modify

mode-ify

v.更改 [to change somewhat the form or qualities of]

ps. 通常是change it slightly, usually in order to improve it.

ex. We have to modify our plan a little bit.

我們得對我們的計畫稍加修改。

上一頁我們提過：

字源：mode的概念其實就是manner, rule的意思，

所以modify的意思是"to impose a rule"

(同時mode有含有limit的概念...來自另外的字源，延伸單字modest, modicum)

ps.小常識，modify在文法的意思是指『修飾』，

ex. a good man, good modifies man.

modish

mode-ish

adj.流行的;時髦的 [in the current fashion; stylish.]

ex. a modish hat

modulate

modul-ate ps. modul是從mode來自，這邊是u addition rule

v.控制;緩和 [to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.]

ps. 當我們modulate某個activity or process，意味者我們改變他是他們更能適合。

ex. Please modulate the sound on the TV.

請調節一下電視的音量。

v.改變音調、音量等 [to alter or adapt (the voice) according to the circumstances, one's listener, etc.]

ex. At this point the players have to modulate from E to G.

這時演奏者必須由E調轉到G調。

ps.在電子學，或xx實驗課中，也滿常見這個字的唷～

mogul

n.有權勢的人 [ an important, powerful, or influential person ]

ex.  a mogul of the movie industry

大寫的Mogul就是蒙古人(尤指16世紀征服印度建立回教帝國的蒙古族人)

小寫就指的是：有權勢的人

molar

n. 臼齒

ps. Your molars are the large, flat teeth towards the back of your mouth that you use for chewing food.

adj.臼齒的

字源：是mill 磨坊 發展過來的

ps.mole 莫爾 = 6.02 X 10 ²³ 個

mole + ar = molar adj.莫爾的 (字型完全相同)

mold

n.模子,模型 [a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.]

n.類型,性格 [a distinctive nature, character, or type]

ex. Women of her mold are easy to see through.
她那種性格的女人是很容易看穿的。

v.用模子做 [to shape or form in or on a mold.]

ex. Children mold figures out of clay.
孩子們用粘土塑造人像。

字源： L. modulus (module 組件),akin to Old High German molta soil

pliable:mold
易變形的可以塑造

n. 黴,黴菌 [a growth of minute fungi forming on vegetable or animal matter, commonly as a downy or furry coating, and associated with decay or dampness.]

v.發霉

字源："fungus," c.1425, probably from moulde, pp. of moulen "to grow moldy" (c.1225), related to O.N. mygla "grow moldy," from P.Gmc. *mug- Or it may have evolved from (or been influenced by) O.E. molde "loose earth"

molding

n. 【建築】凹凸形;裝飾板條 (decorative)[any of various long, narrow, ornamental surfaces that are either continuous or discontinuous, with uniform cross sections for the full length and a strikingly modeled profile that casts strong shadows: used on frames, tables, etc., and certain architectural members, as cornices, stringcourses, or bases.]

n.製模;鑄造 (process)[the act or process of molding.]

molding:cabinet
線條修飾櫃子

moldy

mold-y

adj.發霉的 [covered with mold.]

ex. moldy bread

adj.陳腐的 [old-fashioned; outmoded]

molt

v. 動物脫皮、換羽毛 [(of birds, insects, reptiles, etc.) to cast or shed the feathers, skin, or the like, that will be replaced by a new growth.]

字源：1340, mouten, of feathers, "to be shed," from O.E. (be)mutian "to exchange," from L. mutare "to change" (see mutable) . Trans. sense, of birds, "to shed feathers" is first attested 1530.

melt

v. [to become liquefied by warmth or heat, as ice, snow, butter, or metal.]

ex. The snow has melted.
雪已融化了。

ex. Her tears melted his heart.
她的眼淚使他心軟了。

ex. The crowd around the bench began to melt away.

Mariah Carey --Melt Away

molten

adj.熔化的,熔解的 [liquefied by heat; in a state of fusion; melted]

ex. molten lead.

ps. 【古】melt的過去分詞

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近型字

meld     v.混和     |        mold   v.塑造

melt     v.融化     |         molt   v.脫舊毛換新羽

melter   n.鎔爐

welter   n.混亂

melt的時態變化

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molecule

n.分子 [Chemistry, Physics. the smallest physical unit of an element or compound, consisting of one or more like atoms in an element and two or more different atoms in a compound.]

ex. H2O molecule

字源：1794, "extremely minute particle," from Fr. moléclue (1678)

mollify

moll(soft)-ify

v.緩和;減輕 [to soften in feeling or temper, as a person; pacify; appease.]

ex. to mollify his anger.

reveiw p.172 emollient

mollycoddle

molly-coddle

v.溺愛 [To be overprotective and indulgent toward; pamper]

ex. Grandparents often mollycoddled the children.

n. [A person, especially a man or a boy , who is pampered and overprotected]

字構：molly是 milksop (from Molly, nickname for Mary)，而coddle是慣養的意思。