释义 |
▪ I. -een, suffix1|iːn| ultimately derived from L. -ī̆nus, -ī̆na adj. suffix, through F. -in, -ine, as in † damaskeen (1551), canteen (1737), tureen (1706), bombazeen (18th–19th century variant of bombasine). Bombazeen apparently furnished the model for velveteen (1795, velvatean 1776), on which followed sateen (an alteration of satin). ▪ II. -een, suffix2|iːn| ad. Ir. dim. suffix -ín, as in buckeen (1793), colleen (1828), dudeen (1841), girleen (1836), jackeen (1840), poteen (1812), spalpeen (1780), squireen (1809). |