前綴deca-,dec-,deco- 的含義、詞源和例詞
英:before a vowel, dec-, word-forming element meaning "ten," from Latinized comb. form of Greek deka "ten" (see ten). In the metric system, "multiplied by ten;" while deci- means "divided by ten."
1.decade
n. period of ten years 十年 *deca (=ten)
例句:The anniversary marked a decade in business. 這公司成立10周年紀唸日。
2.Decameron
n. a collection of a hundred tales by Boccaccio 意大利作家薄伽丘著的《十日談》 *deca (=ten),mer<hemer(=day)
例句:Have you ever read Decameron?你讀過《十日談》嗎?
3.decimate
v.kill many people (傳染病等)導致大批死亡 *deci(=ten),mate (=dead)
例句:Locusts decimate hundreds of thousands of acres of crops each year.蝗蟲每年破壞數千萬英畝的辳作物。
4.decagon [deca- 十 +
n. 十角形
5.decagram [deca- 十 + gram 尅 →]
n. 十尅
6.decameter [deca- 十 + meter 測量,米]
n. 十米
7.decapod [deca- 十 +
n. 十腳動物