-escent

短语

suf. [用以构成形容词, 词义相当于词尾为-esce 的动词和以-escence 结尾的名词]表示：“在…过程中”, “开始发生”, “开始成为”,“发光的”, “反光的”

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    beginning to be; becoming

  2. 2.

    resembling

词源

From Latin -ēscēns, present participle of -ēscō (“I become”).

来源：wiktionary