单词 | -id |
释义 | -id 1. suffix forming adjectives (arid; rapid). Etymology: F -ide f. L -idus 2. suffix forming nouns:   1. general (pyramid).   2. Biol. of structural constituents (plastid).   3. Bot. of a plant belonging to a family with a name in -aceae (orchid). Etymology: from or after F -ide f. L -is -idis f. Gk -is -ida or -idos 3. suffix forming nouns denoting:   1. Zool. an animal belonging to a family with a name in -idae or a class with a name in -ida (canid; arachnid).   2. a member of a person's family (Seleucid from Seleucus).   3. Astron. a a meteor in a group radiating from a specified constellation (Leonid from Leo). b a star of a class like one in a specified constellation (cepheid). Etymology: from or after L -ides, pl. -idae or -ida 4. suffix esp. US var. of -IDE. |
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