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印欧词根pau，表示小或者少.few=pau 涉及知识 f-v-p-b; a-e-i-o-u; w-u-v

pauper pau+p+er
a person without any means of support, esp. a destitute person who depends on aid from public welfare funds or charity.
a very poor person
n. 乞丐；穷人；靠救济度日者
adj. 贫民的

例句：
A pauper has as much a right to learn as a king.
穷人和国王一样均有受教育的权利。

paucity
(formal) ~ (of sth) a small amount of sth; less than enough of sth:
n. 缺乏；少数；少量

例句：
The paucity of fruit was caused by the drought.
水果缺乏是由于干旱造成的。

poverty au-o;p-v;ty作为后缀，加在形容词后边，构成抽象名词
the state of being poor
a lack of sth; poor quality
n. 贫困；困难；缺少；低劣

短语:
Poverty is not a shame, but being ashamed of it is. [谚语]贫非耻，耻贫乃耻。
Poverty makes (或acquaints men with) strange bedfellows. [谚语]同病相怜；难中不择友。

puberty pau-pu+b+er+ty
The stage of adolescence in which an individual becomes physiologically capable of sexual reproduction
n.青春期；开花期

pupil pau-pu+p+il
(especially BrE, becoming old-fashioned) a person who is being taught, especially a child in a school
a person who is taught artistic, musical, etc. skills by an expert
the small round black area at the centre of the eye
n. 小学生；；未成年人;[解剖] 瞳孔

词源小故事

badminton 羽毛球运动
你也许有想到，badminton原来是一个地名，这是19世纪末英国波弗特公爵在格洛斯特州的一块周长十英里的方形庄园的名称。拥有地产、庄园，在当时英国人的生活中可谓一种“时尚”。Badminton这个词曾一度指“红葡萄酒”或“苏打水”。这当然同在这块土地上的生活分不开，不过后来人们渐渐不再这样使用这个词。
1873年，英国人首次将羽毛球运动从印度搬到英国的这个庄园里来，不久公爵的这块领地的名称的小写badminton便成了这项体育运动的代名词。