-ful

短语

suff. 表示充满...的；表示有...倾向的；表示有...性质的；表示充满...的量

发音

US /fʊl/

词形变化

more -ful 比较级 most -ful 最高级 -fuls 复数 -sful 复数

别名

-full ⠰⠇

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form adjectives from nouns, with the sense of being full of, tending to, or thoroughly possessing the quality expressed by the noun.

    sin + -ful → sinful

  2. 1.

    Used to form nouns from nouns meaning “as much as can be held by what is denoted by the noun”

    bowl + -ful → bowlful

    hand + -ful → handful

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁- Proto-Indo-European *-nós Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós Proto-Germanic *fullaz Proto-Germanic *-fullaz Old English -ful Middle English -ful English -ful Inherited from Middle English -ful, -full, from Old English -ful, -full (“full of; -ful”), from Proto-Germanic *-fullaz (“-ful”), from Proto-Germanic *fullaz (“full”); see full. Cognate with Scots -fu, Saterland Frisian -ful (“-ful”), West Frisian -fol (“-ful”), Dutch -vol (“-ful”), German -voll (“-ful”), Swedish -full (“-ful”), Danish -fuld (“-ful”), Icelandic -fullur, -fyllur (“-ful”).

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