2007年4月22日 星期日

英英單字圖文記憶(111) - diffuse

英英單字圖文記憶(111)

diffuse  [dɪˈfjuz]

If something such as knowledge or information is diffused, or if it diffuses somewhere, it is made known over a wide area or to a lot of people.【使(知識、消息等)傳播;使散佈;使普及
If something diffuses light, it causes the light to spread weakly in different directions. 【使()漫射;使發散】

分解:前綴dif = away=negative=分開、散開;字根fus = pour,表示""
分析分開流” = “散佈、

For example
As agriculture developed, agricultural ideas diffused across Europe.
隨著農業的發展,農業知識開始在歐洲普及
The sun slid behind trees, its last light diffused by wintry branches.
太陽躲到了樹後,餘暉透過冬日的樹枝灑落下來。


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