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Compound N Army Put Late 14c Compounen Kɔmpaund

单词 compound
音标 ['kɔmpaund]
解释 n.复合物;v.搀和
红宝书 【英】 n. 复合物(thing made up of separate things);v. 搀和(mix sth together)
【考】 soldier : army / element : compound(士兵组成军队/元素 组成化合物)反义词:separate(分 开)
【例】 the vat in which the chemicals are compounded.
字源 compound (v.)
"to put together," late 14c., compounen "to mix, combine," from Old French compondre, componre "arrange, direct," from Latin componere "to put together" (see composite). The -d appeared 1500s in English on model of expound, etc. Related: Compounded; compounding.
compound (n.2)
"a compound thing," mid-15c., from compound (adj.).
compound (n.1)
1670s, via Dutch (kampoeng) or Portuguese, from Malay kampong "village, group of buildings." Spelling influenced by compound (v.). Originally, "the enclosure for a factory or settlement of Europeans in the East," later used of South African diamond miners' camps (1893), then of large fenced-in spaces generally (1946).
compound (adj.)
late 14c., originally compouned, past participle of compounen (see compound (v.)). Compound eye is attested from 1836; compound sentence is from 1772.
不择手段背单词 n. 混合物; v 混合 = mix
【类】soldier: army = element: compound 士兵组成军队 = 元素组成化合物
【反】separate(v 分开)
趣味全助记 【记】com + pound 一起弄到一个栏里;pound,源自pond池塘,围栏;也有英磅,重,重打的意思,com + pound一起捣烂,混合化合

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