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

-er¹ /-ər/

suffix

Marks the agent (person or thing)
Designates people according to occupation (eg writer), or place of origin or abode (eg Londoner)

ORIGIN: OE -ere; some similar-looking words, eg grocer and officer, are from Fr -ier (L -arius)

suffix

Marks the comparative degree of some adjectives (longer) and some adverbs (faster)

ORIGIN: OE -ra (adj), and -or (adv)

interjection

Expressing hesitation

abbrev

symbol

Erbium

suffix

(esp in words derived from Latin and legal terms) denoting a person or thing that performs an action or function, as in actor, elevator

—In most words indicating an agent either -or is standard or -er is standard, but in some both endings are acceptable

ORIGIN: L -or or -ator

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