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单词 infix
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Definition of infix in English:

infix

verb ɪnˈfɪksɪnˈfɪks
[with object]
  • 1Implant or insert firmly in something.

    the particles of mercury will infix themselves in the structure of the other metal
    it is a habit of thought deeply infixed in modern readers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The infixing structure is utilized to secure fixing of the lampshades at any position on the conducting support tubes.
    • Conventional dart tags were infixed on 1871 sailfish from 15 April 1996.
    Synonyms
    ground-in, fixed, infixed, planted, implanted, embedded
  • 2Grammar
    Insert (a formative element) into the body of a word.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A linguist enthusiastically explained to me that swearing is the only example of infixing in the English language and I was happy, for I had learned something.
    • You don't say like in English I talked - I will talk, but infixing, you have morphemes which are within the root.
    • The text which sparked this query to the List was an analysis of expletive infixing.
    Synonyms
    enter, put, introduce, incorporate, interpolate, interpose, interject, inset, build
nounˈɪnfɪksˈɪnˌfɪks
Grammar
  • A formative element inserted in a word.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The suffixes and infixes are organized under two headings: nouns, adjectives, and pronouns and verbs.
    • In the following table, we give the prefix and infix notations and the corresponding expansions.
    • After excluding unusual ones not used in modem Spanish, there are still about sixty derivatives for a single verb, and many of the transformation rules are irregular, both in suffixes and in infixes.
    • The infixes are fewer and less useful to you.
    • The case infixes are closely related to lexicon entries.

Derivatives

  • infixation

  • noun ɪnfɪkˈseɪʃ(ə)nˌɪnfɪkˈseɪʃən
    Grammar
    • The insertion of a formative element into the body of a word.

      active and passive voices of Kawi verbs are formally distinguished by affixation or infixation
      Example sentencesExamples
      • She seems not to know that there are hundreds of mentions of this phenomenon in the technical literature on phonology, the central work being John McCarthy's 1982 Language paper, ‘Prosodic structure and expletive infixation’.
      • I even take into account whether things are prefixes or suffixes (the famous problem you saw in your assignment, with Tagalog infixation).
      • I once heard ‘an entirely nother’, which disproves the infixation story.

Origin

Early 16th century: from Latin infix- 'fixed in', from the verb infigere, from in- 'into' + figere 'fasten', reinforced by in-2 'into' + fix. The noun is on the pattern of prefix and suffix.

 
 

Definition of infix in US English:

infix

verbinˈfiksɪnˈfɪks
[with object]
  • 1Implant or insert firmly in something.

    the particles of mercury will infix themselves in the structure of the other metal
    it is a habit of thought deeply infixed in modern readers
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Conventional dart tags were infixed on 1871 sailfish from 15 April 1996.
    • The infixing structure is utilized to secure fixing of the lampshades at any position on the conducting support tubes.
    Synonyms
    ground-in, fixed, infixed, planted, implanted, embedded
  • 2Grammar
    Insert (a formative element) into the body of a word.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • A linguist enthusiastically explained to me that swearing is the only example of infixing in the English language and I was happy, for I had learned something.
    • The text which sparked this query to the List was an analysis of expletive infixing.
    • You don't say like in English I talked - I will talk, but infixing, you have morphemes which are within the root.
    Synonyms
    enter, put, introduce, incorporate, interpolate, interpose, interject, inset, build
nounˈinˌfiksˈɪnˌfɪks
Grammar
  • A formative element inserted in a word.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • After excluding unusual ones not used in modem Spanish, there are still about sixty derivatives for a single verb, and many of the transformation rules are irregular, both in suffixes and in infixes.
    • The infixes are fewer and less useful to you.
    • In the following table, we give the prefix and infix notations and the corresponding expansions.
    • The suffixes and infixes are organized under two headings: nouns, adjectives, and pronouns and verbs.
    • The case infixes are closely related to lexicon entries.

Origin

Early 16th century: from Latin infix- ‘fixed in’, from the verb infigere, from in- ‘into’ + figere ‘fasten’, reinforced by in- ‘into’ + fix. The noun is on the pattern of prefix and suffix.

 
 
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