第二學期 單字筆記 No.2

re·spond

noun \ri-ˈspänd\

Definition: an engaged pillar supporting an arch or closing a colonnade or arcade

Origin

Middle English respounde, literally, reply, from Anglo-French respuns, respunt response

First Known Use: 15th century

com·bat

noun \ˈkäm-ˌbat\

Definition

1: a fight or contest between individuals or groups

2:conflict, controversy

3: active fighting in a war: action<casualties suffered in combat>

Examples

1. Some of these soldiers have never seen combat.
2. He was killed in combat.

Origin

Anglo-French, from combatre to attack, fight, from Vulgar Latin *combattere, from Latin com- + battuere to beat

First Known Use: 1546

Related to COMBAT

Synonyms: action, battle, field

stut·ter

verb \ˈstə-tər\

Definition

intransitive verb

1: to speak with involuntary disruption or blocking of speech (as by spasmodic repetition or prolongation of vocal sounds)

2: to move or act in a halting or spasmodic manner <the old jalopy bucks and stutters uphill — William Cleary>

transitive verb: to say, speak, or sound with or as if with a stutter

— stut·ter·er noun

Examples

1. I used to stutter when I was a child.
2. She stutters when she gets excited.

Origin

frequentative of English dialect stut to stutter, from Middle English stutten; akin to Dutch stotteren to stutter, Gothic stautan to strike — more at contusion

First Known Use: 1566

Information from  http://www.merriam-webster.com/