英语词汇学教程(练习答案)(1)解析

《英语词汇学教程》（2004 年版）练习答案

Chapter 1

7. Choose the standard meaning from the list on the right to match each of the slang

words on the left.

a. tart: loose woman

b. bloke: fellow

c. gat: pistol

d. swell: great

e. chicken: coward

f. blue: fight

g. smoky: police

h. full: drunk

i. dame: woman

j. beaver: girl

8. Give the modern equivalents for the following archaic words.

haply = perhaps

albeit = although

methinks = it seems to me

eke = also

sooth = truth

morn = morning

troth = pledge

ere = before

quoth = said

hallowed = holy

billow = wave / the sea

bade = bid

12. Categorize the following borrowed words into

denizens, aliens, translation loans,

and semantic loans.

Denizens: kettle, die, wall, skirt, husband

Aliens: confrere, pro patria, Wunderkind, mikado, parvenu

Translation loans: chopstick, typhoon, black humour, long time no see

Semantic loans: dream

Chapter 2

1. Why should students of English lexicology study the Indo-European Language

Family?

The Indo-European Language Family is one of the most important language families

in the world. It is made up of most of the languages of Europe, the Near East and India.

English belongs to this family and the other members of the Indo-European have more

or less influence on English vocabulary. Knowledge of the Indo-European Language

Family will help us understand English words better and use them more appropriately.

2. Make a tree diagram to show the family relations of the modern languages given

below.

1

Indo-European Language Family

Balto-Slavic Indo-Iranian Celtic Italian Hellenic Germanic

Roumanian Hindi Breton Spanish Greek English

Lithuanian Persian Scottish French Swedish

Prussian Irish Italian German

Polish Portuguese Norweigian

Slavenian Icelandic

Russian Danish

Bulgarian Dutch

6. Here is a text chosen from the Declaration of Independence.

“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to

dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume

among the powers of the earth separate and equal station to which the laws of nature

and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires

that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

Pick out all the words of Greek or Latin origin from the text and see of what origin are

the words left. What insight does this exercise give you with reference to the borrowings

from Greek and Latin?

“When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to

dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with another, and to assume

among the powers of the earth separate and equal station to which the laws of nature

and of nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires

that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”

Most of the content words are either of Greek or Latin origin. What are left are mostly

functional words. This shows that Greek and Latin play a very important part in the

English vocabulary.

8. Tell the different elements that make up the following hybrids.

eventful [Latin + English]

falsehood [ Latin + English]

saxophone [German + Greek]

joss house [ Portuguese + English]

hydroplane [Greek + Latin]

pacifist [Latin + Greek]

heirloom [ French + English]

television [Greek + Latin]

9. Put the following French loan words into two groups, one being early borrowings and

the other late ones.

amateur (late)

finacé (late)

empire (early)

peace (E)

courage (E)

garage (L)

2

judgement (E)

chair (E)

chaise (L)

grace (E)

servant (E)

routine (L)

jealous (E)

savaté (L)

genre (L)

gender (E)

début (L)

morale (L)

state (E)

chez (L)

ballet (L)

11. Match the Italian musical terms with the proper definitons.

allegro, f. in fast tempo轻快

andante, j. in moderate tempo行板

diminuendo, g. decreasing in volume渐弱

largo, d. in a slow stately manner缓慢

pianoforte, a. soft and loud轻转强

alto, i. lowest singing boice for woman女低音

crescendo, b. increasing in volume渐强

forte, e. loud强

piano, h. soft轻

soprano, c. highest singing voice for women女高音

12. Look up these words in a dictionary to determine the language from which eachhas

been borrowed.

cherub (Hebrew)

coolie (Hindi)

lasso (Sp)

shampoo (Indian)

tepee (Am Ind)

kibitz (G)

chipmunk (Am Ind)

cotton (Arab)

loot (Hindi)

snorkel (G)

tulip (Turk)

wok (Ch)

chocolate (Mex)

jubilee (Gr)

