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

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-er suffix forming nouns

a person or thing that performs a specified action: reader, decanter, lighter
a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etc: writer, baker, bootlegger
a native or inhabitant of: islander, Londoner, villager
a person or thing having a certain characteristic: newcomer, double-decker, fiver

Etymology: Old English -ere; related to German -er, Latin -ārius

-er suffix

forming the comparative degree of adjectives (deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs (faster, slower, etc)

Etymology: Old English -rd, -re (adj), -or (adv)

er interj.

(used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.).

ER ,

efficiency report.
See emergency room.

Er ,[Symbol, Chem.]

Chemistryerbium.

-er¹ ,

a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter;
tiler;
tinner;
moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander;
southerner;
villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (six-footer;
three-master;
teetotaler;
fiver;
tenner).
a suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin (bearer;
creeper;
employer;
harvester;
teacher;
theorizer). Cf. -ier¹, -yer.

Gmc *-warioz people
Latin -ārius -ary) and Old English -ware forming nouns of ethnic or residential origin, originally (as Rōmware Romans), cognate with Old High German -āri
Gmc *-arjaz ( Slavic *-arĭ)
Middle English -er(e), a coalescence of Old English -ere agentive suffix (cognate with Old High German -āri, Gothic -areis

-er² ,

a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations (archer;
butcher;
butler;
carpenter;
grocer;
mariner;
officer), but also other nouns (corner;
danger;
primer). Some historical instances of this suffix, as in banker or gardener, where the base is a recognizable modern English word, are now indistinguishable from denominal formations with -er¹, as miller or potter.

Latin -ārius, -ārium. Compare -ary, -eer, -ier²
Anglo-French -er, equivalent. to Old French -er, -ier
Middle English

-er³ ,

a termination of nouns denoting action or process:dinner; remainder;trover.

French, origin, originally infinitive suffix -er, -re

-er⁴ ,

a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives:harder; smaller.

cognate with German -er Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -ra, -re

-er⁵ ,

a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs:faster.

cognate with Old High German -or, German -er Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -or

-er⁶ ,

a formal element appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning:flicker; shiver;shudder.

Middle English; Old English -r-; cognate with German -(e)r-

-er⁷ ,

a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable if polysyllabic, before application of the suffix, and which sometimes undergo other phonetic alterations:bed-sitter; fresher;rugger.Most words formed thus have been limited to English public-school and university slang;
few, if any, have become current in North America, with the exception of soccer, which has also lost its earlier informal character. Cf. -ers.

said to have first become current in University College, Oxford, 1875–80 probably modeled on nonagentive uses of -er¹

E.R. ,

Place NamesEast Riding (Yorkshire).
Place NamesEast River (New York City).
King Edward.

Neo-Latin Edwardus Rex

Queen Elizabeth.

Neo-Latin Edwardus Rex

See emergency room.

单词	-er
释义	Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: -er suffix forming nouns a person or thing that performs a specified action: reader, decanter, lighter a person engaged in a profession, occupation, etc: writer, baker, bootlegger a native or inhabitant of: islander, Londoner, villager a person or thing having a certain characteristic: newcomer, double-decker, fiver Etymology: Old English -ere; related to German -er, Latin -ārius -er suffix forming the comparative degree of adjectives (deeper, freer, sunnier, etc) and adverbs (faster, slower, etc) Etymology: Old English -rd, -re (adj), -or (adv) WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024 er (ə, ər),USA pronunciation interj. (used to express or represent a pause, hesitation, uncertainty, etc.). ER , efficiency report. See emergency room. Er ,[Symbol, Chem.] Chemistryerbium. -er¹ , a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupation or labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance (six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner). a suffix serving as the regular English formative of agent nouns, being attached to verbs of any origin (bearer; creeper; employer; harvester; teacher; theorizer). Cf. -ier¹, -yer. Gmc *-warioz people Latin -ārius -ary) and Old English -ware forming nouns of ethnic or residential origin, originally (as Rōmware Romans), cognate with Old High German -āri Gmc *-arjaz ( Slavic *-arĭ) Middle English -er(e), a coalescence of Old English -ere agentive suffix (cognate with Old High German -āri, Gothic -areis -er² , a noun suffix occurring in loanwords from French in the Middle English period, most often names of occupations (archer; butcher; butler; carpenter; grocer; mariner; officer), but also other nouns (corner; danger; primer). Some historical instances of this suffix, as in banker or gardener, where the base is a recognizable modern English word, are now indistinguishable from denominal formations with -er¹, as miller or potter. Latin -ārius, -ārium. Compare -ary, -eer, -ier² Anglo-French -er, equivalent. to Old French -er, -ier Middle English -er³ , a termination of nouns denoting action or process:dinner; remainder;trover. French, origin, originally infinitive suffix -er, -re -er⁴ , a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adjectives:harder; smaller. cognate with German -er Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -ra, -re -er⁵ , a suffix regularly used in forming the comparative degree of adverbs:faster. cognate with Old High German -or, German -er Middle English -er(e), -re, Old English -or -er⁶ , a formal element appearing in verbs having frequentative meaning:flicker; shiver;shudder. Middle English; Old English -r-; cognate with German -(e)r- -er⁷ , a suffix that creates informal or jocular mutations of more neutral words, which are typically clipped to a single syllable if polysyllabic, before application of the suffix, and which sometimes undergo other phonetic alterations:bed-sitter; fresher;rugger.Most words formed thus have been limited to English public-school and university slang; few, if any, have become current in North America, with the exception of soccer, which has also lost its earlier informal character. Cf. -ers. said to have first become current in University College, Oxford, 1875–80 probably modeled on nonagentive uses of -er¹ E.R. , Place NamesEast Riding (Yorkshire). Place NamesEast River (New York City). King Edward. Neo-Latin Edwardus Rex Queen Elizabeth. Neo-Latin Edwardus Rex See emergency room.
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