-ard

短语

suf. 表示沉湎于...的人,过于...的人:drunkard,sluggard

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Someone who is in a specified condition (“pejorative agent suffix”).

    drunk + -ard → drunkard

    dull + -ard → dullard

    wise + -ard → wizard

词源

From Middle English -ard, from Old French -ard (suffix), from Frankish *-hard (“hardy, bold”), from Proto-Germanic *harduz (“hard”). Cognate with Middle High German -hart. More at hard.

来源:wiktionary