-ant

短语

suf. [构成形容词] 表示：进行...动作的,处于...状态的,促进...作用的：repentant, triumphant, expectorant; 有...的,显示...的,做...的：defiant, radiant; [构成名词]表示进行...动作的人,施行...作用者,...者(人或物):accountant, assistant, occupant

发音

/ənt/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    The agent noun derived from verb.

    医学

    serve → servant

  2. 2.

    An adjective corresponding to a noun in -ance, having the sense of "exhibiting (the condition or process described by the noun)".

  3. 3.

    An adjective derived from a verb, having the senses of: (a) "doing (the verbal action)", and/or (b) "prone/tending to do (the verbal action)".

    ascend → ascendant

    err → errant.

  4. 4.

    Alternative form of -and.

    blatant, blicant; flippant, old-farrant

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-onts Latin -ns Latin -āns Old French -antbor. Proto-Indo-European *-onts Proto-Germanic *-ndz Proto-West Germanic *-andī Old English -ende Middle English -ant English -ant From Middle English -ant, -aunt, partly from Old French -ant, from Latin -āns; and partly (in adjectival derivations) continuing Middle English -ant, a variant of -and, -end, from Old English -ende (present participle ending), see -and.

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