单词 | -en |
释义 | -en I. also -n < earthen > < woolen > — now relatively infrequent because of the widespread attributive use of nouns or of adjectives formed from nouns without the addition of a suffix (as in gold cup, wheat cake) and to be found chiefly in adjectives which are obsolete < tinnen > or archaic < oaken > or in which a sense other than the literal one has become prominent < golden > < wooden > — usually -n after -er < silvern > II. 1. a. < sharpen > — sometimes in verbs that also have the prefix en- < embolden > — in transitive verbs formed from adjectives b. < lengthen > — in transitive verbs formed from nouns 2. a. < steepen > — in intransitive verbs formed from adjectives b. < lengthen > — in intransitive verbs formed from nouns |
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