astronomy
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
nom
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
astronomy
the study of objects or matter outside earth
天文学
astronomy 的切分如下:
astronomy = astr (star 星) + nom (law 法律) + -y (a collective body of, -nomy = system of laws governing a field or sum of knowledge regarding a field 一套, -nomy = 某一领域的法律)
astronomy = the study of stars 天文学
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
astronomy = the study of stars 天文学
该词的重要词根如下:
astr
nom
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
Repetition is the key to learning.
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