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单词 -en
释义 -en
I. \_ən, ən sometimes əm after p, b, f, or v sometimes əŋ after k or g\ adjective suffix
also -n \noun\
Etymology: Middle English, from Old English; akin to Old High German -īn made of, Old Norse -inn, Gothic -eins made of, of or belonging to, Latin -inus (with long ī) of or belonging to, Greek -inos made of, of or belonging to, Sanskrit -īna of or belonging to
: made of : consisting of
 < 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. verb suffix
(-ed/-ing/-s)
Etymology: Middle English -nen, from Old English -nian (as in fæstnian to fasten); akin to Old Saxon -nōn, final segment of certain transitive infinitives (as in fastnōn to fasten), Old High German -inōn (as in festinōn to fasten), Old Norse -na (as in fastna to pledge, betroth)
1.
 a. : cause to be
  < sharpen >
  — sometimes in verbs that also have the prefix en-
  < embolden >
  — in transitive verbs formed from adjectives
 b. : cause to have
  < lengthen >
  — in transitive verbs formed from nouns
2.
 a. : come to be
  < steepen >
  — in intransitive verbs formed from adjectives
 b. : come to have
  < lengthen >
  — in intransitive verbs formed from nouns
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