| 释义 |
-monther, comb. form|ˈmʌnθə(r)|
[f. month n.1 + -er1.]
As the second element (with preceding numeral) in combinations designating something that lasts or is aged the specified number of months.
1889E. Dowson Let. 18 Oct. (1967) 109 Smith is a fixture..& Tweedy from what he tells me, is a six monther. 1970J. S. Bruner in K. J. Connolly Mechanisms of Motor Skill Devel. 88 About a third of the trials of the 1-year-olds are of this pattern and a quarter of the 17 monthers. 1994Daily Tel. 18 Nov. 33/5 Sir Alistair Grant, chairman of supermarket group Argyll, is offering a 24-monther to ensure he enjoys the next annual meeting more than the last. |