1.mortgage n.抵押贷款(a loan of money which you get from a bank in order to buy a house or other property);y.抵押(use house or land as a guarantee in order to borrow money) 词根记忆:mort(死亡)+gage(抵押品)--用抵押品使债务死亡--抵押 例:Interest rates for home mortgages are expected to rise sharply. 2.mosaics n.马赛克(a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns);嵌合体(an organism or one of its parts composed of cells of more than one genotype) 发音记忆:mo(马)+saic(赛克)+s--马赛克 例:There is no single region to which all the species depicted in the Sepphoris mosaics are native. 3.motsque n.清真寺(a Moslem house of worship) 发音记忆:和“莫斯科”发音颇像 例:The Turkish sultan established a mosque in the building and used the Acropolis as a fortress. 4.mosquito n.蚊子 发音记忆:“貌似黑头”--像鼻子上的黑头--蚊子 例:I left the picnic early because there were too many mosquitoes. 5.moth n.蛾:蛀虫(typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae) 发音记忆:“莫死”--不畏死--飞蛾( moth)扑火哪畏死 例:Each species of moth has an optimal body temperature for effective flight. |