词根:-vac-, -vacu-, -van-, -void-
【词根含义】:空
【词根来源】:-vac-来源于拉丁语动词vac.o, vac.are, vac.avi, vac.atum(空);-vacu-来源于拉丁语动词vacuo, -are, -avi, -atus(使空); -van-来源于拉丁语形容词van.us, van.a, van.um(空);-void-来源于古法语vuide(空的)。均可追溯至原始印欧语wan-(缺乏的)。
【同源单词】:vacancy, vacant, vacate, vacation, vacationist
词根词缀:-ish
【来源及含义】Old English: a suffix meaning, characteristic of, like, tending to; of or relating to, from; somewhat, approximately; or a verb ending
【相关描述】A suffix used to form adjectives from nouns and from adjectives. It refers to "relation, resemblance, similarity", and sometimes has a diminutive force; such as, "selfish, boyish, brutish; whitish, somewhat white".
A verb ending, originally appearing in certain verbs of French origin; such as, "abolish, cherish, finish, furnish, garnish", and "impoverish".
【同源单词】abolish, accomplish, acutish, admonish, anguish, anguish
词根词缀:vane-, vani-
【来源及含义】Latin: to vanish, to disappear, to fade, to become empty
【同源单词】evanescent, evanish, vain, vainglorious, vaingloriously, vaingloriousness