单词 | -ish |
释义 | -ish From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Nationality & race-ish-ish /ɪʃ/ suffix1 [in nouns]SAN the people or language of a particular country or place Are the British unfriendly? learning to speak Turkish She’s Swedish.2 [in adjectives]SAN of a particular place (=from Spain) Spanish food 3 [in adjectives]TYPICAL typical of or like a particular type of person (=typical of a fool) foolish behaviour (=do not behave like a child) Don’t be so childish! snobbish4 [in adjectives]DISAPPROVE the ending of some adjectives that show disapproval selfish5 [in adjectives]SMALL rather SYN quite (=not very young, but not old either) youngish tallish reddish hair6 [in adjectives] spokenAPPROXIMATELY approximately (=at about eight o'clock). We’ll expect you around eightish (=about 40 years old). He’s fortyish Examples from the Corpus-ish• childish• foolish behavior• the Amish people• the BritishOrigin -ish Old English -isc |
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