Sabbath (Heb)

tamale (Mex)

3

voodoo (Afr)

sauerbraten (G)

13. Here is a menu of loan words from various sources. Choose a word to fill in each

space.

a. A crocodile much resembles an _____ in appearance.

b. “To give up a young lady like that,” said Andy. “A man would have to be plumb

_____.

c. There was a big increase this summer in the number of competitors in calf roping

at the annual _____ held in Three Forks.

d. This duke ranch we have developed has done well so far, but it promises next year

to be a real _____ , enough to make us all rich.

e. Some Eskimos build a winter shelter from snow called an _____.

f. The Germans perfected a type of motorized attack in the Second World War that

they called a _____.

g. The Algonquin Indian in eastern and central North America lived in a domed

shelter they called a _____.

h. Columbus in 1493 used a Carib Indian word _____ to describe the small boats the

native used.

i. In the West Indies the local name fro a violent tropical cyclone is a _____.

j. The Australian aborigines use a throwing stick that they call a _____.

k. “Look like rain, boy,” sang out Luke. “Better get out your _____.”

a. alligator b. loco c. rodeo d. bonanza e. igloo f. blitzkrieg g. wigwam h. canoe i.

hurricane

j. boomerang k. panchos

Chapter 3

1. Write the term in the blanks accoding to the definitions.

a. a minimal meaningful unit of a language ( )

b. one of the variants that realize a morpheme ( )

c. a moepheme that occurs with at least one other morpheme ( )

d. a morpheme that can stand alone ( )

e. a morpheme attached to a base, stem or root ( )

f. an affix that indicates grammatical relationships ( )

g. an affix that forms new words with a base, stem or root ( )

h. what ratains of a word after the removal of all affies ( )

i. that part of a word that can take inflectional affixes ( )

j. a form to which affixes of any kind can be added ( )

a. morpheme b. allomorph c. bound morpheme d. free morpheme e. affix f.

informational affix g. derivational affix h. root i. stem j. base

3. individualistic

individualist + ic [stem, base]

individual + ist [stem, base]

4

individu + al [stem, base]

in + dividu [root, stem, base]

undesirables

un + desirable [stem, base]

desir + able [root, stem, base]

4. Organize the following terms in a tree diagram to show their logical relationships.

affix morpheme

derivational affix free root

bound root inflectional affix

prefix free morpheme

bound morpheme suffix

morpheme – free morpheme = free root

-- bound morpheme – bound root

-- affix – inflectional affix

-- derivational affix – prefix

-- suffix

Chapter 4

Affixation

5. Form negatives with each of the following words by using one of these prefixes dis-,

il-, im-, in-, ir-, non-, un-.

non-smoker disobey immature unwillingness illogical non-athletic incapable insecurity

inability/disability illegal disloyal unofficially disagreement inconvenient impractical

irrelevant

6. Turn the following nouns and adjectives into verbs with –en, -ify, -ize and then

choose them to fill in the blanks in the sentences that follow.

harden memorize deepen lengthen fatten horrify falsify glorify intensify sympathize

modernize apologize sterilize beautify

a. apologized b. beautify c. lengthening d. sympathized e. fatten f. falsify g.

memorizing h. Sterilize

7. Each of the following sentences contains a word printed in italics. Complete the

sentence by using this word to form a noun to refer to a person.

a. If you are

employed by a company, you are one of its _____.

b. A _____ is someone whose job is

politics.

c. The _____ in a discussion are the people who participate in it.

d. A woman who works as a _____ does the same job as a waiter.

e. The person who

conducts an orchestra or choir is called the _____.

f. Your _____ is the person who

teaches you.

g. A _____ is someone who earns their living by playing the piano.

h. If someone

examnines you, you are the _____ and he or she is the _____.

