| 单词 | dulosis |
| 释义 | dulosis in British English (djuːˈləʊsɪs) noun a practice of some ants, in which one species forces members of a different species to do the work of the colony Also called: helotismDerived forms dulotic (djuːˈlɒtɪk) adjective Word origin C20: from Greek: enslavement, from doulos slavedulosis in American English (duːˈlousɪs, djuː-) noun the enslavement of an ant colony or its members by ants of a different species Derived forms dulotic (duːˈlɑtɪk, djuː-) adjective Word origin [1900–05; ‹ Gk doúlōsis enslavement, equiv. to doulō-, var. s. of douloún to enslave (deriv. of doûlos slave) + -sis -sis]This word is first recorded in the period 1900–05. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: Young Turk, burnout, cathode-ray tube, decompression, hydroplane-sis is a suffix appearing in loanwords from Greek, where it was used to form from verbsabstract nouns of action, process, state, condition, etc. Other words that use theaffix -sis include: anamnesis, anamorphosis, crisis, dieresis, thesis |
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