ubiquitous 普遍存在的= omnipresent (^ omniscient, omnipotent)
    versatile (人)多才多藝的，(物)通用的à versatility
    alchemy 煉金術(shù)
    transmute 變形，變質(zhì)transmute silver into gold (!)
    arduous 艱巨的 (=strenuous)an arduous task
    pitfall 陷阱，未預(yù)見之困難
    metallurgy 冶金
    alloy 合金
    aluminum = aluminium (BE)^ calcium, uranium, radium^ copper, brass, bronze
    electrode 電極
    distill 蒸餾 distilled water
    quartz 石英
    phosphorus 磷，磷光物質(zhì)
    inflammable 易燃的 (? flame)
    combustion 燃燒 (à combustible)spontaneous combustion (white phosphorus)
    ceramic 陶瓷的 瓷器 (à ceramics)
    insulate 隔離，絕緣à insulator (<> conductor)
    fiber 纖維 (BE: fibre)fiber optics (纖維光學(xué))
    optics 光學(xué) (à optical)
    retina 視網(wǎng)膜
    iris 虹膜
    opaque 不透明的v.s. transparent, translucent
    microprocessor 微處理器^ CPU(Central Processing Unit), chip
    binary 二進制的
    integrate à integrated, integrationintegrated circuit (IC), system integration (SI)
    buffer 緩沖區(qū)buffer storage
    browser 瀏覽器 (^ IE, Netscape)
    hypertext 超文本
    envisage 想象，看作 en + vis(see) + ageThe internet can be envisaged as a network of visual telephone links.
    momentous (極為)重要的v.s. momentary
    reticular 網(wǎng)狀的
    Ethernet 以太網(wǎng)
    domain 域 domain names
    cyberlaw 網(wǎng)絡(luò)法律 “cyber-“: Internet relatedcyberlove, cybercafe, …
    patent 專利 (à patented)v.s. copyright, ^ pirated software/VCD’s
    chronological 按時間順序的 “chron”: time^ chronic, chronicle, chronograph
    robot 機器人(“肉包它”)à robotics
    artificial 人造的，做作的artificial satellite/smile
    cone 圓錐體，錐形物the nose cone of a missile
    Jupiter 木星^ Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn
    exorbitant 過度的，過分的，過高的ex(out) + orbit + ant
    centripetal 向心(力)的<> centrifugal
    high-rise 高樓 (~ skyscraper)
    cathedral 大教堂
    dome 圓頂 (a hemispherical roof)
    infrastructure 基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施<> superstructure
    sewage 污水，下水道
    hydraulic 水力的，水壓的
    landfill 垃圾掩埋(地)
    ventilation 通風(fēng)
    thermostat 溫控器 thermo(hot) + stat(steady)^ thermos, thermometer, thermonuclear
    prefabricate 預(yù)先制造à prefab (預(yù)制的)
    polytechnic 各種工藝的 理工學(xué)校Hong Kong Polytechnic
    geometric 幾何(學(xué))的? geometry, geo(land) + metry(measure)
    asymmetry 不對稱 a(not) + sym(same) + metry(↑)<> symmetry
    concave 凹的 (<> convex)
    bilateral 雙邊的，兩方面的<> unilateral