5

a. employee b. politician c. participant d. waitress e. conductor f. teacher g. pianist h.

examinee/examiner

8. Match Colume A with Colume B and give two examples for each.

trans- = across: transcontinental, trans-world

trans-world mono- = one: monorail, monoculture

super- = over, above: superstructure, supernatural

auto- = self: autobiography, automobile

sub- = bad, badly: malpractice, malnutrition

mini- = little, small: minicrisis, miniwar

pre- = before: prehistorical, preelection

ex- = former: ex-teacher, ex-filmer

Compounding

2. Analyse the following compound words and explain their internal grammatical

relationship.

heartbeat [S + V]

movie-goer [place + V]

far- reaching [V + Adv]

lion-hearted [adv + a]

boyfriend [S + complement]

snap decision [V + O]

on-coming [V +adv]

brainwashing [V + O]

baking powder [ V +adv]

dog-tired [adv + a]

love-sick [adv + a]

peace-loving [V +O]

easy chair [ a + n]

tax-free [adv +a]

light-blue [a + a]

goings-on [V +adv]

4. Form compounds using the following either as the first or the second element of the

compound as indicated and translate the words into Chinese.

well-bred / well-behaved, needle work / homework, bar-woman / sportswoman,

clear-minded / strong-minded, self-control / self-respect, water-proof / fire-proof,

news-film / news-letter, sister-in-law / father-in-law, half-way / half-done,

age-conscious / status-conscious, culture-bound / homebound, praiseworthy /

respectworthy, nation-wide / college-wide, military-style / newstyle, budget-related /

politics-related, once-fashionable / once-powerful, mock-attack / mock-sadness,

home-baked / home-produced, ever-lasting / ever-green, campus-based /

market-based

Conversion

7. Pick out the words which you think are converted in the following sentences and tell

6

how they are converted.

a. We can’t stomach such an insult.

b. Robert Acheson roomed right next to me.

c. he wolfed down his lunch

d. There is no come and go with her.

e. I’m one of his familiars.

f. Poor innocents!

g. She flatted her last note.

h. The engineers ahed and ouched at the new machines.

i. Come to the fire and have a warm.

j. Is Bill Jackson a has-been or a might-have-been?

k. He Hamleted at the chance and then he regretted for it.

l. These shoes were an excellent buy.

m. He turned his head and smoothed back the hair over one temple.

a. stomach [n → v] b. room [n → v] c. wolf [n → v] d. come/go [v → n] e. familiar

[a → n]

f. innocent [a → n] g. flat [a → n] h. ah / ouch [int → v] i. warm [a → n]

j. has-been / might-have-been [finite v → n] k. Hamlet [proper n → v] l. buy [v → n]

m. smooth [a → v]

Blending

Analyse the blends and translate them into Chinese.

motel (motor + hotel) 汽车旅馆

humint (human + intelligence) 谍报

advertisetics (advertisement + statistics) 广告统计学

psywarrior (psychological warrior) 心理战专家

hoverport (hovercraft + port) 气垫船码头

chunnel (channel + tunnel) 海峡隧道

hi-fi (high + fidelity) 高保真录音设备

cinemactress (cinema + actress) 电影女演员

Clipping

Restore the full forms of the following words and see how these clipped words are

formed.

copter (helicopter)

ab (laboratory)

gas (gasoline)

scope (telescope)

sarge (sergeant)

ad (advertisement)

dorm (dormitory)

prefab (prefabricated house)

prof (professor)

champ (champion)

mike (microphone)

7

tec (detective)

Acronymy

2. What do the short forms stand for?

kg = kilogram

cm = centimeter

ibid = ibidem

ft = foot

$ = dollar

etc. = et cetera

cf = confer

VIP = very important person

OPEC = Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries

TOEFL = teaching of English as a foreign language

3. Choose a word from the list to fill in each of the blanks.

a. There was a wide coverage of the _____ talks in the press.

b. There are enemy aircraft on the _____ screen.

c. _____ is still an incurable disease.

d. If one knows _____ language, one will find it easy to learn how to use computers.

e. _____ has long been applied to surgery in medicine.

f. _____ is an international agency of the United Nations which is concerned with

improving health standards and services throughout the world.

