| 单词 | cognate |
| 释义 | cog·nate I. 1. a. < cognate families > < a family cognate with another > < a boy cognate to several royal families > b. 2. a. of a language < Spanish and French are cognate languages > — often used with with, sometimes with to < English is cognate to German > b. of a word or morpheme < English eat and German essen are cognate > < Latin -us and Old Norse -r are cognate > or by the processes of derivation or composition within a single language < English boyish and boyhood are cognate > — often used with with, sometimes with to < English foot is cognate with Greek pous > c. of a word < English tobacco and French tabac are cognate > — often used with with, sometimes with to < German panzer is cognate with English paunch > d. of a substantive < cognate object > < cognate accusative > 3. < illustrated books and cognate reference materials — Current Biography > < you know exactly how a man looks and behaves and, with cognate clarity, something of what he feels and thinks — Thomas Dozier > < action engendered in regard to drugs may spill over into the cognate problem of the alcoholic — New Republic > 4. a. b. c. • cog·nate·ly II. a. b. |
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