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单词 -dom
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
-dom, suffix. 
  1. -dom is attached to some nouns and adjectives to form nouns, with the meanings:
    • domain or area ruled: king + -dom → kingdom (= area a king rules).
    • collection of persons: official + -dom → officialdom (= a collection of officials).
    • rank: earl + -dom → earldom (= the rank or position of an earl).
    • general condition: free + -dom → freedom (= general condition of being free).

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
-dom suffix forming nouns
  1. state or condition: freedom, martyrdom
  2. rank or office: earldom
  3. domain: kingdom, Christendom
  4. a collection of persons: officialdom
Etymology: Old English -dōm
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
dom  (dom; for 2 also Port.n),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. (sometimes cap.) a title of a monk in the Benedictine, Carthusian, Cistercian, and certain other monastic orders.
  2. (usually cap.) a Portuguese title affixed to a man's given name;
    Sir: formerly a title of certain dignitaries.
  • short for Latin dominus lord, master 1710–20

Dom  (dom),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. a male given name, form of Dominic. 

-dom, 
  1. a suffix forming nouns which refer to domain (kingdom), collection of persons (officialdom), rank or station (earldom), or general condition (freedom).
  • Middle English; Old English -dōm; cognate with Old Norse -dōmr, German -tum; see doom

Dom., 
    1. Dominica.
    2. Dominican.

dom., 
    1. domain.
    2. domestic.
    3. dominant.
    4. dominion.

D.O.M., 
  1. Foreign Termsto God, the Best, the Greatest.
  • Latin Deō Optimō Maximō

d.o.m., [Slang.]
  1. dirty old man.

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