celibate a.獨(dú)身的 [caelebs -ibis unmarried;celibacy 獨(dú)身生活(尤指修道者立下宗教誓約而遵守的)]
censor n.檢查員 [ censere assess cencorous 好批評(píng)的, 好吹毛求疵者 censorship檢查;監(jiān)察;檢察官之職]
censure v.責(zé)備 [ censuracensere assess 核定稅額、罰款額等,評(píng)定(at)]
centaur n.人首馬身的怪物 [ centaurusGk kentauros]
centigrade n.攝氏溫標(biāo) [ centum hundred+gradus step]
centrifugal a.離心的 [ centrum centre+fugere flee refugee難民]
centripetal a.向心的 [ centrum centre+petere seek]
ceremonious a.隆重的;客套的 [ ceremonieux orL caerimoniosus CEREMONY典禮ceremonial 儀式的;講究?jī)x式的;正式的]
cessation n.中止 [ cessatiocessare CEASE]
cession n.割讓 [ cession or cessiocedere cess- go away]
chaff n.粗糠;谷殼 [CHAFE 摩擦;激怒]
chaffing a.玩笑的;嘲弄的
chagrin n.煩悶;懊惱 [cha-grin,GRIN苦笑 chagined 失望的;灰心的]
chalice n.杯;圣餐杯 [ calix -icis cup]
champ v.大聲地嚼 [prob. imit.]
chanty n.船夫曲;勞動(dòng)號(hào)子
chaos n.混亂 [ khaos: - otic after erotic etc CHAOTIC混亂的]
charisma n.能吸引大眾的非凡能力 [ kharismakharis favour, grace]
charitable a.寬大的;慈善的 [charite CHARITY 慈悲;施舍,慈善設(shè)施]
charlatan n.騙子;冒充內(nèi)行者 [It ciarlatanociarlare babble 喋喋不休, 羅嗦, 嘮叨]
charter n.v.執(zhí)照;憲章;發(fā)特許執(zhí)照 [CHARTE圖表]
chary a.謹(jǐn)慎的;吝嗇的;害羞的 [with ~ook 以謹(jǐn)慎的表情 He is ~ of praise (praising others) 他吝于 (不輕易) 稱贊別人 She is ~ of] [strangers 她見到陌生人會(huì)害羞]
chasm n.深坑 [ khasma gaping hollow]
chassis n.汽車等之底盤 [ capsa箱]
chaste a.貞潔的;純潔的 [ castus chastity 貞節(jié);純潔]
chasten v.懲戒;責(zé)罰;抑制;使緩和 [ castigare CASTIGATE懲罰 CHASTISE嚴(yán)厲懲罰;譴責(zé)]
chattel n.動(dòng)產(chǎn) [ chatel: CATTLE牛,家畜]
chauvinist n.盲目的愛國(guó)者 [Chauvin, a Napoleonic veteran in the Cogniards'Cocarde Tricolore(1831)]
checkered a.多變的 [a ~ career (life) 波折多變的人生(經(jīng)歷)checker 方格花紋;使呈各種顏色 The was ~ed with sunlight] [and shade 草坪上光影交錯(cuò)成方格圖案]
chicanery n.*計(jì);狡猾手段 [ chicanerie CHICANE 搪塞,狡辯;欺騙]
chide v.叱責(zé);譴責(zé) [ cidan]
chimerical a.幻想的;荒誕的 [ khimaira she-goat, chimera(希神)吐火獸;怪物;妄想]
chiromancy n.手相術(shù) [chiro手+mancy非科學(xué) NACROMANCY通靈術(shù)]
chiropodist n.足科醫(yī)生
chirp v.吱喳鳴出或叫出 [ earlier chirk, chirt]
choke v.使窒息 [prob confusion of the ending of artichoke with CHOKE]
choleric a.暴燥的[ kholerikos: CHOLER脾氣暴躁,動(dòng)肝火;膽汁,膽汁質(zhì) a man of choleric temper 脾氣暴躁 (易怒)的男人
chop v.砍;突然改變方向 [choppy 波浪起伏的;多裂縫的;易變的]
chronic a.長(zhǎng)期的;慢性的 [khronos time]
chuckle v.咯咯而笑 [CHUCK(輕扣;拋出,拋棄;中止) CLUCK(咯咯叫)]