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Mural Latin Adj Rock Painting Boundary Mjuərəl A.墙壁的;N.壁画

单词 mural
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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