| 单词 | -ator |
| 释义 | -atora combination of -ate1 and -or2 that forms nouns corresponding to verbs ending in -ate1 ,denoting a human agent (agitator; mediator; adjudicator) or nonhuman entity, especially a machine (incubator; regulator; vibrator) performing the function named by the verb. Compare -tor, -or2. Origin of -ator<Latin -ātor, originally not a suffix, but the termination of nouns formed with -tor-tor from verbs whose stems ended in -ā-; in English, Latin loanwords ending in -ātor have been reanalyzed as derivatives of the past participles in -tus (see -ate1) and a suffix -or (see -or2), and many new English nouns derived from English verbs based on Latin past participles (e.g., vibrator from vibrate) Words nearby -atoratopic conjunctivitis, atopic dermatitis, atopic keratoconjunctivitis, atopognosia, atopy, -ator, atorvastatin, atorvastatin calcium, -atory, atoxic, ATP Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for -ator-ator suffix forming nounsa person or thing that performs a certain actionagitator; escalator; radiator Word Origin for -atorfrom Latin -ātor; see -ate 1 -or 1 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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