[ɪk`stɔrt; ik'stɔ:t] (發音來源)
勒索
單字解釋
extort
[ɪk`stɔrt; ik'stɔ:t]
《源自拉丁文「擰出」的意思》(及物動詞)
1 a. (用力量、脅迫等) [向人]敲詐,勒索<錢等>[from]
The blackmailer tried to ~ a large sum of money from him.
勒索者企圖向他勒索一大筆錢
b. 強迫[某人] <承諾、自白等> ,強索[from]
~ a confession from a person by torture
以拷問逼供
2 [對字詞,句子等] 牽強附會地賦以 <某種意義> [from]
~ a meaning from a word
牽強地解釋某個字
vt. 勒索, 敲詐, 強要
[醫] 外旋
英字分解
ex
from, out,
[example]
excavate - to dig out; exhale - to breathe out; extract - to pull out.
ex-
[ɪks-, ɛks-, əks-; iks-, ɛks-]
{字首}表示「從…」「向外」「完全」「出去」之意
exit; exodus
在此取出之意。
tort
twist 扭轉
[example]
contortion - a twisted shape or position; distort - to alter the shape or condition of; retort - reply in a manner that is supposed to change the effect of something previously said.
[root] tort [記憶法]
在此取扭之意。
列根成形
創義薛說
扭住你,要你交出錢來,叫? ➔ 勒索
勒者,扭住也!索者,向你索錢也!
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