后缀:-le ①[动词后缀]
1、表示反复、连续及拟声动作
winkle 闪烁,闪耀
twinkle 闪烁,闪耀
wriggle 蠕动,扭动
joggle 轻摇
jingle 作丁当响
tinkle 发丁当声
sizzle 发咝咝声
gurgle 发咯咯声
2、将形容词或名词变成动词
darkle 变暗
speckle 使弄上斑点
sparkle 发火花
handle 拿,搬弄,操纵
②[名词后缀]
表示做某种动作时所使用的东西
thimble 顶针(thimb=thumb拇指)
shuttle 织布梭(shut=shoot抛出)
stopple 塞子
spindle 纺纱锭子(spin纺)
handle 柄,把手
girdle 带,腰带
词根词缀:-ability
【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed"
【相关描述】Just a few examples out of hundreds of words presented as the noun forms of -able; forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able; the quality in an agent that makes an action possible. The suffix -ible has related meanings.
【同源单词】absolute permeability, absorbability, accountability, achievability, acquirability, adaptability
词根词缀:-able
【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.
【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.
This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.
【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable
词根词缀:amphor-
【来源及含义】Greek (amphoreus > Latin (amphora): bottle, jar; a vessel with two handles or ears, a pitcher
【同源单词】amphora, amphoral, amphore, amphoric, amphoric respiration, amphoricity
词根词缀:ans-, ansa-, ansi-
【来源及含义】Latin: jug handle; loop
【同源单词】ansa, ansa cervicalis, ansa lenticularis, ansa nervorum spinalium, ansa peduncularis, ansa sacralis
词根词缀:habit-, hab-, -hibit; habili-, habil-
【来源及含义】Latin: dwell, live; have, hold; that which may be easily handled, suitable, fit, proper; clothe, clothing
【同源单词】ability, ability grouping, ability, able, able, ably
词根词缀:tang-, tact-, tast-, ting-, -tig -tag, -teg-
【来源及含义】Latin: touch, feel; try; reach; handle; evaluate, estimate
【同源单词】anticontagious, atactilia, attain, attainable, attainder, attainment