1、詞根精講
“tract” comes from?trahere,the Latin verb meaning “drag or draw”
詞根tract來自拉丁語,意思是"drag or draw"拉、拽。
2、同根詞匯
1. tractor: (tract拉,-or名詞后綴,表示物) n.拖拉機
2. attractive : (at(towards)+tract(to draw)→ draw towards oneself把某人或者某事拉過來) ? ? ?v 吸引
attract attention引起注意
3.distracting: (dis-分開,離開,tract推,拉; 把注意力拉開)分散(注意力),使(人)分心,弄昏,迷惑
4.extract: (ex-出,tract拉) v. 拉出,撥出,取出
5. protract: (pro-向前,tract拉; 向前拉→拉長) v.延長,伸長,拖延
6. retract: (re-回,tract抽)縮回,縮進,收回,撤回
7. contract: (con=together+ tract=to draw)把二者拉在一起”→使二者結合在一起> n.訂約,締結,契約,合同
8. abstract: (abs-=ab-離開,去,出,tract抽; 抽去,抽出)n/adj 抽象,抽象的,抽取,提取,摘要
9. intractable (in 否定前綴,tract:拉,able:形容詞后綴,能…的)adj 難對付的,難管教的,倔強的;難加工的;難治療的;