shout单词记忆:玩转英文单词由Scuttle引发的联想
shout单词记忆:玩转英文单词由Scuttle引发的联想② (VERB) 破坏;使成泡影;使中止 To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。● Two very small children scuttled away in front of them... 两个小毛孩在他们前面屁颠屁颠地跑开了。● Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
玩转英文单词:由Scuttle引发的联想!前几天我在新闻中看到scuttle这个词,想到几个好的记忆方法,和朋友们分享一下。词根词缀法讲得太多了, 我们就说说联想法和形近法吧!
之一:联想法记词义
我们可以在词典中查到scuttle的词义:
① (VERB) 碎步疾跑;急赶;疾走 When people or small animals scuttle somewhere they run there with short quick steps.
● Two very small children scuttled away in front of them...
两个小毛孩在他们前面屁颠屁颠地跑开了。
● Crabs scuttle along the muddy bank.
几只螃蟹沿着泥泞的河堤快速横行。
② (VERB) 破坏;使成泡影;使中止 To scuttle a plan or a proposal means to make it fail or cause it to stop.
● Such threats could scuttle the peace conference.
这种威胁会阻挠和平会议。
③ (VERB) 凿沉(船) To scuttle a ship means to sink it deliberately by making holes in the bottom.
● He personally had received orders from Commander Lehmann to scuttle the ship.
他个人已收到莱曼司令要求凿沉轮船的命令。
如果想一下子记住词义,那么我们就可以想像这样一个画面,“一个toddler(幼儿)屁颠屁颠地往河边跑,想要搞破坏,想把船凿沉”。这样是不是很好记忆了!
之二:形近词记单词
汉语中有形近字,比如上小学初学识字时,老师会举例用“日字加一横”组字,自然可以得出“旦、由、甲、申、旧”。其实英语也是如此,加上或去掉一个字母,或者换掉一两个字母,词义就完全不一样了。我们还是以scuttle为例:
scuffle: n. v. 扭打,混战 scaffold: n. 脚手架
suttle: n. 净重 subtle: adj. 不易察觉的,机智的,柔和的 subtitle: n. 副标题
stuttle: n. 纵向横梁
shuttle: n. 航班,(织布用的)梭 v. (使)频繁往来于(两地之间)
shuffle: v. 拖着脚走,坐立不安,洗(牌)
snuffle: v. (因伤风等)抽鼻子
snaffle: n. (马的)嚼子,马衔铁 v. 偷窃 攫取
sniffle: v. (哭泣或感冒时)不断抽鼻子,n. 轻微感冒
muffle: v. 使(声音)低沉,使(音量)减弱
我先想到这些,这篇小文只是抛砖引玉,和朋友们分享一下学习英语的方法和乐趣。
(本文英文词义摘自《金山词霸柯林斯词典》)