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1、WordPartsDictionaryWordPartsDictionaryStandardandReverseListingsofPrefixes,Suffixes,RootsandCombiningFormsbyMICHAELJ.SHEEHANMcFarland&Company,Inc.,PublishersJefferson,NorthCarolina,andLondonLibraryofCongressCataloguing-in-PublicationDataSheehan,Michael,1939-Wordpartsdictionary:standardandrever
2、selistingsofprefixes,suffixes,andcombiningforms/byMichaelSheehan.p.cm.Includesindex.ISBN0-7864-0819-7(librarybinding:50#alkalinepaper)@1.Englishlanguage—Suffixesandprefixes—Dictionaries.2.Englishlanguage—Wordformation—Dictionaries.3.Englishlanguage—Reversedictionaries.I.Title.PE1175.S452000423
3、M—dc2100-37217BritishLibrarycataloguingdataareavailable©2000MichaelJ.Sheehan.AllrightsreservedNopartofthisbookmaybereproducedortransmittedinanyformorbyanymeans,electronicormechanical,includingphotocopyingorrecording,orbyanyinformationstorageandretrievalsystem,withoutpermissioninwritingfromthep
4、ublisher.ManufacturedintheUnitedStatesofAmericaMcFarland&Company,Inc.,PublishersBox611,Jefferson,NorthCarolina28640www.mcfarlandpub.comToDonaSheehan,salubriouswifeandgiftTableofContentsPreface1PARTIDictionary3PARTIIFinder(ReverseDictionary)97PARTIIICategories181ANIMALS182THEBODY187COLORS193DIM
5、ENSIONS196DIRECTIONS197DIVINATION197THEENVIRONMENT200FEARORDISLIKEOF...205FOOD214LOCATION216NEGATIVES217NUMBERS218THESENSES220SHAPES222TIME226VllPrefaceThisdictionaryisbasedonwordparts—thoseprefixes,suffixes,com¬biningformsandrootswhichshowuprepeatedlytoformwords—andismeanttobeusedinconjunctio
6、nwithastandarddictionaryandathesaurus.Itcanhelptoretrievewordsonlydimlyremembered,oritcanleadtospecificnewwordswhichotherwisemightneverhavebeendiscovered.Andsinceasinglerecurrentlettercombinationoftenunlocksthepartialmeaningofdozensofwords,itcanactasanefficientwaytoexpandone'sgeneralvocabulary
7、.TheWordPartsDictionaryisdividedintothreesections.PartI,thestandardDictionary,allowsareadertofindthemeaningofwordpartsconvenientlyarrangedinalphabeticalorder,togetherwithanex¬ample.Forinstance,PartIwouldrevealthatthewordpart-nov-canmean
