单词 | Y, the |
释义 | Y, the From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishY, thethe YY, the /waɪ/ American English infmlthe YMCA or YWCA She was staying in a room at the Y. Letters & punctuationYY, y /waɪ/ (plural Y’s, y’s) nounSLA[countable, uncountable] the 25th letter of the English alphabet → Y chromosome, Y-fronts-y-y1 /i/ suffix [in adjectives]1 XXfull of something or covered with something (=full of sugar) sugary desserts (=covered with dirt) dirty hands (=covered with hair) a hairy chest 2 XXhaving a quality or feeling, or tending to do something a messy room (=hair that curls) curly hair feeling sleepy3 XXlike or typical of something (=typical of winter) a cold wintry day (=he looks like a horse) his long, horsy face 4 XXfond of or interested in something (=who likes riding horses) a horsy woman —-ily suffix [in adverbs] —-iness suffix [in nouns]Examples from the Corpus-y• a sleepy baby• excessive flattery-y-y2 suffix [in nouns]1 (also -ie)XX used to make a word or name less formal, and often to show that you care about them – used especially when talking to children Where’s little Johnny? (=my father) my daddy (=dog)! What a nice doggy 2 XXused to make nouns from some verbs to show an action (=the date when something expires) the expiry date (=the act of inquiring about something) an inquiry |
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