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misshapen
mis-shapen
adj.畸形的, 殘缺的 [badly shaped; deformed.]
ex. misshapen vegetables
ps. 不要看太快，看成mis-happen了唷
missile
miss(send, throw)-ile(capable)
n.飛彈 [an object or weapon for throwing, hurling, or shooting, as a stone,
bullet, or arrow.]
ex. nuclear missiles
mite
n.小蝨, 蟎
n.微小的東西
ex.I can't eat even a mite of supper.
我連一口晚飯也吃不下。
ex.也可以指小小的貢獻, ex. Turning off a standby light is a mite, but it
could save the world.
mite:creature
蟲是小生物
mitigate
mit(mild)-ig(drive)-ate
v.緩和;減輕 [to lessen in force or intensity]
ex. to mitigate your grief, and pain.
ex. to mitigate climate change.
mitigate:severe
緩和是使事情不再嚴重
mitten
n.連指手套 [a hand covering enclosing the four fingers together and the thumb
separately.]
ex. babies' mitten
muffler:neck＝mitten:hand
圍巾帶在脖子上保暖＝手套帶在手上保暖
mnemonics
mnemon-ics [ nɪ'mɑnɪks ]
n.記憶術 [the process or technique of improving or developing the memory.]
ex. Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet --Roy G. Biv
ps. 仔細看這個字唷，mnemonics, 如果你把n拿掉就便成了memo...是不是長的跟memory
越來越像了呢--字源就是這樣。
review
amnesia n.記憶缺失, 健忘症
a(沒有)-mnes(memory)-ia(病)
moan
n/v.呻吟 (長而斷斷續續聽不太清楚的哀嚎) [a prolonged, low, inarticulate
sound uttered from or as if from physical or mental suffering.]
review
moan n/v.呻吟 (長而斷斷續續聽不太清楚的哀嚎)
groan n/v.呻吟 (簡短而強烈的哀嚎)
groan, moan refer to sounds indicating deep suffering.
A moan is a prolonged, more or less continuous, low, inarticulate sound
indicative of suffering, either physical or mental
A groan is a brief, strong, deep-throated sound emitted involuntarily under
pressure of pain or suffering:
moat
n.護城河 =fosse [a deep, wide trench, usually filled with water, surrounding
the rampart of a fortified place, as a town or a castle.]
(你也可以玩玩看，幫沙堡做護城河)
mobile
mob(mov)-ile
adj.可動的 [capable of moving or being moved readily.]
ex.mobile library
ps. mobile這個字在3c產業還非常常見呢！ ps. Mobile01
mobility
mob(mov)-ility
n.移動性 [the quality of being mobile.]
ex. upward social mobility
社會地位的上向流動
mock
v.譏笑( 用模仿的方式) [to ridicule by mimicry of action or speech.]
ex. 比方說你一時口誤將「真好吃」唸成「真好噗」...然後你的朋友就開始真好噗真
好噗的鬧你...這個動作就是mock
ps. 在英國，mock還可以當作模擬考(practice exam)來說唷。
ps. 關於 輕蔑、嘲笑系列 請review p.141
mock:imitate
是模仿性嘲弄
mode
n.模式
ex. Heat is one kind of mode of motion.
n.(服飾等的)式樣, 風尚 [fashion or style in manners, dress, etc]
ex. Short skirts are the mode in her school.
短裙是她學校的流行服飾。
字源：mode的概念其實就是manner, rule的意思，
不同的mode有不同的manner
同時mode有含有limit的概念，在下面我們會看到mode的延伸單字諸如modest, modicum
modest
mode(limit)-est
adj.謙虛的 [having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits,
importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great
pretensions.]
ex. He's got a drawer full of medals but he's too modest to wear them.
他有滿滿一抽屜的獎章,但是他很謙虛,從不戴它們。
ps. 你也可以形容一個東西的size是modest，表示是剛剛好，同理以可以用於modest
rate, modest charge, 等等...
adj.端莊的[Observing conventional proprieties in speech, behavior, or dress.]
字源：modest跟mode是有關的，modest指mannered behavior 在行為上的limit
ps. Modest Mussorgsky
modicum
L. modus + cum
n.少量 [a moderate or small amount ]
ex. He hasn't even a modicum of common sense
ex. I'd like to think I've had a modicum of success.
modicum <> large amount
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