1.gymnast n.體操運動員(a person trained in gymnastics)
詞根記憶:gym(健身)+nast--體操運動員
例:Young female ballet dancers and gymnasts sometimes fail to maintain good eating habits because they desire to be as thin as possible.
同根詞:gymnastic(a.體操的;體育的)
2.gyroscope n.陀螺,回轉儀
詞根記憶:gyro(旋轉)+scope(觀察,鏡)--回轉儀
3.habitat n.棲息地(the place or environment where a plant or animal naturally or normally lives and grows)
詞根記憶:habit(住)+at--住的地方--棲息地
例:Species of plants that thrive in a saline habitat require salt to flourish.
派生詞:habitant(n.居民,居住者):habitation(n.住處:聚居地)
4.hail n.冰雹;v.向…歡呼(to acclaim)
聯想記憶:hai(音似:嗨)+l--招呼--向…歡呼
例:Economists in the United States have hailed the change as a return to the free market.
5.halo n.光環(a circle of light appearing to surround the Sun or Moon);v.圍以光環(to form into or surround with a halo)
例:There is a strict halo of seriousness around science in Egypt.
6.halt n.停止,休息(stop);v.使停止(to bring to a stop)
例:Targland plans to halt this population decline by blocking the current access routes into the desert and announcing new regulations to allow access only on foot.
7.hamper v.阻礙(to impede, to curb);牽制(to restrain)
例:The productivity of our factory is not hampered by insufficient resources.
8.handicap n.障礙(holdback);殘廢(disability);v.(使)不利(to put at a disadvantage)
聯想記憶:handi(手)+cap(帽子)--手上套了一個帽子,就形成了障礙--障礙
例:handicap of interpersonal relationships人際關系障礙
派生詞:handicapped(a.有生理缺陷的)
9.handlebar n.手把(a straight or bent bar with a handle at each end)
分拆記憶:handle(柄,把手)+bar(條,棒)--手把
例:New York City ordinance of 1897 regulated the use of bicycles, required cyclists to keep feet on pedals and hands on handlebars at all times, and granted pedestrians right-of-way.