role/rəʊl/ n角色,职能
记忆:核心意思就是“角”的意思,你是什么角?影视作品中叫作角色,生活中就是你的职位,你的职能。
the role of the teacher in the classroom 老师在课堂上的作用
It is one of the greatest roles she has played.
roll/rəʊl/ n 卷,卷轴 v 使翻滚
记忆:“O”仿佛是根圆棍子,能够把柔软的材料卷起来,衣服、床单、卫生纸的卷轴。作为动词,就是“卷”,也就是使翻滚起来。卫生纸:tissue(ti联想toilet)
a roll of film(file 有电影,还有交卷的意思)
Soup and a roll: £1.50 汤和一小条面包
The kittens were enjoying a roll in the sunshine. 嘻嘻打滚
The ball rolled down the hill 球滚到了山下(hill 小山,山丘)
curl/kɜːl/ n (头发)卷曲 v 卷曲
记忆:这个就多用于头发卷曲。
His hair curls naturally 他天生卷发(naturally,来自 nature 自然,天生)
The cat curled into a ball and went to sleep
the little girl with blonde curls.金色卷发女孩
collar/ˈkɒlə(r)/ n 衣领 v 抓住
记忆:coll~roll,也是圈,但是加上ar,成了卷人、卷宠物的东西了。衣领,我们常常说逮住他,往往就是揪他衣领!还有就是我们常常遛狗,collar的作用就是抓住狗!
a coat with a fur collar
The collar was far too tight and chafed her neck.(tight,T联想耶稣被捆的十字架:紧的;chafed来自chafe n/v 擦伤,烦恼,焦躁)
She was collared by the police at the airport.
增加一个吧:volume/ˈvɒljuːm/ n 卷,册;体积,容积。
How do you measure the volume of a gas?
to turn the volume up/down调节音量
...the first volume of his autobiography(autobiography,auto-自己,biography人物传记,-graphy写,画,描绘)