Western Literature(Week 5 ) 單字筆記

Topic : The Odyssey

1. audi —

a. audience (n.)
/ˋɔdɪəns/
the people, considered as a group, who watch or listen to a performance, movie, public event, etc., either together in one place or separately.

The magazine is trying to reach a younger audience.

b. audio (adj.)
/ˋɔdɪ͵o/
of or involving sound and the recording and broadcasting of sound

We lost the audio portion of the TV broadcast.

2. dia —

a. dialect (n. / adj.)

/ˋdaɪəlɛkt/
a form of a language that is spoken in a particular part of a country or by a particular group of people and that contains some words, grammar, or pronunciations that are different from the forms used in other parts or by other groups

b. diameter (n.)/daɪˋæmətɚ/
he distance from one side to the opposite side of a circle, measured by a line passing through the center of the circle

We need a pipe with a diameter of about six inches.

3. — meter

a. thermometer (n.)
/θɚˋmɑmətɚ/
a device used for measuring temperature, esp. of the air or in a person’s body

b. hydrometer  (n.)
/haɪˋdrɑmɪtɚ/
a piece of equipment used to measure the density of liquids, especially a long glass tube, closed and with a weightat one end so that it floats vertically

4. de — 

a. deficient (adj.)
/dɪˋfɪʃənt/
lacking or not good enough

A diet that is deficient in protein is harmful to children.

b. sufficient (adj.)
/səˋfɪʃənt/
enough for a particular purpose

The company did not have sufficient funds to pay for the goods it had received.

5. dis —

a. disadvantage
/͵dɪsədˋvæntɪdʒ/
something that makes a successful result less likely, esp. less likely for you than it is for others

There are disadvantages to living in a rural area.

b. dislike (v.)
/dɪsˋlaɪk/
to not like; to find someone or something unpleasant, difficult, etc.

I dislike the idea of leaving him home alone all evening.

6. — eum
    — ium

a. museum (n.)
/mjuˋzɪəm/
a building where people can go to view works of art or objects of interest to science or history

It is an art/science/natural history museum.

b. equilibrium (n.)
/͵ikwəˋlɪbrɪəm/
a state of balance

He devised a mathematical method to prove the existence of equilibrium among prices, production, and consumer demand.