英语词汇“-ify”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

-ify-ify /ɪfaɪ/ (also -fy) suffix [in verbs]

WORD ORIGIN-ify

Origin:

Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificare, from -ficare; ➔ -FY

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES

to amplify sound
to purify something
to stultify someone

1to make something be in a particular state or condition:

to purify (=make or become pure)

to clarify the situation (=make it clear)2to fill someone with a particular feeling:

Spiders terrify me (=make me very afraid).3informal to do something in a silly or annoying way:

to speechify (=make speeches in a way that shows you are trying to sound important)4to make something or someone be like or typical of a person or group:

Frenchified (=like the French)

单词	-ify
释义	-ify-ify /ɪfaɪ/ (also -fy) suffix [in verbs] Word Origin WORD ORIGIN-ify Origin: Old French -ifier, from Latin -ificare, from -ficare; ➔ -FY Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES to amplify sound to purify something to stultify someone 1to make something be in a particular state or condition: to purify (=make or become pure) to clarify the situation (=make it clear)2to fill someone with a particular feeling: Spiders terrify me (=make me very afraid).3informal to do something in a silly or annoying way: to speechify (=make speeches in a way that shows you are trying to sound important)4to make something or someone be like or typical of a person or group: Frenchified (=like the French)
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