ubiquitous 普遍存在的= omnipresent (^ omniscient, omnipotent)
versatile (人)多才多藝的，(物)通用的à versatility
alchemy 鍊金術
transmute 變形，變質transmute silver into gold (!)
arduous 艱巨的(=strenuous)an arduous task
pitfall 陷阱，未預見之困難
metallurgy 冶金
alloy 合金
aluminum = aluminium (be)^ calcium, uranium, radium^ copper, brass, bronze
electrode 電極
distill 蒸餾distilled water
quartz 石英
phosphorus 磷，磷光物質
inflammable 易燃的(? flame)
combustion 燃燒(à combustible)spontaneous combustion (white phosphorus)
ceramic 陶瓷的瓷器(à ceramics)
insulate 隔離，絕緣à insulator (＜＞ conductor)
fiber 纖維 (be: fibre)fiber optics (纖維光學)
optics 光學(à optical)
retina 視網膜
iris 虹膜
opaque 不透明的v.s. transparent, translucent
microprocessor 微處理器^ cpu(central processing unit), chip
binary 二進制的
integrate à integrated, integrationintegrated circuit (ic), system integration (si)
buffer 緩衝區buffer storage
browser 瀏覽器(^ ie, netscape)
hypertext 超文本
envisage 想像，看作en + vis(see) + agethe internet can be envisaged as a network of visual telephone links.
momentous (極為)重要的v.s. momentary
reticular 網狀的
ethernet 乙太網
domain 域domain names
cyberlaw 網路法律“cyber-“: internet relatedcyberlove, cybercafe, …
patent 專利(à patented)v.s. copyright,^ pirated software/vcd’s
chronological 按時間順序的“chron”: time^ chronic, chronicle, chronograph
robot 機器人(“肉包它”)à robotics
artificial 人造的，做作的artificial satellite/smile
cone 圓錐體，錐形物the nose cone of a missile
jupiter 木星^ mercury, venus, mars, saturn
exorbitant 過度的，過分的，過高的ex(out) + orbit + ant
centripetal 向心(力)的＜＞ centrifugal
high-rise 高樓(~ skyscraper)
cathedral 大教堂
dome 圓頂 (a hemispherical roof)
infrastructure 基礎設施＜＞ superstructure
sewage 污水，下水道
hydraulic 水力的，水壓的
landfill 垃圾掩埋(地)
ventilation 通風
thermostat 溫控器thermo(hot) + stat(steady)^ thermos, thermometer, thermonuclear
prefabricate 預先製造à prefab (預製的)
polytechnic 各種工藝的理工學校hong kong polytechnic
geometric 幾何(學)的? geometry, geo(land) + metry(measure)
asymmetry 不對稱a(not) + sym(same) + metry(↑)＜＞ symmetry
concave 凹的(＜＞ convex)
bilateral 雙邊的，兩方面的＜＞ unilateral
paradoxical “似非而是”的? paradox (悖論)
empirical 經驗的empirical law/formula
clockwise 順時針的(＜＞ anticlockwise)