英语词汇“strepsipterous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the order Strepsiptera, comprising minute insects that are closely related to the beetles, the twisted-winged male being free-living and the wingless female parasitic in various insect hosts

Word origin

[1810–20; ‹ NL Strepsipter(a) order name (‹ Gk strepsi- (s. of strépsis a turning round, equiv. to strep- (var. s. of stréphein to twist, turn; cf. strepto-) + -sis -sis) + -ptera, neut. pl. of -pteros -pterous) + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: duplex, liberalism, rationalize, voodoo, zombie-ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous)

单词	strepsipterous
释义	strepsipterous in British English (strɛpˈsɪptərəs) adjective of or relating to the Strepsiptera order of insects, in which the males have twisted wings and the females are wormlike strepsipterous in American English (strepˈsɪptərəs) adjective belonging or pertaining to the order Strepsiptera, comprising minute insects that are closely related to the beetles, the twisted-winged male being free-living and the wingless female parasitic in various insect hosts Word origin [1810–20; ‹ NL Strepsipter(a) order name (‹ Gk strepsi- (s. of strépsis a turning round, equiv. to strep- (var. s. of stréphein to twist, turn; cf. strepto-) + -sis -sis) + -ptera, neut. pl. of -pteros -pterous) + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1810–20. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: duplex, liberalism, rationalize, voodoo, zombie-ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous)
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