-bury

短语

发音

UK /-bɹi/
其它
UK /-bəɹi/
其它
UK /-bɹɪ/
UK /-bəɹɪ/
NZ /-bɹi/
NZ /-bɘɹi/

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A placename suffix indicating a fortified place.

词源

From Old English byriġ, the dative case of burg (“fortified place”) (whence borough); doublet of -borough and -burg. Due to the collapse of the case system between Old and Middle English, many placenames retain a fossilized dative form, as places would most commonly have been invoked in the dative (after a preposition in, at, to etc.).

来源:wiktionary