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单词 -scape
释义

-scapecomb. form

Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g. earthscape n.
Forms: 1700s–1800s -skip, 1700s– -scape.
Origin: Formed within English, by clipping or shortening. Etymon: landscape n.
Etymology: < -scape (in landscape n.). Compare scape n.3, scape n.4Formations are found from the 18th cent. (e.g. offscape n., rockscape n., prisonscape n.), and become more common in the 19th cent.
Forming nouns denoting a view, picture, or (literal or figurative) landscape of a type specified by the first element, as cityscape n., mindscape n., moonscape n., etc.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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