英语词汇“-er”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	-er
释义	-er I. \ə(r), after some vowels (ə)r in R speech, after ŋ gə(r) (but after ŋ -er II is ə(r))\ adjective suffix or adverb suffix Etymology: Middle English -er, -ere, -re, from Old English -ra (in adjectives), -or (in adverbs); akin to comparative suffixes Old High German -iro, -ōro (in adjectives), -ōr (in adverbs), Old Norse -ri, -ari (in adjectives), -r, -ar (in adverbs), Gothic -iza, -oza (in adjectives), -is, -os (in adverbs), Latin -ior (in adjectives), Greek -iōn (in adjectives), Sanskrit -īyas (in adjectives) — used to form the comparative degree of adjectives and adverbs of one syllable < hotter > < drier > < later > < sooner > < colder > and of certain adjectives and adverbs of two syllables < abler > < completer > < gentlier > < happier > < yellower > and sometimes of longer ones; regularly accompanied by coalescence with final e of the base word, change of final postconsonantal y of the base word to i, or doubling of the final consonant of the base word immediately after a short stressed vowel — compare more II II. \ə(r) — compare -er I\ noun suffix also -ier \ēə(r), yə(r)\; or -yer \yə(r)\ (-s) Etymology: Middle English -er, -ere, from Old English -ere; akin to Dutch & German -er, Old High German -āri, Old Norse -ari, Gothic -areis; all from a prehistoric Germanic suffix borrowed from Latin -arius ¹-ary; in sense 1, partly from Middle English -er, -ier, -ere, -iere, from Anglo-French -er, -ere & Old French -ier, -iere, from Latin -arius, -aria, -arium ¹-ary; in sense 2, partly from Middle English -er, -ere, from Middle French -ere, from Latin -ator (suffix denoting an agent) — more at -ary, -or 1. a. : person occupationally connected with < hatter > < jailer > < furrier > < hosier > < lawyer > b. : person or thing belonging to, related to, or associated with < header > < old-timer > < high schooler > c. : native of : resident of : one coming from < cottager > < Londoner > < Marylander > < New Yorker > d. : one that has < three-decker > < the baby is a ten-pounder > e. : one that produces or yields < porker > < vealer > < wooler > 2. a. : one that does or performs (a specified action) < maker > < player > < reporter > < transformer > < range finder > — sometimes added to both elements of a compound < builder-upper > < tryer-outer > b. : one that is a suitable object of (a specified action) < broiler > < fryer > 3. : one that is < foreigner > < goner > < westerner > < down-and-outer > — -yer in a small number of words after w, -ier in a small number of words after other letters, otherwise -er; -er and -ier regularly accompanied by doubling of the final consonant of the base word immediately after a short stressed vowel, -ier regularly accompanied by omission of final e of the base word, -er regularly accompanied by coalescence with final e of the base word and sometimes accompanied by change of final postconsonantal y of the base word to i < flier > < flyer >
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