1、词根精讲
“tract” comes from trahere,the Latin verb meaning “drag or draw”
词根tract来自拉丁语,意思是"drag or draw"拉、拽。
2、同根词汇
1. tractor: (tract拉,-or名词后缀,表示物) n.拖拉机
2. attractive : (at(towards)+tract(to draw)→ draw towards oneself把某人或者某事拉过来) v 吸引
attract attention引起注意
3.distracting: (dis-分开,离开,tract推,拉; 把注意力拉开)分散(注意力),使(人)分心,弄昏,迷惑
4.extract: (ex-出,tract拉) v. 拉出,拨出,取出
5. protract: (pro-向前,tract拉; 向前拉→拉长) v.延长,伸长,拖延
6. retract: (re-回,tract抽)缩回,缩进,收回,撤回
7. contract: (con=together+ tract=to draw)把二者拉在一起”→使二者结合在一起> n.订约,缔结,契约,合同
8. abstract: (abs-=ab-离开,去,出,tract抽; 抽去,抽出)n/adj 抽象,抽象的,抽取,提取,摘要
9. intractable (in 否定前缀,tract:拉,able:形容词后缀,能…的)adj 难对付的,难管教的,倔强的;难加工的;难治疗的;