-trophy

suff. Nutrition; growth: hypertrophy.

[Greek -trophiā, from trophē, from trephein, to nourish.]

-trophy

n combining form indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy. [from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment] -trophic adj combining form

tro•phy

(ˈtroʊ fi)

n., pl. -phies. 1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento. 2. anything won or awarded as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.: athletic trophies. 3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with victory or achievement. 4. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a memorial to a military victory, orig. captured armor and weapons hung at the site of a rout. [1505–15; earlier trophe < French trophée < Latin trop(h)aeum < Greek trópaion, n. use of neuter of trópaios, tropaîos of turning or putting to flight, derivative of trop(ḗ) a turning. compare trope]

-trophy

a combining form meaning “nutrition,” “growth, development” (dystrophy; hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic. [< Greek -trophia nutrition =troph(ḗ) food + -ia -y³]

单词	-trophy
释义	-trophy -trophy suff. Nutrition; growth: hypertrophy. [Greek -trophiā, from trophē, from trephein, to nourish.] -trophy n combining form indicating a certain type of nourishment or growth: dystrophy. [from Greek -trophia, from trophē nourishment] -trophic adj combining form tro•phy (ˈtroʊ fi) n., pl. -phies. 1. anything taken in war, hunting, competition, etc., esp. when preserved as a memento. 2. anything won or awarded as a token or evidence of victory, valor, skill, etc.: athletic trophies. 3. a carving, painting, or other representation of objects associated with victory or achievement. 4. (in ancient Greece and Rome) a memorial to a military victory, orig. captured armor and weapons hung at the site of a rout. [1505–15; earlier trophe < French trophée < Latin trop(h)aeum < Greek trópaion, n. use of neuter of trópaios, tropaîos of turning or putting to flight, derivative of trop(ḗ) a turning. compare trope] -trophy a combining form meaning “nutrition,” “growth, development” (dystrophy; hypertrophy); also forming abstract nouns corresponding to adjectives ending in -trophic. [< Greek -trophia nutrition =troph(ḗ) food + -ia -y³] EncyclopediaSeetrophy -trophy -trophy Food, nutrition. [G. trophē, nourishment] -trophy Suffix denoting food, nutrition. [G. trophē, nourishment]
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