ~ to crack. 他是難纒的人

2. corpse [ korps ]n.屍體 = dead body; remains n. 殘骸；﹝mortuary停屍間﹞

Funeral home staffs are too overwhelmed to bury corpses.  殯儀館工作人員太悲傷了，以致無法埋藏屍體 (因為有太多死難的人)。 

The next morning the corpse of the suspect was found at the scene. 次晨嫌犯的屍體在現場附近被發現。

** coffin n.棺木 (大厝—台語)；casket n.骨灰盒；骨甕 (金斗台語)

*cop n.員警(口語)；cops 複數；the police (複數)；a policeman = a cop

*cope v. = meet with and try to overcome problems克服 (困難)

《It is this sudden change of mood that he felt he could never cope with.》
他的心情突然有如此大的轉變，以致無法克服。

* coup [ku] n. = sudden, successful action突然成功一擊

The first meet of these two leaders is regarded as a diplomatic~. 兩位領袖初次會面被認為是外交大突破。

scoop n. 獨家新聞；just-in最新消息；breaking news號外

40) dairy / diary:

1. dairy n. 乳製品；牛奶店 ~ maid 擠奶女工；~ farm 酪農場；~ cattle 乳牛

2. diary  n. 日記； keep a ~ 寫日記

To keep track of everything, he forms a habit of keeping a diary. 為了記載一切事，他養成每天

寫日記的習慣。比較：

l journal n. 航海日誌；(= log) 記載；(odyssey：海上航行) journal of medicine 醫學

記要；the Wall Street J~ (紐約) 華爾街日報 (有關財經的報紙)

* calendar n.日曆，blog n. blogger布落格 (電腦中登載的記事)

                                                                                                                                                                                             41) 41) desert/dessert/ (abandon / forsake): 

1. dessert n. U/ C (作可數和不可數名詞) 「主菜後之甜點」

Usually after an entrée, a ~ is served. 通常主菜上完之後，就供應甜點。

比較：sweet n. 甜點心；甜食

【You won’t have a hard time finding perfect sweets for your sweet. 】

  你毫不費力地為你的愛人找到精美的甜食。(註：第二sweet指sweet heart)

2. desert v.遺棄；本字發音與 dessert 同

a. He ~ ed his loved one and escaped alone. 他遺棄愛人獨自逃亡。

b. The soldier was ~ ed. 這位士兵是逃兵- 開小差。

比較desertion n. 遺棄

The soldier was sentenced to one month of hard labor for ~ 士兵因開小差而被處一個月勞動懲罰。deserter n. 逃兵

c. The street is ~ ed at midnight. 午夜時街道冷清清。

= At midnight no one is to be seen on the street *

d. 喪失= fail。 His presence of mind deserts him. 他喪失鎮靜。

deserts n. (限複數) 應得的賞罰 They met with their ~.

比較：

* abandon vt. 放棄 = give up

The captain finally decided to ~ the ship.   艦長最後他們決定棄船。

Hurricane lashes a city abandoned. 颶風猛襲一座城市使其變成死城。

**forsake  vt. = desert 遺棄 (人或地方)

“Do not ~ me, oh, my darling!”  ‘親愛的，請勿遺棄我’。這是美國電影經典名作 “High Noon”

中譯「日正當中」主題曲(女主角Grace Kelly 乃當今摩洛哥國王之母)     

forsake  forsook forsaken;  a forsaken temple 一座棄廟

* waive vt. = give up= forego放棄；省下North Korea ~ s nuclear programs.   北韓放棄核武計劃。

3. desert n. 沙漠

In a ~ drinking water is scarce. 在沙漠上飲水缺乏。the Sahara D~撒哈拉沙漠；the Gobi D~

戈壁沙漠

Justin Lai, 07/09/2013

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