释义 |
ex- I. \variants not shown in the pronunciations of “ex-” words below are ə or ē for the “e” when the prefix is unstressed and especially when a stressed syllable immediately precedes without pause, and ks for the “x” in words in which only gz is shown, as “exact”\ prefix or ef- Etymology: Middle English, from Old French & Latin; Old French, from Latin (also, perfective and intensive prefix), from ex out of, from; akin to Greek ex out of, from, Old Irish ess-, Old Slavic iz, izŭ, is 1. : out of : away from : outside of < excircle > < exclave > 2. : without : lacking < exalate > < exalbuminous > 3. \(|)eks\ [Middle English ex-, from Late Latin, from Latin] : out of (the office or condition named by the main word) : former : sometime — usually joined to second element by a hyphen < ex-president > < ex-convict > — often with phrases < ex-child actor > < ex-man-about-town > — usually ef- in senses 1 & 2 before f < efform > < effuse > — always ex- in sense 3 II. — see exo- |