| 释义 |
preˈfixal, a.
[f. prefix n. + -al1.]
Of, pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by prefixes; = prefixional. Hence preˈfixally adv., in the manner of a prefix.
1863Goldstücker 6 Nov. (Philol. Soc.), On the Prefixal Elements of Sanskrit Roots. 1922S. Grew Art of Player-Piano 86 The shorter note may be affined prefixally to the note after it. 1962D. C. Swanson in Householder & Saporta Probl. Lexicogr. 74 ‘Prefixal’ is self-explanatory; ‘co-valent’ is used here (instead of non-prefixal) to refer to all other types collectively. 1964E. A. Nida Toward Sci. Transl. vi. 135 Once the verb root has been given, the selection of possible suffixes is more strictly determined than in Navajo, in which the prefixal formations do not, to the same extent, help the reader to predict either the sequence of prefixes likely to occur or the root likely to follow. 1971Language XLVII. 396 Reflexive prefixal t- metathesizes with an immediately following sibilant and assimilates to the latter with respect to voice and pharyngealization. 1975Ibid. LI. 618 The prefixal vowel in prenatal (but not in pregnant) is lengthened. |