| 释义 |
-esque -esquesuff. In the manner of; resembling: Lincolnesque.
[French, from Italian -esco, from Vulgar Latin *-iscus, of Germanic origin.]-esque suffix forming adjectives indicating a specified character, manner, style, or resemblance: picturesque; Romanesque; statuesque; Chaplinesque. [via French from Italian -esco, of Germanic origin; compare -ish]-esque a suffix that forms adjectives having the meanings “resembling,” “in the style or manner of,” “suggesting the work of” the person or thing denoted by the base word: Kafkaesque; Lincolnesque; picturesque. [< French < Italian -esco « Germanic; see -ish1] |