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词根词缀:-ar

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; pertaining to, of the nature of, like; denoting an agent

【同源单词】adumbrellar, allobar, altar, altar, alveolar, amphistylar

词根词缀:bi-, bin-, bino-, bis-

【来源及含义】Latin: two, twice, double, twofold; a number; it normally functions as a prefix

【相关描述】This bi- is used before s, c, or a vowel. Don't confuse this bi- with another one which means "life".

All words except biennial referring to periods of time and prefixed by bi- are potentially ambiguous. Since bi- can be taken to mean either "twice each" or "every two", a word like "biweekly" can be understood as "twice each week" or "every two weeks".

【同源单词】biacid, biangular, biannual, biannual, biarchy, biarticulate

词根词缀:oculo-, ocul-

【来源及含义】Latin: eye[s]; sight

【相关词根词缀】 Related references to "eye" or "eye part" word families: blepharo-; core-; corneo-; eye, eyes; irido-; lenti-, lens-; lenticulo-; ocelli-; op-, -optic; ophthalmo-; phaco-; pupillo-; retino-; uveo-.

【同源单词】ad oculos, Aliena vitia in oculis habemus, antler, autoinoculation, binocle, binocular

词根词缀:-ular

【来源及含义】Latin: of, relating to, or resembling; compound of the suffixes -ule, "little, small" and -ar, "pertaining to, of the nature of, like"; and so, -ular is a combining form meaning: referring to something "specified": appendicular, molecular, pedicular; as well as, a combining form meaning "resembling" something specified: circular, globular, tubular

【同源单词】abarticular, acellular, acicular ice, acinotubular, acromioclavicular, acutangular