-hood

短语

…的状态（或性质）

发音

其它 /hʊd/

词形变化

-hoods 复数 -hoods

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.

    可数 不可数

    child + -hood → childhood

  2. 2.

    A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.

    全体

    可数 不可数

    brother + -hood → brotherhood

    neighbour + -hood → neighbourhood

词源

From Middle English -hode, from Old English -hād, from Proto-West Germanic *-haidu, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (compare -head). Cognate with German -heit, -keit, Dutch -heid, Afrikaans -heid, Swedish -het, Elfdalian -iet, Norwegian Bokmål -het, Norwegian Nynorsk -heit, Danish -hed. The Swedish, Elfdalian, Norwegian and Danish endings were borrowed from Middle Low German.

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