ubiquitous 普遍存在的= omnipresent (^ omniscient, omnipotent)
versatile (人)多才多藝的，(物)通用的à versatility
alchemy 煉金術(shù)
transmute 變形，變質(zhì)transmute silver into gold (!)
arduous 艱巨的 (=strenuous)an arduous task
pitfall 陷阱，未預(yù)見之困難
metallurgy 冶金
alloy 合金
aluminum = aluminium (BE)^ calcium, uranium, radium^ copper, brass, bronze
electrode 電極
distill 蒸餾 distilled water
quartz 石英
phosphorus 磷，磷光物質(zhì)
inflammable 易燃的 (? flame)
combustion 燃燒 (à combustible)spontaneous combustion (white phosphorus)
ceramic 陶瓷的 瓷器 (à ceramics)
insulate 隔離，絕緣à insulator (＜＞ conductor)
fiber 纖維 (BE: fibre)fiber optics (纖維光學(xué))
optics 光學(xué) (à optical)
retina 視網(wǎng)膜
iris 虹膜
opaque 不透明的v.s. transparent, translucent
microprocessor 微處理器^ CPU(Central Processing Unit), chip
binary 二進(jìn)制的
integrate à integrated, integrationintegrated circuit (IC), system integration (SI)
buffer 緩沖區(qū)buffer storage
browser 瀏覽器 (^ IE, Netscape)
hypertext 超文本
envisage 想象，看作 en + vis(see) + ageThe internet can be envisaged as a network of visual telephone links.
momentous (極為)重要的v.s. momentary
reticular 網(wǎng)狀的
Ethernet 以太網(wǎng)
domain 域 domain names
cyberlaw 網(wǎng)絡(luò)法律 “cyber-“: Internet relatedcyberlove, cybercafe, …
patent 專利 (à patented)v.s. copyright, ^ pirated software/VCD’s
chronological 按時(shí)間順序的 “chron”: time^ chronic, chronicle, chronograph
robot 機(jī)器人(“肉包它”)à robotics
artificial 人造的，做作的artificial satellite/smile
cone 圓錐體，錐形物the nose cone of a missile
Jupiter 木星^ Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn
exorbitant 過度的，過分的，過高的ex(out) + orbit + ant
centripetal 向心(力)的＜＞ centrifugal
high-rise 高樓 (~ skyscraper)
cathedral 大教堂
dome 圓頂 (a hemispherical roof)
infrastructure 基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施＜＞ superstructure
sewage 污水，下水道
hydraulic 水力的，水壓的
landfill 垃圾掩埋(地)
ventilation 通風(fēng)
thermostat 溫控器 thermo(hot) + stat(steady)^ thermos, thermometer, thermonuclear
prefabricate 預(yù)先制造à prefab (預(yù)制的)
polytechnic 各種工藝的 理工學(xué)校Hong Kong Polytechnic
geometric 幾何(學(xué))的? geometry, geo(land) + metry(measure)
asymmetry 不對(duì)稱 a(not) + sym(same) + metry(↑)＜＞ symmetry
concave 凹的 (＜＞ convex)
bilateral 雙邊的，兩方面的＜＞ unilateral
paradoxical “似非而是”的? paradox (悖論)
empirical 經(jīng)驗(yàn)的empirical law/formula
clockwise 順時(shí)針的 (＜＞ anticlockwise) |
