| 单词 | affix |
| 释义 | affix (once / 1577 pages) vn When you affix something, you stick it on to something else. You might affix a stamp to a letter or affix colorful stickers to your notebook. The verb affix often refers to physically attaching something — like when you affix a label onto a folder — but it can be used more broadly to describe adding on something. You might affix your signature to a contract. If you like grammar, you might already know that the noun form of affix refers to letters or words that can be tacked onto other base words to alter their meaning. For example, the prefix un- is an affix. WORD FAMILYaffix: affixal, affixation, affixed, affixes, affixial, affixing+/affixed: unaffixed USAGE EXAMPLESThe archive contains typescripts of his novels, often affixed with alternate titles. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) To drown this in Sriracha would be like affixing emoticons to American Gothic. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) “This bus stop exists because of Patrick’s generous spirit,” a plaque freshly affixed to the structure now reads. Washington Times(Dec 19, 2016) 1v attach to affix the seal here Syn|Hypo|Hyper stick on stamp affix a stamp to sealaffix a seal to postaffix in a public place or for public notice plasteraffix conspicuously meterstamp with a meter indicating the postage placardpost in a public place attach cause to be attached 2v add to the very end Syn|Hypo|Hyper add on, append, supplement annex attach to attach cause to be attached 3v attach or become attached to a stem word grammatical morphemes affix to the stem Hypo|Hyper prefix attach a prefix to suffixattach a suffix to infixattach a morpheme into a stem word attach cause to be attached 4n a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form Hypo|Hyper prefix an affix that is added in front of the word postfix, suffixan affix that is added at the end of the word infixan affix that is inserted inside the word alpha privativethe negative prefix a- or un- bound form, bound morpheme a morpheme that occurs only as part of a larger construction; eg an -s at the end of plural nouns |
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