aorta /eˋɔrtə/

n.主動脈 [the main trunk of the arterial system]

 

 

 

 

血管特輯

  aorta   n.主動脈
  artery   n.動脈
  vein   n.靜脈
       
  capillary   n毛細血管
  vascular   a.血管的
  cardiovascular   a.心臟血管的 [cardi = heart]這個字滿populate的

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apex

記: APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation 亞太經濟合作會議)

n. 頂,頂點

ex. at the apex of the mountain 在山頂

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apiary

ap(蜂)-i-ary(地點)

n.養蜂場

 

 

 

 

 

aviary

av(鳥)-i-ary

n.鳥舍;禽舍;鳥類飼養場

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

auspicious / ɔˋspɪʃəs/

au(鳥)-spic(看)-i-ous

adj.吉兆的;吉利的 [signs of future success; favourable; promising ]

ex. an auspicious start.

ex. The sunny warm weather with adequate rain is an auspicious sign for a great harvest.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

aplomb / əˋplɑm/

ap p l e + t omb

n.【法】沈著;泰然自若 [confidence and self-control; poise]

Middle French a plomb 'according to the plummet'

ex. do something with great aplomb .

ex. He handles this issue with great aplomb and successfully makes the angry customers feel satisfied.

 


 

apocalyptic /əˌpɒkəˈlɪptɪk/

adj.【宗】啟示的 [of or relating to an apocalypse]

adj.預示世界末日的 [prophetic of devastation or ultimate doom; relating to the total destruction of something , especially of the world.]

ex. The professor gave an apocalyptic prediction for this severe economics regression. He noted more than 1 billion people will lose their jobs.

 

apo(遠)-calypt(cover)-ic

有像calamity n.大禍;大災害

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apocalypse

apo(away)-calyps(to cover)-e

n.《啟示錄》 [revelation, esp about the future of the world]

c.1384, "revelation, disclosure," from Church L. apocalypsis "revelation," from Gk. apokalyptein "uncover," from apo- "from" (see apo -) + kalyptein "to cover, conceal" (see Calypso ). The Christian end-of-the-world story is part of the revelation in John of Patmos' book "Apokalypsis" (a title rendered into Eng. as "Apocalypse" c.1230 and "Revelations" by Wyclif c.1380).

 

ps. 惡靈古堡2:啟示錄 Resident Evil: Apocalypse

愛麗絲逃離市立醫院後開始積極查明病毒來源並找出遏止方法。同時,城市的另一頭,一名叫吉兒的女子陷入了殭屍圍困的苦戰中,其中一隻名叫復仇邪神的怪獸是重傷後的麥特所變身而成......

 

 

 

 

 

 

apocrypha & apocryphal

apocrypha / əˋpɑkrəfə/

apo(遠)-cryph(hide)-a

ex.

crypt    n.地下室

cryptic a. 隱密的 a.【動物】適合於隱身的

 

n.【宗】次經,新約外傳,偽經 [various religious writings of uncertain origin regarded by some as inspired, but rejected by most authorities.]

更細部的來說,apocrypha是《舊約全書》中猶太人不予承認為希伯來《聖經》的經籍,或是在宗教改革運動中也不予收入新教《聖經》中的經籍

 

 

 

 

 

 

apocryphal

apo-cryph-al

adj.作者不明的;偽的

ex. Most of the stories about his private life are probably apocryphal.
有關他私生活的事可能大部分都是虛構的

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apogee & perigee

apogee

apo(遠)-gee(geo;地球)

n.遠地點

ps.geology n.地質學

 

perigee

peri(about, around;周圍)-gee(geo;地球)

n.近地點

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

apologize

v.道歉;認錯,賠不是[(+to/for)]

ex. He apologized to her for not going to her party.
他因為沒有出席她舉行的宴會而向她表示歉意。

v.辯解

 

apology

1533, "defense, justification," from L.L. apologia, from Gk. apologia "a speech in defense," from apologeisthai "to speak in one's defense," from apologos "an account, story," from apo- "from, off" (see apo- ) + logos "speech." The original Eng. sense of "self-justification" yielded a meaning "frank expression of regret for wrong done," first recorded 1594, but it was not the main sense until 18c. The old sense tends to emerge in Latin form apologia (first attested 1784), especially since J.H. Newman's "Apologia pro Vita Sua" (1864). The Gk. equivalent of apologize (1725 in the modern sense of "acknowledge and express regret"), apologizesthai, meant simply "to give an account."