The word that has a prefix or suffix attached is called a root word.

位于词首的前缀和位于词末的后缀。

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The word to which we attach the prefixes and suffixes is called the root word.

被加上前缀和后缀的词称为词根。

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It supports morphology, so a search for the word "cats" also finds the root word "cat."

它支持词法，因此搜索单词 “cats” 还会找到词根 “cat”。

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The word "Antarctica" comes from a Greek root meaning "opposite to the north."

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And we're reminded of the etymological root of our modern English word career.

而后我们就会想起,现代英语文字语源学的根源。

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Now, the Hebrew word "holy" has a root meaning of separate. Separate.

现在，这个希伯来词语“神圣“，根源的意思是独立。

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Each of these distinctions is expressed simply as a conjugation of the root word for vision.

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The root word takes us back to the ancient Celts who held a ceremony called Samhain in order to honor the harvest cycle.

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And that is, to the extent that they all use, in one form or another, the root word "Islam, " they almost immediately suggest to people who consider themselves to be Muslims, that they are all part of the problem.

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