※ 引述《chernhuang (__Lacrimosa__)》之銘言：
: 推薦關於 字首字尾字源的英文書
: or 字的歷史
: 譬如 這個單字 來源是拉丁文 然後本來是什麼什麼意思
: 現在是什麼意思等等
: 希望都是原文的喔
也許你可以考慮字典：
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
可以考慮stardict這套電腦字典
以下是以"absent"為例所得的查詢結果
absent adj
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French; Origin: Latin, present
participle of abesse, from ab- 'away' + esse 'to be']
1 not at work, school, a meeting etc, because you are
sick or decide not to go: → present// absent from// --
students who are regularly absent from school//
2 if someone or something is absent, they are missing or not
in the place where they are expected to be: absent parent/father
// --plans to force absent fathers to pay child maintenance/
/ absent from// --Local women were conspicuously absent
(=obviously not there) from the meeting.//
3 [only before noun] a look etc that shows you are not paying
attention to or thinking about what is happening:
absently// --The dull, absent look on her face implied boredom.//
absent 2 v [T] formal absent yourself (from sth)//
to not go to a place or take part in an event where people expect
you to be//
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