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单词 -ous
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
-ous, suffix. 
  1. -ous is attached to roots to form adjectives with the meaning "possessing, full of (a given quality)'':glory + -ous → glorious; covet + -ous → covetous;nerve + -ous → nervous.
  2. -ous is also attached to roots to form adjectives referring to the names of chemical elements:stannous chloride, SnCl2.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
-ous, 
    1. 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 cannot be directly adapted into English (atrocious;
      contiguous;
      garrulous;
      obvious;
      stupendous
      ). As an adjective-forming suffix of neutral value, it regularly Anglicizes Greek and Latin adjectives derived without suffix from nouns and verbs;
      many such formations are productive combining forms in English, sometimes with a corresponding nominal combining form that has no suffix;
      cf.-fer, -ferous;
      -phore, -phorous;
      -pter, -pterous;
      -vore, -vorous.
       
    2. a suffix forming adjectival correspondents to the names of chemical elements;
      specialized, in opposition to like adjectives ending in -ic, to mean the lower of two possible valences (stannous chloride, SnCl2, and stannic chloride SnCl4).
    • Latin -ōsus; a doublet of -ose1
    • Anglo-French, Old French
    • Middle English

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-ous suffix forming adjectives
  1. having, full of, or characterized by: dangerous, spacious, languorous
  2. (in chemistry) indicating that an element is chemically combined in the lower of two possible valency states: ferrous, stannous
    Compare -ic
Etymology: from Old French, from Latin -ōsus or -us, Greek -os, adj suffixes
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
-ic, suffix. 
  1. -ic is attached to nouns to form adjectives with the meaning "of or relating to:''metal + -ic → metallic;poet + -ic → poetic.This suffix is also attached to nouns to form adjectives with the meaning "having some characteristics of;
    in the style of:'' ballet + -ic → balletic;
    sophomore + -ic → sophomoric;
    Byron + -ic → Byronic (= in the style of Byron).

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
-ic, 
    1. a suffix forming adjectives from other parts of speech, occurring originally in Greek and Latin loanwords (metallic;
      poetic;
      archaic;
      public
      ) and, on this model, used as an adjective-forming suffix with the particular senses "having some characteristics of '' (opposed to the simple attributive use of the base noun) (balletic;
      sophomoric
      );
      "in the style of '' (Byronic;
      Miltonic
      );
      "pertaining to a family of peoples or languages'' (Finnic;
      Semitic;
      Turkic
      ).
    2. [Chem.]a suffix, specialized in opposition to -ous, used to show the higher of two valences:ferric chloride.
    3. a noun suffix occurring chiefly in loanwords from Greek, where such words were originally adjectival (critic;
      magic;
      music
      ).
    • Latin -icus
    • French
    • Latin -icus; in many words representing the cognate Greek -ikos (directly or through Latin); in some words replacing -ique
    • Middle English -ic, -ik

IC, 
    1. Grammarpl. ICs. See immediate constituent. 
    2. Electronicsintegrated circuit.
    3. intensive care.

I.C., 
  1. ReligionJesus Christ.
  • Latin I(ēsus) C(hrīstus)

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