F2F Class Notes (Nemo)

Vocabulary

antibiotic
anti-against
bio

antiaircraft deffence

anti- (prefix): 1-opposed to or against

prefix (n): 1-a letter or group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word:
E.g.: In the word “unimportant”, “un-” is a prefix.

suffix (n): 1- a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word:
E.g.: The suffix “-ness” added to the end of the word “sweet” forms the word “sweetness”, changing an adjective into a noun.

glue (n): 1-胶水. a sticky substance that is used for joining things together permanently, produced from animal bones and skins or by a chemical process
E.g.: Join the two pieces together using strong glue.
E.g.: The parts are held together with glue.

glue (v): 1-present participle glueing or gluing, past tense and past participle glued-to join things together using glue:
E.g.: Is it worth trying to glue this plate back together?
E.g.: I’ve nearly finished making my plane – I just have to glue the wings on.

wing (n): 1-翅膀– the flat part of the body that a bird, insect, or bat uses for flying, or one of the flat, horizontal structures that stick out from the side of an aircraft and support it when it is flying:
E.g.: the delicate butterfly’s wings
E.g.: I don’t like chicken wings – there’s not much meat on them.
E.g.: I could see the plane’s wing out of my window.

bat(n):蝙蝠 a small animal like a mouse with wings that flies at night

Pronunciation

wing-/wɪŋ/