feint

n/v.佯攻  [a movement made in order to deceive an adversary]

  ex. Make a feint to the east but attack in the west

 

feint

faint 

佯攻(feint)使敵人暈倒(faint)了 --諸葛亮的技能)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

felicity    /fəˋlɪsətɪ/

felci(happy)-ity

n.幸福(非常高程度的happy) [Great happiness; bliss.]

  ex. marital felicity.

n.措辭等的得體,巧妙 [An appropriate and pleasing manner or style]

  ex. felicity of expression.

 

(之前有人分享過用feli菲力牛排來記--能吃到feli牛排真是幸福)

字源:1350-1400; ME felicite (< AF) < L fēlīcitās, equiv. to fēlīci- (s. of fēlīx) happy + -tās -ty

 

 

 

 

 

felicitous    /fəˋlɪsətəs/

felicity-ous

adj.幸福的

adj.巧妙的, 極為適當的 [Exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style]

  ex. a felicitous choice of words
  得體的措辭

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fell

v.砍倒 [cut down; cause to fall]

  ex. to fell the trees

n.獸皮 [the skin or hide of an animal; pelt.]

 


 fall      fell       fallen
原型   過去式   過去分詞

 

quarry:stone=fell:timber 
採石頭=伐木頭

 

ps. pelt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

felon

n.重罪犯 [One who has committed a felony]

 

falcon  n.獵鷹、準

fel..on  n.重罪犯 (A 獵鷹是個重罪犯)


 

 

 

 

felony

n.重罪  [One of several grave crimes, such as murder(謀殺), rape(強暴), or burglary(破門盜竊), punishable by a more stringent sentence than that given for a misdemeanor]

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

feminist

femin-ist

n.男女平等主義者 [the doctrine advocating social, political, and all other rights of women equal to those of men]

 

ps.

female    adj.女性的

feminine adj.女性的、陰性的

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fender

fend-er [defender的簡寫]

n.擋泥板

n.船隻的碰墊

 

字源:1279, shortening of defender, used of boats at first, of fireplaces since 1688; application to automobiles is 1919.

fender這個字最先用於指船隻的護墊,然後再發展成車子腳踏車的檔泥版

 

ps.

offend  v.冒犯 [of- + -fendere to strike]

defend v.防禦

 

 

fender:collision  
擋板防止碰撞

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

feral

adj.野生的  [existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild.]

  ex. feral cats

adj.兇猛的

 

fear

feral  野生的(feral)令人害怕(fear)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ferment

ferm(=ferv;start boiling)-ent

n.使發酵的東西 [Something, such as a yeast, bacterium, mold, or enzyme, that causes fermentation.]

n.發酵、騷動 [A state of agitation or of turbulent change or development.]

  ex. The country was in ferment.
  那個國家處於動亂中。

 

v.發酵

v.醞釀,使騷動

 

 

 

 

 

fermentation

ferm(=ferv;)-ent-ation

n.發酵 [a change brought about by a ferment, as yeast enzymes, which convert grape sugar into ethyl alcohol.]

 

yeast:fermentation
酵母有發酵作用

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fern

n.蕨,蕨類植物

 

ps.

frond

n.蕨類的葉 [The leaf of a fern.]

n.藻體 [A leaflike thallus(菌體), as of a seaweed or lichen(地衣).]

 

frond:fern=needle:pine
複葉是蕨類植物的葉子=針葉是松樹植物的葉子

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ferret

n.雪貂 [A weasellike, usually albino mammal (Mustela putorius furo) related to the polecat and often trained to hunt rats or rabbits.]

v.用雪貂獵取

 

ps.ferret也是一個滑鼠的廠牌

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ferrous    /ˋfɛrəs/

ferrum( iron) + -ous  [拉丁文的 ferrum 就是iron的意思]

adj.含鐵的  [of or containing iron]

  ex. ferrous chloride FeCl2

 

  ferrous <> containing no iron  不含鐵的

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

fertile

adj.多產的 [abundantly productive; fecund]

  ex. a fertile imagination

adj.能生育的;受精的 [capable of producing vegetation, crops, etc.]

  ex. Most chicken eggs are not fertile.
  多數雞蛋未受精。

 

fertile字源:1436, from L. fertilis "bearing in abundance, fruitful, productive," from ferre "to bear" (see infer). Fertilize is 1648; its biological sense of "unite with an egg cell" is first recorded 1859. Fertile Crescent (1914) was coined by U.S. archaeologist James H. Breasted (1865-1935). Fertilizer as a euphemism for "manure" is from 1846.

fertile這個字是來自拉丁文的fertilis,意思為"bearing in abundance, fruitful, productive",與 字根fer(帶來的意思)有關。而後用來指受精"unite with an egg cell"

 

 

 

 

 

 

fertilize

fertile-ize

v.使受精 [To cause the fertilization of (an ovum(卵子), for example).]

  ex. Bees fertilize the flowers.
  蜜蜂使花受精。

v.施肥(使土壤變肥沃)  [To make (soil, for example) fertile]

  ex. Compost fertilizes the soil.

 

 

 

 

 

fertilizer

fertile-ize-er

n.肥料 [any substance used to fertilize the soil, esp. a commercial or chemical manure.]