| 单词 | synecious |
| 释义 | synecious in British English (sɪˈniːʃəs) adjective a variant spelling of synoecious synoecious in British English or synecious (sɪˈniːʃəs) or synoicous (sɪˈnɔɪkəs) adjective (of a bryophyte) having male and female organs together on a branch, usually mixed at the tip Word origin C19: syn- + -oecious, from Greek oikion diminutive of oikos housesynecious in American English (sɪˈniʃəs) adjective synoicous Word origin [syn- + eci- (‹ Gk oikía house) + -ous]syn- is a prefix occurring in loanwords from Greek, having the same function as co- (synthesis; synoptic); used, with the meaning “with,” “together,” in the formation of compound words (synsepalous) or “synthetic” in such compounds (syngas); -ous is a suffix forming adjectives that have the general sense “possessing, full of”a given quality (covetous; glorious; nervous; wondrous); -ous and its variant -ious have often been used to Anglicize Latin adjectives with terminations that cannotbe directly adapted into English (atrocious; contiguous; garrulous; obvious; stupendous). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greekand Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs; many such formationsare productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominalcombining form that has no suffix (as -fer and -ferous; -phore and -phorous; -pter and -pterous; -vore and -vorous) |
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