aviary
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
avi
A Word with Latin Root, Prefix or Suffix
aviary
a place for keeping birds confined
大鸟笼, 鸟舍
Note: compare aviary to apiary
aviary 的切分如下:
aviary = avi (bird 鸟) + -ary (place 地方);
aviary = a place for birds 放鸟的地方
aviary = extended further to mean a place for keeping birds 鸟舍
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
aviary = a place for birds 放鸟的地方
aviary = extended further to mean a place for keeping birds 鸟舍
该词的重要词根如下:
-ary
avi
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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