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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:-fer, -ferous

【来源及含义】Latin: to bear, to carry; to produce; to bring

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring": duc-; ger-; later-, -lation; phoro-; port-.

【同源单词】ad referendum, afferent, aquifer, auriferous, circumference, confer

词根词缀:re-, red-

【来源及含义】Latin: back, backward, again; used as a prefix

【同源单词】recalcitrant, recant, recapitulate, recapitulation, recede, receipt