| 释义 |
de-
prefix
Etymology: Middle English, from Old French de-, des-, partly from Latin de- from, down, away (from de) and partly from Latin dis-; Latin de akin to Old Irish di from, Greek dē now, then, Old English tō to — more at to, dis-
1.
a. : do the opposite of : reverse (a specified action)
< decentralize >
< decode >
b. : reverse of
< decalescence >
2. : remove (a specified thing or things) from
< dehorn >
< delouse >
: remove from (a specified thing)
< dethrone >
3. : reduce : make lower
< derate >
4. [Latin] : something derived or compounded from (a specified thing)
< decompound, n. >
: derived or compounded from something (of a specified nature)
< decompound, adj. >
— often in grammatical terms (nouns or adjectives) ending in -al or -ative
< deadjectival >
< deverbative >
5. : get off of (a specified thing)
< debus >
< detrain >
6. : having a molecule characterized by the removal of one or more atoms of (a specified element) — in combining forms occurring in names of chemical compounds
< dehydro- >
< deoxy- >
7. : cause to cease to (perform a specified action)
< de-emanate > |