[Gram./Vocab.] Week 3 -01_11_08

Vocabulary

PHOB - fear

1. acrophobia - acro_high + phob_fear 　懼高症
acrophobe (n.)
acrophobic (a.)

: abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of height or
: an excessive or illogical fear of high places.

*dread (n.) 懼怕
*dreadful (a.) 糟透的

e.g. Rosemary declined Marshell's offer, approaching the rim of the cliff,
because of her acrophobia.

*rim (n.) 邊緣

2. claustrophobia - claus_to close + phob_fear　幽閉恐懼症

Etymology: claustrum + phobia

: abnormal dread of being in closed or narrow spaces or
: an excessive or illogical fear or enclosed places.

e.g. Christopher's claustrophobia made him prefer climbing stairs
to taking the elevator.

3. hydrophobia (n.) - hydr_water + phob_fear 恐水症；狂犬病

: a morbid dread of water or
: an abnormal fear of water or
: rabies

*morbid (a.)
morbidly (adv.)
morbidness (n.)

Etymology: Latin morbidus diseased, from morbus disease

: of, relating to, or characteristic of disease (a.) 病理的；病變部位的
: affected with or induced by disease (a.) 疾病的；疾病導致的
: productive of disease (a.) (因)疾病產生的
: abnormally susceptible to or characterized by gloomy or unwholesome feelings 憂鬱的
: grisly , gruesome 病態的

*induce(v.) 誘發；導致　　　 human-induced 人為的(= man-made / manmade)
*susceptible (a.) (易)受．．．．．．影響的<~to>
*characterise (v.) 以/有．．．．．．的特徵 (常以passive voice呈現)
*gloomy (a.)
*unwholesome (a.) 不衛生的
*grisly (a.) 可怕的；嚴重的
*gruesome(a.) 陰森的；詭譎的
*substance-related disorder [Psy.] 物質關聯疾病
(一種與心理有關的疾病, 如藥物濫用(overdose), 酒精濫用(alcoholism)等)
Refers to
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/morbid

*rabies
:an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated

*nervous system of mammals 哺乳動物的神經系統
*is caused by a rhabdovirus 由桿狀病毒所引起
*transmit (v.) 傳播；傳染
*salivation (n.) 唾液分泌； [Med.]流涎症
*paralysis (n.) 癱瘓
*untreated (a.) 無藥可救的；藥石罔效的；不能治癒的

refers to
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rabies



PHIL - to love

4. philharmonic - phil_to love + harmonia_harmony 愛好和諧者；愛樂

Etymology:Etymology:

French philharmonique, literally, loving harmony, from Italian filarmonico,

from fil- phil- + armonia harmony, from Latin harmonia

: loving harmony; devoted to music; a symphont orchestra

5. bibliophile - bibl_book + phil_to love 愛書者(特指也在收集者)
bibliophilic (a.)

: one who loves books; a book collector or
:a lover of books especially for qualities of format

e.g. Edgar is a real bibliophile; he often buys books once being immersed in those.

6. philippic

Etymology:
Middle French philippique, from Latin & Greek; Latin philippica,
orationes philippicae, speeches of Cicero against Mark Antony,
translation of Greek philippikoi logoi, speeches of Demosthenes
against Philip II of Macedon, literally, speeches relating to Philip.

: a discourse or declamation full of bitter condemnation
: tirade (n.) 長篇的攻擊性演說；激烈的發言