| 释义 |
-thon -thon suffix forming nouns indicating a large-scale event or operation of a specified kind: telethon. [C20: on the pattern of marathon]-athon or -a-thon, a combining form extracted from marathon, having the general sense “an event, as a sale or contest, drawn out to unusual length, often until a prearranged goal is reached”: walkathon; readathon; bikeathon; workathon. Compare -thon. |