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单词 combining form
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
combining form′, 
  • Grammara linguistic form that occurs only in combination with other forms. In word formation, a combining form may conjoin with an independent word (mini- + skirt), another combining form (photo- + -graphy), or an affix (cephal- + -ic);
    it is thus distinct from an affix, which can be added to either a free word or a combining form but not solely to another affix (Iceland + -ic or cephal- + -ic but not pro- + -ic). There are three types of combining forms: (1) forms borrowed from Greek or Latin that are derivatives of independent nouns, adjectives, or verbs in those languages;
    these combining forms, used in the formation of learned coinages, often semantically parallel independent words in English (cf., for example, cardio- in relation to heart, -phile in relation to lover) and usually appear only in combination with other combining forms of Greek or Latin origin (bibliophile, not bookphile);
    (2) the compounding form of a free-standing English word;
    such a combining form usually has only a single, restricted sense of the free word, and may differ from the word phonetically. Cf. -proof, -wide, -worthy, -land, -man;
    (3) a form extracted from an existing free word and used as a bound form, typically maintaining the meaning of the free word, or some facet of it. Cf. heli-2, mini-, para- 3, -aholic, -gate, -orama. Note that the term "combining form'' does not specify placement before or after the element to which the form is attached. Cf. affix.
    • 1880–85

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    combining form n
    1. a linguistic element that occurs only as part of a compound word, such as anthropo- in anthropology
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