【根】cre＝to make（制造），to grow（生長）

create
to make sth happen or exist
to produce a particular feeling or impression
to give sb a particular rank or title
vt. 創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作；引起，造成；是…的原因

例句:
Shakespeare created many comic characters.
莎士比亞創(chuàng)作了很多喜劇人物。
Costuming experts create new dress styles for ladies every season.
服裝設(shè)計專家們每個季度都為婦女設(shè)計新的服裝式樣。
This ultimatum was bound to create a grave crisis.
這一紙最后通牒必然會引起嚴(yán)重危機。

increase
to become or to make sth greater in amount, number, value, etc:
~ (in sth) a rise in the amount, number or value of sth
n. 增加，增長；提高
v 增加，增大；繁殖

例句:
Travel increases one's knowledge of the world.
旅游增進人對世界的了解。

increment
The process of increasing in number, size, quantity, or extent.
Something added or gained: a force swelled by increments from allied armies.
A slight, often barely perceptible augmentation.
One of a series of regular additions or contributions: accumulating a fund by increments.
Mathematics. A small positive or negative change in the value of a variable.
n. [數(shù)] 增量；增加；增額；盈余

procreate
To beget and conceive (offspring).
To produce or create; originate.
To beget and conceive offspring; reproduce
vi. 生育（子女）；產(chǎn)生
vt. 生殖

例句:
Those people are concerned only with eating,sleeping and procreating.
那些人關(guān)心的只不過是吃飯、睡覺和生孩子。

crescent
The figure of the moon as it appears in its first or last quarter, with concave and convex edges terminating in points.
Something shaped like a crescent, especially: A curved pastry. A curved street, often presenting a continuous façade, as of row houses.
Crescent-shaped.
Waxing, as the moon; increasing.
n. 新月；新月狀物；伊斯蘭教的標(biāo)記；土耳其的新月形國徽
adj. 新月形的；逐漸增加的
vt. 以新月形物裝飾；使成新月形

詞組短語:
crescent moon 新月；盈月；娥眉月
red crescent 紅新月會（穆斯林國家的一種組織）

趣味單詞

dolt 逗他
a stupid person
n 笨蛋;傻瓜