单词 | epi |
释义 | epi- in British English or eph- or before a vowel ep- prefix 1. on; upon; above; over epidermis epicentre 2. in addition to epiphenomenon 3. after epigenesis epilogue 4. near; close to epicalyx Word origin from Greek, from epi (prep)epi- in American English (ˈɛpɪ; ˈɛpə) on, upon, over, on the outside, anterior, beside, besides, among: it becomes ep- before a vowel and, as eph-, reflects original combining with a word containing an initial aspirate, represented by English h epiglottis, epidemic, epidermis Word origin < Gr epi, at, on, to, upon, over, besides < IE base *epi > Sans ápi, L obDefinition of 'epi-' |
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