delight
delight 的前缀、后缀或词根是什么？
国际音标
🇺🇸 /dɪˈlaɪt/
🇬🇧 /dɪˈlaɪt/
极大的快乐或满足
词根法分析
delight 结合了前缀‘de-’和词根‘light’，原意可能是指‘完全的光’或‘完全的轻松’，引申为‘极大的快乐或满足’。
- de-前缀，表示‘完全’或‘加强’
- light来自古英语‘leoht’，意为‘光’或‘轻松’
例子
- delightful令人愉快的，来自‘delight’加后缀‘-ful’，表示‘充满…的’
- delightedly高兴地，来自‘delight’加后缀‘-edly’，表示‘以…方式’
练习
尝试用相同的方法分解和记忆以下单词- enlighten启发，前缀‘en-’表示‘使…’，与‘light’结合，意为‘使有光’，引申为‘启发’
- highlight强调，前缀‘high-’表示‘高’，与‘light’结合，意为‘高光’，引申为‘强调’
造句
- The children's faces were filled with delight when they saw the puppy.
- She took great delight in proving her critics wrong.
- The garden is a delight to walk through in the spring.