前綴mega-,meg- = large,great 大
前綴mega-詳細來源解說:
before vowels meg-, word-forming element often meaning "large, great," but in precise scientific language "one million" (megaton, megawatt, etc.), from Greek megas "great, large, vast, big, high, tall;mighty, important" (fem. megale), from PIE *meg- "great" (cognates: Latin magnus, Old English micel; see
High-speed computer stores 2.5 megabits [headline in "Electronics" magazine, Oct. 1, 1957]
同綴詞:
1.megacycle [mega- 兆 + cycle圓圈 →]
n.兆周
2.megadyne [mega- 兆 + dyne 達因 ]
n.兆達因(力的單位,=100萬達因)
3.megafarad [mega- 兆 + farad n. 法拉(電容單位)]
n.兆法
4.megavolt [mega- 兆 + volt n. 伏特]
n.兆伏
5.megabyte [mega- 兆 + byte 字節]
n.(電腦)百萬位元組
6.megadeath [mega- 兆 + death 死亡 ]
n.百萬人的死亡
7.megalith [mega- 兆 + lith 石頭]
n.(史前斯的)巨石
8.megalomania [megalo- 大 + mania 精神錯亂 ]
n.妄想自大狂
9.megalopolitan [megalo- 大 + polit 城市 + -an 形容詞後綴 ]
n.大都市的
10.megaphone [mega- 大 + phone 聲音→使聲音擴大的東西→]
n.擴音器;傳聲筒
11.megaton [mega- 大 + ton 噸(重量單位)]
n.一百萬噸
12.megawatt [mega- 大 + watt 瓦特 ]
n.百萬瓦特