| 释义 |
ne-
combining form
or neo-
Etymology: Greek, from neos new — more at new
1.
a. : new : recent
< neologism >
< neophyte >
b. : a new and different period or form of something (as a faith, school, or language) — often joined to the second element with a hyphen
< neo-Chippendale >
< Neo-Darwinism >
< Neo-Latin >
< Neo-platonism >
c. : of recent forms — opposed to pale-
< neobotanist >
< neobotany >
< neontology >
d. : neozoic — opposed to pale-
< Neocrinoidea >
< Neolithic >
e. : imitation : pseudo
f. : the New World
< Nearctic >
< Neotropical >
g. : an immature form
< neofetus >
h. : a more recently developed part (as of a plant or animal)
< neomorph >
i. : an abnormal new formation
< neoplasm >
2.
a. : the one among several isomeric hydrocarbons that has been recently classified and contains at least one carbon atom connected directly with four other carbon atoms
< neohexane >
— compare is-, normal 10e
b. : a new chemical compound isomeric with or otherwise related to the one to whose name it is prefixed
< neoarsphenamine >
3. : the latest subdivision of a division of geologic time
< Neopaleozoic >
— distinguished from mes- and eo- |