Day 314 morning 2021
So I lived my life alone, without anyone that I could really talk to, until I had an accident with my plane in the Desert of Sahara, six years ago.
Something was broken in my engine.
And as I had with me neither a mechanic nor any passengers, I set myself to attempt the difficult repairs all alone.
mechanic:机械的,机械师,技工
词根词缀: -mechan- 机器 , 机械 + -ic 名词词尾
来自拉丁 mechanicus, 机械师,词源同 machine.
mechanic 与 machine 是同源词,但为啥拼写中 ch 的读音不同呢?
因为,虽然都是希腊词源,但 mechanic 是英语经由拉丁语借自希腊语, ch 的读音保留了/ k /音,但 machine 经由法语, ch 音腭音化为/ʃ/。
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