| 单词 | tantalous |
| 释义 | tantalous in British English (ˈtæntələs) adjective of or containing tantalum in the trivalent state Word origin C19: from tantal(um) + -oustantalous in American English (ˈtæntələs) adjective of, derived from, or containing tantalum, esp. trivalent tantalum tantalous in American English (ˈtæntləs) adjective Chemistry containing trivalent tantalum Word origin [1865–70; tantal(um) + -ous]This word is first recorded in the period 1865–70. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: black belt, dunk, racism, springboard, tick-tack-toe-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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