| 单词 | garbology |
| 释义 | garbology in British English (ɡɑːˈbɒlədʒɪ) noun the study of the contents of domestic dustbins to analyse the consumption patterns of households Derived forms garbologist (garˈbologist) noun Word origin C20: from garb(age) + -logygarbology in American English (ɡɑːrˈbɑlədʒi) noun the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns Derived forms garbologist noun Word origin [1976; garb(age) + -o- + -logy]-o- is the typical ending of the first element of compounds of Greek origin (as -i- is, in compounds of Latin origin), used regularly in forming new compounds with elementsof Greek origin and often used in English as a connective irrespective of etymology(Franco-Italian; geography; seriocomic; speedometer); -logy is a combining form used in the names of sciences or bodies of knowledge. Other wordsthat use the affix -logy include: anthropology, thanatology, topology, tropology, typology |
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