g. Passive _____ listens for noises emanating from a submarine.

h. The person who works for the Federal Bureau of Investigation is called a _____.

a. SALT b. radar c. AIDS d. BASIC e. Laser f. WHO g. sonar h. G-man

Backformation

2. Give the original words from which the following words are back-formed.

lase (laser)

escalate (escalator)

babysit (babysitter)

peeve (peevish)

orate (orator)

commute (commuter)

Commonization of Proper Names

Study the following sentences and pick out the words which used to be proper names

and explain the meanings in relation to their origins.

a. tantalize—Tantalus

b. Argus-eyed—Argus

c. narcissism—Narcissus

d. sabotage—sabots

e. martinet—Martinet

f. yahoo—Yahoo

g. Shylock—Shylock

h. hoovering—Hoover

8

i. utopia—Utopia

j. Uncle Tommism—Uncle Tom

Chapter 5

6. Match the words in Colume A with those in Colume B.

A B

apes—b

cattle—m

doves—c

geese—k

wolves—g

pigs—l

turkeys—d

birds—a

cricket—n

foxes—j

sheep—f

monkeys—e

hyenas—h

swans—i

9. a. A scientist working in a project to develop industrial uses for nuclear power might

have all the positive associations with “atomic”, such as “benefit, energy”, etc.

b. A Japanese resident of Hiroshima, victim of the atomic explosion at the end of

World War II, might have all the negative associations with “atomic”, such as “suffering,

killing, death, horror", etc.

c. To a student of nuclear physics, “atomic” might be associated with “mystery,

science, knowledge”, etc.

10. talkative: implying a fondness for talking frequently and at length (neutral)

articulate: expressing oneself easily and clearly (positive)

gossip: indulging in idle talk or rumours about others (negative)

rambling: talking aimlessly without connection of ideas (negative)

fluent: speaking easily, smoothly, and expressively (positive)

mouthy: overtly talkative, especially in a rude way (negative)

11. No Appreciative Neutral Pejorative

1 particular fastidious / fussy

2 critical fault-finding / picky

3 style/vogue fad

4 artful cunning / sly

5 unstable fickle / capricious

6 developing underdeveloped /

backward

7 encourage / promote instigate

8 group clique / gang

9

14. bull [– HUMAN + MALE + ADULT + BOVINE]

cow [– HUMAN – MALE + ADULT + BOVINE]

calf [– HUMAN + MALE - ADULT + BOVINE]

rooster [– HUMAN + MALE + ADULT + GALLINE]

hen [– HUMAN – MALE +ADULT +GALLINE]

chicken [– HUMAN + MALE + ADULT + GALLINE]

– HUMAN

bull cow calf +BOVINE

rooster hen chicken +GALLINE

+ MALE – MALE + ADULT

Chapter 6

Polysemy

board

a piece of timber

table

dining table council table

food served at the table; councilors; committee;

meal supplied by the week or month directors of a company

Homonymy

4. 1) Make both ends meat is a parody of

make both ends meet which means “have

enough money for one’s needs”. Here the butcher cleverly uses the pair of homonyms

meat and

meet to make a pun. It makes a proper answer to the lady’s question. (1)

Butchers cannot make both ends meat (make whole sausages with all meat) because

they cannot make both ends meet (If they made sausages with all meat, which is more

costly, they would not earn enough money to survive.) (2) Don’t complain. All the

butchers do the same. I am not the only one who is making sausages with bread.

2)

Swallow is a bird which is seen in summer. But by one

swallow we see, we cannot

deduce that it is already summer time.

Swallow

can also mean a mouthful of wine. On

a cold winter day, if one has a swallow of wine, one may feel warm.

3)

Arms has two meanings: weapons; the human upper limbs. Since “a cannon ball

took off his legs”, the soldier was not able to fight on, so he “laid down his arms”, which

means “surrender”. It can also mean he laid down his upper limbs.

