记忆方法
T的外形就象一棵树,所以有tree(树)一词。r代表分枝,ee代表叶片。由表示树的t转为支撑物、桌子(table),又如tent(帐篷)表示前后二棵树(t)支撑起帐篷,中间有窗眼(e)和门(n),如果把后一个t换成一个女人(s)来支撑,那就很紧张(tense)了。
T外形象十字架,因此又常用喻指“神”,如heart(心)是hear(心)加t(神),表示听神的话要靠心(heart),而不是靠耳朵(ear),所以在ear在这里都变音了,不读[ie]。读[a:],我们祈祷时都会以阿门结束。
t外形还象脚(t),所以还指“脚”或 “工具”,如tool(工具)其四个字母就是各种工具的外形。又如foot(足),stand(站),表示从坐(s)的状态,靠脚(t)站起来,把身体连起来(and)。
hear,听
t,拟声词,跳动的声音
听到心跳声,即“心脏”,引申为“中心”
n.心脏,中心
Thank you from the bottom(底部) of my heart!
He has a good heart.他是菩萨心肠
固定搭配:
①lose heart 失去信心
②take heart 鼓起勇气(此处heart表示“勇气”)
③heart and soul(灵魂) 全心全意
④put one`s heart in专心于某事(心都放进去了)
After losing heart,you should take heart.
You can see my heart and soul,marry me.你能明白我的全心全意,嫁给我。
双解例句
小知识
As the heart is the central organ of the human body, so the word heart has come to mean a central location of an organization or system, as well as being used to describe courage and generosity.
We can see the Germanic influences in the word heart by looking at the Old Saxon herta and the German herz. If we go back even further, however, we see the word also has ties to the Greek kardia, which makes sense when we consider that the prefix cardio refers to the heart. For example, a cardio workout is one that gets the heart pumping harder, and a cardiologist is a doctor of the heart. If someone asks that you “have a heart,” however, they are appealing to your sense of generosity not to the blood-pumping organ.
实用短语
常用短语
单词用法
heart failure 心力衰竭
coronary heart disease 冠心病
in the heart of 在…中央
同义词辨析
同义词
enthusiasm / stamina / courage
temperament / soul / spirit / feelings
同根词
词根:heart
adj.hearty衷心的;丰盛的;健壮的;精神饱满的
heartless无情的;无勇气的
heartening鼓舞人心的,令人振奋的
adv.heartily衷心地;热忱地;痛快地
heartlessly无情地;冷酷地
n.hearty朋友们;伙伴们
heartiness热心;诚实
vi.hearten振作
vt.hearten激励;鼓励;使振作