| 单词 | ist |
| 释义 | -ist (-ɪst) Word forms: plural -ists 1. suffix -ist is used in place of -ism to form count nouns and adjectives. The nouns refer to people who have particular beliefs. The adjectives describe something related to or based on particular beliefs. Later he was to become famous as a pacifist. ...fascist organisations. 2. suffix -ist is used to form count nouns referring to people who do a particular kind of work. Susi Arnott is a biologist. 3. suffix -ist is added to nouns referring to musical instruments, in order to form nouns that refer to people who play these instruments. ...Hungarian pianist Christina Kiss. -ist in British Englishsuffix 1. (forming nouns) a person who performs a certain action or is concerned with something specified motorist soloist 2. (forming nouns) a person who practises in a specific field physicist typist 3. (forming nouns and adjectives) a person who advocates a particular doctrine, system, etc, or relating to such a person or the doctrine advocated socialist 4. (forming nouns and adjectives) a person characterized by a specified trait, tendency, etc, or relating to such a person or trait purist 5. (forming nouns and adjectives) a person who is prejudiced on the basis specified sexist ageist Word origin via Old French from Latin -ista, -istēs, from Greek -istēs-ist in American English 1 (ɪst; əst) 1. a person who does, makes, or practices (the thing specified): words so formed correspond to verbs ending in -ize or nouns ending in , -ism moralist, satirist 2. a person skilled in or occupied with; an expert in druggist, violinist 3. an adherent of or believer in anarchist 4. a person having or displaying prejudice related to ageist see also -ism (sense 8)Word origin ME -iste < OFr < L -ista < Gr -istēs < verbs ending in -izein-ist in American English 2 (ɪst; əst) forming adjectives corresponding to nouns ending in -ism or , -ist1 Darwinist, escapist, ageist Definition of '-ist' |
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