-escence

短语

suf. [用以构成名词, 相当于形容词后缀-escent]表示变化, 状态, 动作, 过程

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A process of becoming (growing or increasing in the trait specified by the prefixed stem).

  2. 2.

    A specified process or state.

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin -escensder. English -escence From Latin -escens, form of -ēscō (“I become”).

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