单词 | -ish |
释义 | -ish (-ɪʃ ) 1. suffix -ish is added to adjectives to form adjectives which indicate that someone or something has a quality to a small extent. For example, something that is largish is fairly large. She is tallish, brown-haired, and clear-skinned. With her was a youngish man in a dinner jacket. ...a tank of greenish water. 2. suffix -ish is added to nouns and names to form adjectives which indicate that someone or something is like a particular kind of person or thing. For example, ' childish' means like a child, or typical of a child. She had entirely lost her girlish chubbiness. ...a man of monkish appearance. ...his affecting, Tom Petty-ish voice. 3. suffix -ish is added to words referring to times, dates, or ages to form words which indicate that the time or age mentioned is approximate. I'll call you guys tomorrow. Noon-ish. The nurse was fiftyish. |
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