biscuit-bitter：面条还是陕西人民吃的最香
【造词理据】bis-前缀，表二，词根cuit源自PIE词根*pekw-（做饭=cook），脱落字母P表嘴，引申指做吃的，在这里指饼干（食物）要经过两次烘烤的。
【例句】The major made a wise choice; he took the full glass and a biscuit.
少校也十分聪明地拿了那只斟满的酒杯和一块饼干。
【同根词】biscotti biscuit concoct cookbook cooker cookery cookout cox cuisine decoction dyspeptic kiln kitchen peptic precocious pumpkin ricotta terra-cotta
【造词理据】bi-是前缀epi-的变体，表在...之上的（=over），词根shop源自PIE词根*spek-（看observe），S表牙齿，引申指说话，在这里借说话指看见的东西，在这里监督者、关怀者，特指（宗教中的）主教。
【例句】That tends to cancel out the appeal this upstanding family man and formerbishop would otherwise have to the party's social conservatives.
这将会削弱这名出身不俗的前主教对他所在党派的社会保守主义者的吸引力。
【同根词】aspect; auspex; auspices; auspicious; bishop; circumspect; conspicuous; despicable; despise; episcopal; especial; espionage; espy; expect; frontispiece; gyroscope; haruspex; horoscope; inspect; inspection; inspector; introspect; introspection; perspective; perspicacious; perspicacity; prospect; prospective; respect; respite; retrospect; scope; -scope; scopophilia; -scopy; skeptic; species; specimen; specious; spectacle; spectacular; spectrum; speculate; speculation; speculum; spice; spy; suspect; suspicion; suspicious; telescope。
【造词理据】源自PIE词根*bheid-（劈开split），疑为拟声词，模仿砍树等劈砍时发出的声音，这里指比如砍树留下的碎屑、小块。
【例句】Little Jack felt a bit sick , so his mother sent him to bed early.
小Jack有点不适，所以他母亲让他提早睡觉了。
【同根词】abet; bait (n.) "food used to attract prey;" bait (v.) "to torment, persecute;" bateau; beetle (n.1) "type of insect; bit (n.1) "small piece;" bite; bitter; bitter end; boat; boatswain; -fid; fissile; fission; fissure; giblets; pita; pizza; vent (n.).
【讨论】bait（诱饵）和boat的造词理据有过不同答案的讨论。现在统一看法，魔法师认为拟声更合理，因为从PIE词根表劈开看，其与字母B（房屋）很难建立逻辑关联。虽然B与船（boat）可以建立逻辑意义关联，但不足以成为解读其他同根词的支撑。
【造词理据】拟声词。见bit。
【例句】Then come the dog's twelve years, and he lies in the corner growling , no longer having teeth with which to bite.
然后是狗的十二年，那时他失去了利齿，咬不动东西，只能躺在墙脚忿忿不平地低吼。
【同根词】见bit。
【造词理据】-er是后缀，拟声词，见bit。这里指苦的舌头好像被劈开了一样。
【例句】Training is everything: the peach is once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothingbut cabbage with college education.训练就是一切：水蜜桃的前身是苦李子，而花椰菜无非是受过大学教育的椰菜罢了。
【同根词】见bit。
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单词成就英语，英语照见未来