单词 | ery |
释义 | -ery in British English or -ry suffix forming nouns 1. indicating a place of business or some other activity bakery brewery refinery 2. indicating a class or collection of things cutlery greenery 3. indicating qualities or actions collectively snobbery trickery 4. indicating a practice or occupation husbandry 5. indicating a state or condition slavery Word origin from Old French -erie; see -er1, -y3-ery in American English (əri; ˈɛri) 1. a place to tannery, brewery 2. a place for nunnery, vinery 3. the practice, act, or occupation of robbery, midwifery 4. the product or goods of pottery, millinery 5. a collection of greenery, crockery 6. the state or condition of drudgery, slavery 7. the behavior or qualities of tomfoolery Word origin ME -erie < OFr -erie < LL -aria, or by addition of -ie (L -ia) to OFr nouns of agency in -ierDefinition of '-ery' |
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