| 单词 | er |
| 释义 | er[ uh, er ] / ə, ər / SEE SYNONYMS FOR er ON THESAURUS.COM interjection(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.). WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH erer , errDefinition for er (2 of 13)Er Symbol, Chemistry.erbium. Definition for er (3 of 13)ER efficiency report. emergency room. Definition for er (4 of 13)-er1 a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner). a suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin (bearer; creeper; employer; harvester; teacher; theorizer). Compare -ier1, -yer. Origin of -er1Middle English -er(e), a coalescence of Old English -ere agentive suffix (cognate with Old High German -āri, Gothic -areis, from unattested Germanic -arjaz, from unattested Slavic -arĭ, from Latin -ārius ) and Old English -ware suffix forming nouns of ethnic or residential origin (e.g., Rōmware “Romans”), cognate with Old High German -āri, from unattested Germanic -warioz “people”; see origin at -ary Definition for er (5 of 13)-er2 a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations (archer; butcher; butler; carpenter; grocer; mariner; officer), but also other nouns (corner; danger; primer). Some historical instances of this suffix, as in banker or gardener, where the base is a recognizable modern English word, are now indistinguishable from denominal formations with -er1, as miller or potter. Origin of -er2Middle English <Anglo-French -er, equivalent to Old French -er, -ier<Latin -ārius, -ārium.Cf. -ary, -eer, -ier2 Definition for er (6 of 13)-er3 a termination of nouns denoting action or process: dinner; rejoinder; remainder; trover. Origin of -er3<French, originally infinitive suffix -er, -re Definition for er (7 of 13)-er4 a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives: harder; smaller. Origin of -er4Middle English -er(e), -re,Old English -ra, -re; cognate with German -er Definition for er (8 of 13)-er5 a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs: faster. Origin of -er5Middle English -er(e), -re,Old English -or; cognate with Old High German -or,German -er Definition for er (9 of 13)-er6 a formal element appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning: flicker; flutter; shiver; shudder. Origin of -er6Middle English; Old English -r-; cognate with German -(e)r- Definition for er (10 of 13)-er7 a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable if polysyllabic, before application of the suffix, and which sometimes undergo other phonetic alterations: bed-sitter; footer; fresher; rugger. Most words formed thus have been limited to English public-school and university slang; few, if any, have become current in North America, with the exception of soccer, which has also lost its earlier informal character. Compare -ers. Origin of -er7probably modeled on nonagentive uses of -er1; said to have first become current in University College, Oxford, 1875–80 Definition for er (11 of 13)E.R.1 King Edward. Origin of E.R.1From New Latin Edwardus Rex Definition for er (12 of 13)E.R.2 Queen Elizabeth. Origin of E.R.2From New Latin Elizabeth Regina Definition for er (13 of 13)E.R.3 East Riding (Yorkshire). East River (New York City). emergency room. Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for er (1 of 6)er1 / (ə, ɜː) / interjectiona sound made when hesitating in speech British Dictionary definitions for er (2 of 6)er2 the internet domain name forEritrea British Dictionary definitions for er (3 of 6)Er the chemical symbol forerbium British Dictionary definitions for er (4 of 6)ER abbreviation for(in the US) Emergency Room (in hospitals) Elizabeth Regina Eduardus Rex Word Origin for ERLatin: Queen Elizabeth British Dictionary definitions for er (5 of 6)-er1 suffix forming nounsa person or thing that performs a specified actionreader; decanter; lighter a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etcwriter; baker; bootlegger a native or inhabitant ofislander; Londoner; villager a person or thing having a certain characteristicnewcomer; double-decker; fiver Word Origin for -erOld English -ere; related to German -er, Latin -ārius British Dictionary definitions for er (6 of 6)-er2 suffixforming the comparative degree of adjectives (deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs (faster, slower, etc) Word Origin for -erOld English -rd, -re (adj), -or (adv) Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Medical definitions for er (1 of 2)Er The symbol for the elementerbium Medical definitions for er (2 of 2)ER abbr.emergency room endoplasmic reticulum The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. Scientific definitions for erEr The symbol for erbium. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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