单词 | mural |
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音标 | ['mjuərəl] |
解释 | a.墙壁的;n.壁画 |
红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 墙壁的(of a wall); 【考】 petrography : rock / mural : wall(岩石记述学是在岩石 上铭刻/壁画是在墙上 画画) 【记】 mur(墙)+al→墙上的 画→壁画 【同】 同根词:demur(反对) ; immure(监禁) 【例】 This mural depicts the first moon landing. |
字源 | mural (n.) painting on a wall, 1921, short for mural painting (1850), from mural (adj.) "pertaining to walls" (mid-15c.), from Latin muralis "of a wall," from murus "wall" (Old Latin moiros, moerus), from PIE *mei- "to fix; to build fences or fortifications" (cognates: Old English mære "boundary, border, landmark;" Old Norse -mæri "boundary, border-land;" Latin munire "to fortify, protect"). |
不择手段背单词 | adj. 墙壁的; n 壁画 【记】mur墙, al一墙上的画一壁画 【参】demur(v 反对)在你面前竪起一道墙; immure(v 监禁)进入墙里面. 【类】petrography: rock = mural: wall岩石记述学是在岩石上铭刻 = 壁画是在墙上画画 |
趣味全助记 | 【记】mirror 镜子都是挂或靠在墙上的;murmur 咕哝 + all 全都咕哝,场景:和尚们咕哝着念经全都在面壁 |
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