periphery
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
-phery
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
periphery
the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve such as a polygon
周边, 边缘, 外围
periphery 的切分如下:
periphery = peri- (around 周围) + -phery (a bearing, a carrying, a bringing, a production 承载； 产生)
periphery = a carrying around 在...周围运载
periphery = extended further to mean a boundary line around a figure or an area 引申为周边
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
periphery = a carrying around 在...周围运载
periphery = extended further to mean a boundary line around a figure or an area 引申为周边
该词的重要词根如下:
peri-
-phery
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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