单词 | ambulette |
释义 | ambulette in British English (ˌæmbjʊˈlɛt) noun US a motor vehicle designed for transporting disabled people ambulette in American English (ˌæmbjəˈlet) noun a specially equipped motor vehicle for transporting convalescing or handicapped people Word origin [1980–85; ambul(ance) + -ette]This word is first recorded in the period 1980–85. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Santería, designer drug, golden parachute, hub-and-spoke, postfeminist-ette is a noun suffix occurring originally in loanwords from French, where it has beenused in a variety of diminutive and hypocoristic formations (brunette; cigarette; coquette; etiquette; rosette). As an English suffix, -ette forms diminutives (kitchenette; novelette; sermonette), distinctively feminine nouns (majorette; usherette), and names of imitation products (leatherette) |
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