Lesson 43 Are there strangers in space? 【单词列表】

Mercury^{（水星，商贸之神墨丘利）}

水、金、地、火、木、土、天、海、冥

• Venus^{（金星，美神维纳斯）}
• Mars^{（火星，战神马尔斯）}
• Jupiter^{（木星，众神之王朱庇特）}
• Saturn^{（土星，农神萨图恩）}
• Uranus^{（天王星，天空之神乌拉诺斯）}
• Neptune^{（海王星，海神尼普顿）}
• Pluto^{（冥王星，冥王普路托）}

“gen” = 创造；生育

• hydrogen ^{“hydro” = water n. 氢}
• nitrogen ^{“nitro” = nitre（硝石）n. 氮}
• gene ^{n. 基因}
• gender ^{n. 性别}
• general ^{adj. 普遍的，一般的；n. 将军}
• generate ^{v. 产生}
• generation ^{n. 产生；一代}
• genetics ^{“cs” = 学科 n. 遗传学}
• genesis ^{n. 创世纪；起源，开端}
• genius ^{n. 天才}
• genuine ^{adj. 真正的}
• pregnant ^{“pre” = before adj. 怀孕的}
• ingenious ^{“in” = into adj. 机灵的，心灵手巧的}
• ingenuous ^{adj. 坦率的，天真无邪的}
• congenial ^{“con” = together adj. 情投意合的}
• congenital ^{adj. （疾病）天生的，先天的}

interstellar ^{adj. [only before noun] happening or existing between the stars 星际的}

• Voyager 1 became the first human-made object to cross the heliopause and enter interstellar space. ^{“旅行者1号”成为首个穿过日球层顶并进入星际空间的人造物体。}
• Current chemical rocket technology is far too slow to make interstellar travel practical within a human lifetime. ^{目前的化学火箭技术太慢，无法在人的寿命内实现实际的星际旅行。}
• Scientists are exploring the use of high-powered lasers for more efficient interstellar communications. ^{科学家们正在探索使用高功率激光器来实现更高效的星际通讯。}

“stell” = star ^星

• stellar ^{adj. 星星的}
• interstellar ^{“inter” = between adj. 星际的}
• stelliform ^{adj. 星形的}
• constellate ^{“con” = together v.（使）聚集}
• constellation ^{n. 星座}

“astr” / “aster” = star ^星

• astronomy ^{“onom” = name n. 天文学}
• astronomical ^{adj. 天文学的，天文数字的}
• astrology ^{“(o)logy” = study n. 占星术}
• disaster ^{“dis” = apart n. 大灾难}
• astronaut ^{“nau” = ship n. 宇航员}
• astronautics ^{“cs” = 学科 n. 航天学}
• asterisk ^{n. 星号}
• asteroid ^{“oid” = like n.（火星和木星轨道间运行的）小行星}

megacycle ^{n. one million cycles 兆周}

• The radio station broadcasts at 98 megacycles. ^{这个广播电台以98兆周的频率广播。}
• This device operates at several megacycles. ^{这个设备以几兆周的频率运行。}
• The old manual still uses the term megacycle instead of megahertz. ^{这本旧手册仍然使用兆周而不是兆赫这个术语。}

megahertz ^{n. one million cycles per second, used especially as a radio-frequency unit 兆赫}

• Zap a hydrogen atom and it will resonate at a particular rate: 1420 megahertz (MHz). ^{轰击氢原子可以与某一特定的频率产生共鸣: 1420兆赫。}
• Initially RFID tags worked only at frequency bands of 13.56 megahertz or lower. ^{早期的射频识别标签只能在13.56百万赫兹或更低的频率下作用。}
• A few years ago people buying computers only looked at megahertz, or how many gigahertz, and so on. ^{几年前，人们购买电脑只能看着兆赫，或者有多少千兆赫，等等。}
• Quartz crystals are manufactured for frequencies from a few tens of kilohertz to hundreds of megahertz. ^{加工成型的石英晶体的频率可从几十千赫兹到数百兆赫兹。}

“mega” = million ；“mega(lo)” = large

• megacycle ^{“mega” = million “cyc” = ring n. 兆周}
• megahertz ^{“mega” = million “hertz” = 赫兹（每秒一周）n. 兆赫}
• megabyte ^{“mega” = million “byte” = 字节 n. 兆字节}
• megavolt ^{“mega” = million “volt” = 伏特 n. 百万伏特，兆伏}
• megawatt ^{“mega” = million “watt” = 瓦特 n. 百万瓦特，兆瓦}
• megaton ^{“mega” = million n. 百万吨，百万吨级}
• megastore ^{“mega” = large n. 大型商店}
• megastar ^{“mega” = large n. 巨星，大明星}
• megalith ^{“mega” = large n. 巨石}
• megaphone ^{“mega” = large “phone” = sound n. 扩音器}
• megalomania ^{“megalo” = large “mania” = 狂热 n. 自大狂，妄自尊大}
• megalopolitan ^{“megalo” = large “polit” = city adj.  大都市的}