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:port-, portat-
【来源及含义】Latin: carry, bring, bear
【相关描述】Don't confuse this port-, portat with another port- meaning "door, gate, entrance," or "harbor".
【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring": duc-; -fer; ger-; later-, -lation; phoro-.
【同源单词】apport, apport, apportable, asport, asport, asportation
词根词缀:trans-, tran-, tra-
【来源及含义】Latin: across, through, over, beyond, on the far side of; most often used as a prefix
【相关描述】Don't confuse the tra- in this element with another tra- in "drag" or "draw". Trans- becomes tra- before the consonants -d, -j, -l, -m, -n, and -v.
【同源单词】acetyltransferase, allogenic transformation, allotransplantation, Amphora transformed into, autocholecystotransversecolostomy, autologous transfusion