(单词翻译:单击)
1.oxidize v.氧化,生锈(to unite with oxygen in burning or rusting)
词根记忆:oxid(氧化物)+ize--氧化
例:He found that when the iron in ilmenites is highly oxidized, conditions in the magma were probably conducive to the formation of diamonds.
派生词:oxidizable (a.可氧化的)
2.ozone n.臭氧
联想记忆:o(氧的化学符号)+zone(地带)--氧气地带--臭氧
例:ozone layer臭氧层
3.pacemaker n.领跑者(a leader in a field)
分拆记忆:pace(速度)+maker(制造者)--领跑者
例:Commuter diatoms have an internal pacemaker to keep time with the tide.
4.pact n.合同,条约(compact)
例:The warring countries signed a pact to end the war.
5.pad n.便笺本(tablet);衬垫(a thin flat mat or cushion);v.填补(to expand or increase especially with needless, misleading, or fraudulent matter)
例:writing pads便笺纸
6.pagination n.编页码,标注页码(the system by which pages are numbered)
词根记忆:pag(页)+ination--标注页码
例:The technical term "pagination" is a process that leaves editors assemble the page images.
7.painstaking a.辛勤的;费力的(taking pains)
词根记忆:pains(劳苦)+taking(接受)-+辛勤的
例:This intuition is not arbitrary or irrational, but is based on years of painstaking practice.
派生词:painstakingly( ad.煞费苦心地)
8.palatable a.美味的(tasty);受欢迎的(agreeable to the mind)
词根记忆:来自palate(n.味觉)
例:His words might prove palatable to his audience.
派生词:palatability(n.美味,口感)
9.paleoclimatologist n.古气候学家(a scientist dealing with the climate of past ages)
例:During the last ice age, cooler weather led to lower lake levels than paleoclimatologist’s had previously assumed.
同根词:paleontologist(n.古生物学家)