be-

prefix

/bɪ/

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(in verbs) to make or treat somebody/something as
- Don't belittle his achievements (= say they are not important).
- An older girl befriended me.
(in adjectives ending in -ed) wearing or covered with
- heavily bejewelled fingers
- bespattered with mud
(in verbs and adjectives ending in -ed) to cause something to be
- The ship was becalmed (= there was no wind so it could not move).
- The rebels besieged the fort.
used to turn intransitive verbs (= without an object) into transitive verbs (= with an object)
- She is always bemoaning her lot.
More Like This Prefixes
Prefixes
- a-
- ante-
- anti-
- be-
- co-
- de-
- demi-
- dis-
- en-
- ex-
- extra-
- hyper-
- hypo-
- il-
- in-
- infra-
- inter-
- intra-
- mis-
- non-
- off-
- oft-
- out-
- over-
- para-
- post-
- pre-
- pro-
- re-
- retro-
- semi-
- sub-
- trans-
- ultra-
- un-
- under-
- up-

Word OriginOld English, weak form of bī ‘by’.

单词	be-
释义	be- prefix /bɪ/ /bɪ/ jump to other results (in verbs) to make or treat somebody/something as Don't belittle his achievements (= say they are not important). An older girl befriended me. (in adjectives ending in -ed) wearing or covered with heavily bejewelled fingers bespattered with mud (in verbs and adjectives ending in -ed) to cause something to be The ship was becalmed (= there was no wind so it could not move). The rebels besieged the fort. used to turn intransitive verbs (= without an object) into transitive verbs (= with an object) She is always bemoaning her lot. More Like This PrefixesPrefixes a- ante- anti- be- co- de- demi- dis- en- ex- extra- hyper- hypo- il- in- infra- inter- intra- mis- non- off- oft- out- over- para- post- pre- pro- re- retro- semi- sub- trans- ultra- un- under- up- Word OriginOld English, weak form of bī ‘by’.
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