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词根词缀:a-, ab-, abs-

【来源及含义】Latin: prefix; from, away, away from

【相关描述】This prefix is normally used with elements of Latin and French origins (abs- usually joins elements beginning with c, q, or t).

The form ab- is regularly used before all vowels and h; and it becomes a- before the consonants m, p, and v. The prefix apo- has similar meanings.

This list is a very small sample of the multitudes of a-, ab-, abs- prefixes that are available in dictionaries and those in this unit are only meant to present a few examples.

【同源单词】abampere, abampere centimeter squared, abampere per square centimeter, abarticular, abarticulation, abbreviate

词根词缀:-ence, -ency

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix that forms nouns; action, process, state, quality, or condition of

【同源单词】abhorrence, absence, abstinence, adherence, adolescence, affluence

词根词缀:hor-, horr-

【来源及含义】Latin: bristling, rough, roughness; rudeness; shaking, tremble, trembling, shutter; shock; disgust, hatred; resulting in horror, horrid, etc.

【同源单词】abhor, abhorred, abhorrence, abhorrent, abhorrently, abhorrer