1、Review: Processes of word formation: 1. Derivation (prefixation and suffixation) 2. Compounding 3. Blending 4. Back-formation 5. Initialism ( abbreviation and acronyms) 6. Clipping 7. Aphesis 8. Analogy 9. Reduplication 10. Words from proper names 了解其构词过程并用英文解释其意思 anonymous process:
2、derivation meaning: unknown by name agnosticism process: derivation meaning: Agnosticism is the belief that it is not possible to say definitely whether or not there is a God. agony aunt process: compounding meaning: someone who writes an agony column agony column process: compounding me
3、aning: a part of a newspaper or magazine in which someone give advice to readers about their personal problems. ambidextrous process: derivation meaning: able to use either hand equally well antidisestablishmentarianism process: derivation? meaning: ? rare opposition of the disestablishment o
4、f the Church of England baby shower process: compounding meaning: a party given for a woman who is going to have a baby, at which her friends give her presents for the baby. boomerang kid process: compounding meaning: an adult child who returns home to live with his or her parents after bein
5、g away for some time bridal shower process: compounding meaning: party for woman who will get married soon Electra complex process: Words from proper names meaning: a young girl’s unconscious sexual attraction to her father euphemise process: derivation meaning: to speak in euphemisms or
6、refer to by means of a euphemism euthanize process: derivation meaning: to kill an animal in a painless way, usually because it is very sick or old flattery process: ? meaning: praise that is not sincere, especially in order to obtain something from somebody. flim-flam process: reduplicatio
7、n meaning: information or ideas that are not true or seem very stupid Frankenfood process: words from proper name meaning: food that has been genetically modified greed process: back-formation meaning: a strong desire for more wealth, possessions, power, etc. than a person needs henpecked
8、 process: compounding meaning: a man who people say is henpecked has a wife who is always telling him what to do, and is too weak to disagree with her hyperprotectiveness process: derivation meaning: too anxious to protect somebody from being hurt, in a way that restricts their freedom illegib
9、le process: derivation meaning: difficult or impossible to read impeccable process: derivation meaning: without mistakes or faults fetus-napper process: compounding meaning: ? motherese process: derivation meaning: a simple style of language of the type that parents use when speaking to
10、 their child MRI Process: abbreviation Meaning: Magnetic Resonance Imaging CPI, CPR, DPT, GRE Process: abbreviation CPI: consumer price index CPR: cardiopulmonary resuscitation DPT: diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus GRE: Graduate Record Examination Narrowcaster Process: analogy Meaning: t
11、he person who send information by television or the internet to a particular group of people Oedipus complex Process: words from proper name Meaning: feelings of sexual desire that a boy has for his mother and the jealous feelings towards his father that this causes OPEC, APEC, TOEFL Process: A
12、cronyms OPEC: Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries APEC: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation TOFEL: The Test of English as a Foreign Language IELTS: The International English Language Testing Systemouster ouster process: derivation meaning: the act of removing somebody from a position
13、 of authority in order to put somebody else in their place pecking order process: compounding meaning: the arrangement of people according to their status or power pharmer process: aphesis ? meaning: A recreational drug user whose primary drug category of choice is pharmaceuticals, either ove
14、r-the-counter or prescription. play favorites process: compounding meaning: show favoritism towards someone or something polymath, polyhistor process: derivation polymath: a person who knows a lot about many different subjects polyhistor: a person with broad knowledge Procrustean bed Pro
15、cess: words from proper name Meaning: an arrangement or plan that produces uniformity by violent and arbitrary measures rep process: clipping meaning: a person who speaks officially for a group of people, especially at work rehab process: clipping meaning: the process of helping to cure someb
16、ody who has a problem with drugs or alcohol bluetooth process: words from proper name meaning: a radio technology that makes it possible for mobile phones, computers and other electronic devices to be linked over short distances, without needing to be connected by wires sizeism process: deri
17、vation meaning: discrimination based on a person's size sleeping partner/policeman process: derivation sleeping partner: a person who has put money into a business company but who is not actually involved in running it sleeping policeman: a raised area across a road that is put there to make t
18、raffic go slower tantalize process: words from proper name meaning: to make you want something that you cannot have or do telepathy process: blending meaning: the direct communication of throughts or feelings from one person to another without using speech, writing, or any other normal method workaholic process: blending meaning: a person who works very hard and finds it difficult to stop working and do other things






