英语词汇geography的起源、历史背景-英语词源词典

词汇	geography
词源	geography. Ge, the Greek word for earth, is the basis for many words, including geography, geology, geometry, geocentric, geodetic, and even Gaea, the Greek goddess of the earth, who sprang from primordial Chaos, produced Uranus, and then married him and was the mother of Cronus, the Titans, the Cy- clopes, and the Hundred-headed Giants, who gave us such words as chronology and titanic.
随便看	voyageur vril vulcan vulcanization vum w waa hoo wabenzi people waddy waffle wag wailing like a banshee wake me up when kirby dies wake-up call wales walk down the aisle walker walk good walk heavy walking off with the persimmons walk like agag walk on water walk softly and carry a big stick walk the chalk walk the plank

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