| 单词 | calamity |
|---|---|
| 音标 | [kə'læmiti] |
| 解释 | n.大灾祸，不幸之事 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 大灾祸，不幸之事(an y extreme misfortune) 【记】 calam(破坏destructi on)+ity→大灾祸 【同】 派生词: calamitous (adj. 造成灾祸的) |
| 字源 | calamity (n.) early 15c., from Middle French calamite (14c.), from Latin calamitatem (nominative calamitas) "damage, loss, failure; disaster, misfortune, adversity," origin obscure. Early etymologists associated it with calamus "straw" (see shawm); but it is perhaps from a lost root preserved in incolumis "uninjured," from PIE *kle-mo-, from base *kel- (1) "to strike, cut" (see holt). |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 大灾祸, 不幸之事(带来损失、持久的不幸或痛苦的事件) 【例】Calamity is man'apos;s true touchstone 患难见真情. 【记】calam破坏－大灾祸cal = call打电话, amity(n 友好, 亲善关系)－发生大灾祸才会给家人打电话. 联想: 911事件 【参】calamitous(adj 多灾难的) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】cal + am + I 有事打电话call 给我 am I；c see + alarm: 看到了警报就是有不幸发生了；看着象calm，多了个字母却是令人不calm的事； |
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