英语词源系列复习素材知识点精析精练warlock/Wednesday warlock n.术士，魔术师；男巫 起源 古英语waerloga的原意是“不守誓言的人”“魔鬼”，由waer(发誓)和leogan(撒谎)组合而成。到中古时代末期，词形改为warlow，除了旧意“撒旦、魔鬼”，又有了“巫师”的新意。 直到十六世纪，才出现warlock的拼法，词义是“巫师”，特别指“男巫”。 例句 1.He's a warlock. 他是一个男巫。 2.Warlock and Hunter pets will now be automatically dismissed when they are untalented. 术士和猎人的宠物如没有天赋的支持，将立即消失。 谷雨刷题王 单词快速记忆法 人教版初中英语单词 Wednesday n.星期三 起源 Wednesday(星期三)在古英语中原作Wodnesdaeg，意思是Woden's day。Woden是日耳曼战神Tyr的父亲，相当于罗马神话里的信使之神Mercury，古人便用Mercury来命名星期三，用tyr来命名星期四。十四至十五世纪期间，拼写法变来变去，一直没有统一，如Wensday、Wenysday、Wonesday等等，最后才确定用Wednesday一词。 例句 1.The findings of the court will be published on Wednesday. 法院的判决将于星期三公布。 2.The lady returned from Boston last Wednesday. 这位女士是上个星期三从波士顿回来的。 短文改错 I am writing to tell you anything about the transportation in China.Over the past few decades we have developed an amazed network of public transportation.Besides, we have been decided to make efforts to make them much better.I am sure a network will satisfy your needs for traveling everywhere more convenient.People usually chose the means of transportation based with some aspects, such as the cost and the time needed.For example, businessmen are more likely travel by plane or high­speed train to save time while office worker tend to take buses or drive to work themselves. 答案 第一句：anything→something 第二句：amazed→amazing 第三句：去掉been; them→it 第四句：a→the; convenient→conveniently 第五句：chose→choose; with→on 第六句：likely后加to; worker→workers