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20. cub, cumb [L]=

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to lie down 躺常用词incumbent，succumb，concubine 和incubate 是一组同根词。词根cub 来自拉丁动词cubare，词根cumb 来自拉丁动词cumbere；而cumbere 和cubare 实际上是同一个词的异体，意思都相当于英语的to lie down（躺，卧）。incumbent [in-=upon 在……之上；cumb=to lie down 躺；-ent a.=-ing……的→“lying uponsomebody 躺在或赋予某人身上的”→] I a. lying or resting on（somebody）as an obligation 作为责任的：It is incumbent on you to warn them.你有责任告诫他们。→Ⅱn. person on whom anobligation lies;one who holds public office 负有责任者；任公职者：the struggle between theincumbents and the candidates 现任者与候选人之间的斗争▽incumbency [in-;cumb;-ency n.] n.责任；任职；职权succumb [suc（- sub-）=under 在……之下；cumb=to lie down 躺倒→“to lie down under pressure,illness etc.在压力、疾病等之下躺倒”→] v.① give way;yield 让步，屈服：We will not succumbto difficulties.我们决不向困难低头。② die 死：He succumbed to cancer.他死于癌症。concubine [con-=together 共同；cub=to lie down 卧；-ine n.=female 女人→“woman who liesdown together with a man 与某男人同卧共宿的女人”→] n. woman who inhabits with a manwithout being married 姘妇，情妇▽concubinage [concubin(e);-age n.] n.情妇身份；非法同居incubate [in-=on 在……上；cub=to lie 卧；-ate v.=to cause 使……→“to cause (a hen, etc.) to lieon eggs 使（母鸡等）卧在卵上”→] v.①sit on eggs in order to hatch them 孵卵，孵化：Evena good hen can't incubate a wooden egg.母鸡再好也孵不了木头蛋。② give form to;develop把……酝酿成熟；使发展：to incubate a plan 酝酿一个计划▽incubation [incubat(e);-ion n.] n.孵化；酝酿incubator [incubat(e);-or n.] n.孵化器incubative [incubat(e);-ive a.] a.孵卵的；潜伏期的incubus [in-=upon 在……之上；cub=to lie down 卧；-us n.=thing 物→“thing inclined to lie downupon a person 喜欢卧在人的身上的东西”→] n. evil spirit supposed to lie down upon sleepingpersons;nightmare 压在睡眠者身上的恶魔；梦魔：The debt is like an incubus on me.这笔债务使我梦寐不安。cubicle [cub=to lie 躺；-icle n.=small thing 小东西→“small room for lying down 供躺下歇息的小房间”→] n.① small bedroom 小卧室② any small room 小室▽cubicular [cub;-icular a.] a.寝室的recumbent [re-=backward 向后；cumb=to lie 躺；-ent a.=-ing……的→] a. lying backward;reclining躺着的；斜卧的：recumbent statue 雕塑的卧像▽recumbency [recumben(t);-cy n.] n.斜卧；依靠procumbent [pro-=forward 向前；cumb=to lie 躺；-ent a.=-ing……的→“lying forward 向前卧着的”→] a. leaning forward;prostrate;prone 前俯的；平卧的；爬在地下的：The man fellprocumbent on the ground.那个人摔了个嘴啃泥。

Lie N 躺； Ent Lying Man Incubate Incumbent In =Upon