-icle

短语

别名

-culus -culum -cule -ule -ole

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Alternative form of -sicle.

    罕用

    brinicle, limicle, rusticle, snoticle

  2. 1.

    Used to form diminutive nouns.

    thesis + -icle → thesicle

词源

From a back-formation of icicle, the second element of which ultimately from Old English ġicel (“icicle, ice”). More at icicle, ickle.

来源：wiktionary