| 单词 | -er |
| 释义 | -er 1. suffix forming nouns from nouns, adjectives, and many verbs, denoting: 1. a person, animal, or thing that performs a specified action or activity (cobbler; lover; executioner; poker; computer; eye-opener). 2. a person or thing that has a specified attribute or form (foreigner; four-wheeler; second-rater). 3. a person concerned with a specified thing or subject (hatter; geographer). 4. a person belonging to a specified place or group (villager; New Zealander; sixth-former). Etymology: orig. 'one who has to do with': OE -ere f. Gmc 2. suffix forming the comparative of adjectives (wider; hotter) and adverbs (faster). Etymology: OE -ra (adj.), -or (adv.) f. Gmc 3. suffix used in slang formations usu. distorting the root word (rugger; soccer). Etymology: prob. an extension of -ER(1) 4. suffix forming iterative and frequentative verbs (blunder; glimmer; twitter). Etymology: OE -erian, -rian f. Gmc 5. suffix. 1. forming nouns and adjectives through OF or AF, corresponding to: a L -aris (sampler) (cf. -AR(1)). b L -arius, -arium (butler; carpenter; danger). c (through OF -e{uuml}re) L -atura or (through OF -e{ouml}r) L -atorium (see COUNTER(1), FRITTER(2)). 2. = -OR. 6. suffix esp. Law forming nouns denoting verbal action or a document effecting this (cesser; disclaimer; misnomer). Usage The same ending occurs in dinner and supper. Etymology: AF infin. ending of verbs |
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