1.rewind v.重繞:倒帶(to wind again)
詞根記憶:re(重新)+wind(纏繞)--重繞
例:It takes ten minutes to rewind the film.
2.rhetoric n.雄辯,辯才(eloquence)
詞根記憶:來自Rhetor,古希臘的修辭學教師,演說家
例:Do you believe the empty rhetoric of politicians?
3.rheumatic a.風濕病引起的(affected with rheumatism)
例:rheumatic fever風濕熱
派生詞:rheumatoid[a.(患)風濕病的]
4.rhinoceros n.(縮寫rhino)犀牛(mammals of Africa and Asia that have one or two I upright keratinous horns on the snout and thick gray to brown skin with little hair)
例:The Wildlife Protection Committee plans to protect selected rhinoceroses.
5.rib n.肋骨(any of the paired curved bony or partly cartilaginous rods that stiffen the walls of the body of most vertebrates and protect the viscera);【船】肋材( curved part of the structure of sth. resembling a rib)
注意:肋骨、脈和傘骨形狀比較類似,可以類推肋條,支撐物
例:One of the football player's ribs was cracked when he fell.//The canoe with small ribs was about twenty feet long and two feet wide.
6.ridge n.山脊,嶺(a range of hills or mountains)
聯想記憶:橋梁(bridge)去掉b就是脊(ridge)
例:the South Atlantic Ridge南大西洋海脊
7.ridicule n./v.嘲笑,嘲弄(to make fun of)
詞根記憶:rid(笑)+icule--嘲笑
例:The children ridiculed john because of his poor clothing.
派生詞;ridiculous(a.荒唐的,可笑的)
同根詞:deride(v.嘲弄)
8.rigid a.嚴格的(strictly observed);死板的(deficient in or devoid of flexibility)
詞根記憶:rig(硬,剛)+id--強硬的--嚴格的
例:Eusocial insect societies have rigid caste systems.//My rigid boss refused to break the company's rules.
派生詞:rigidly( ad.堅硬地;嚴格地)
9.rigor n.(氣候,條件等的)嚴酷(harshness);嚴格(strictness);嚴密(exactness)
詞根記憶:rig(硬,剛)+or--嚴酷;嚴格
例:These soldiers are seasoned to the rigors of the climate.//the rigor of a scientific proof科學實證的嚴密
派生詞:rigorous(a.嚴格的;嚴密的):rigorously( ad.嚴格地;嚴密地)
n. 嘲笑,愚弄,笑柄 v. 嘲笑,嘲弄,愚弄