Synonymy

3. avaricious: greedy

courteously: politely

emancipate: set free

customary: usual

width: breadth

adversary: opponent

gullible: deceived

remainder: residue

innocent: sinless

10

obstacle: obstruction

vexation: annoyance

5. a. identifiable

b. safety

c. motivates

d. delicate

e. surroundings

f. artificial

g. prestige

h. perspire

i. accomplishment

j. silent

k. impressive

l. evaporate

6. run move spin

turn whirl roll

7. a. stead

b. gee-gee

c. ripe

d. mature

e. effective

f. efficient

g. fatigued, children

h. tired, kids

i. declined

j. refused

k. rancid

l. addled

m. Penalties

n. fines

o. rebuked

p. accused

Antonymy

5. a. similar / same

b. safe

c. sharp / smart

d. send

e. stingy / selfish

f. significant / sensible

g. skeptical / suspicious

h. simple

i. sure

j. slipshod / slovenly / sloppy

k. sleepiness / sleep / slumber

11

l. smooth

m. subjective

n. sob / scowl

6. a. old-fashioned

b. completely

c. moisture

d. special

e. essential

f. similarity

g. innocent

h. rigid

i. loosen

j. clarity

k. deserted

l. fruitful

m. peremptory

n. depressed

o. indifferent

7. a. feed—starve, cold-fever

b. wisdom—follies

c. haste—leisure

d. penny—pound, wise—foolish

e. speech—silence

f. absence—presence

g. admonish—praise

h. young—old

i. wise men—fools saint—devil

j. mind—body

k. foul—fair

l. danger—security

m. deliberate--prompt

n. children—parents

o. bully—coward

p. head—tail

8. right—wrong

dry—sweet

strong—faint

light—dark

high—low / deep

private—public

single—return

hard—easy

rough—calm

cold—warm

12

Hyponymy

3. furniture: desk, chair, table, bed

matter: liquid, gas, solid

meat: pork, beef, mutton

go: run, fly, walk

4. profession workplace

surgeon: clinic, hospital

plumber: house, building

lawyer: office, law courts

mechanic: garage

photographer: studio

foreman: worksite, factory

5. BEDROOM

rug, sleepers, carpet, bed wardrob dressing table

mattress dressing gown mirror

pillows pyjamas comb

sheets clothes hairbrush

blanket

6. In Sentence 1,

got, furniture, recently are superordinates because they are general

and convey a very vague idea whereas in Sentence 2, the three words are replaced

respectively by

bought, cupboard, three days ago,

which are subordinates, conveying a

definite and clear idea. So Sentence 2 is better than Sentence 1.

In 3,

it is said, magnificent building, destroyed, yesterday are superordinate terms,

which are comparatively much more general than

the news says, Royal Hotel, burnt

down, last night respectively in 4, which can be described as subordinates. Since 4 is

clearer than 3 in meaning, it is better.

Semantic field

3. Group 1 is

synonymously semantic field and Group 2 is

semantic filed. The difference

lies: In 1 the words are synonyms, none of them covers the meaning of another, and

they differ only in style and emotive values. In 2 the words are not synonyms, but each

refers to a specific type of

horse. Horse is a cover term or superordinate, and others are

subordinates. These terms have no difference in style or affective meaning.

Chapter 7

4. 1) extension

2) extension

3) narrowing

4) degradation

5) elevation

6) narrowing

7) extension

8) extension

9) narrowing

10) elevation

13

11) narrowing

12) degradation

13) degradation

14) degradation

5. a. associated transfer

b. abstract to concrete

c. abstract to concrete

d. abstract to concrete

e. abstract to concrete

f. abstract of concrete

g. associated transfer

h. associated transfer

i. synesthesia

j. synesthesia

6. a. objective

b. subjective, objective

c. objective

d. subjective

e. subjective

f. subjective

g. subjective

h. subjective, objective

7. a. die

b. graveyard

c. bedlam 疯人院

d. old people

e. strike

f. Policeman

g. stupid pupil

h. poor people

i. toilet

j. fat person

k. unemployed mother

14