| 释义 |
-ship
\ˌship\ noun suffix
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English -schipe, -shipe, -ship, from Old English -scipe; akin to Old Frisian -skip, -skipi -ship, Old Saxon -skap, -skepi, -skipi, Old High German -scaf, -scaft, Old Norse -skapr; all from a prehistoric Germanic word represented by Old High German scaf nature, condition, quality; akin to Old English sceppan, scyppan to shape — more at shape
1. : state : condition : quality
< sonship >
< friendship >
< scholarship >
2. : office : dignity : profession
< clerkship >
< chancellorship >
< lordship >
< authorship >
3. : art : skill
< horsemanship >
< marksmanship >
< seamanship >
4. : something showing, exhibiting, or embodying a quality or state
< township >
< fellowship >
< courtship >
5. : one entitled to a (specified) rank, title, or appellation — used with possessive pronouns
< his Lordship > |