-ite

短语

[医]〔后缀〕意为矿、岩石及身体或器官的一部

发音

US /-aɪt/
/-aɪt/
UK /-aɪt/
/-ɪt/

词形变化

-ites 复数

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used to form nouns denoting followers or adherents of a specified person, idea, doctrine, movement, etc.

    贬义

    Adamsite, Campbellite, Jacobite, laborite, Mansonite, Reaganite, Thatcherite

  2. 2.

    Used to form nouns denoting descendants of a specified historical person, especially a biblical figure.

    Cainite, Ephraimite, Hamite, Japhetite, Lamanite

  3. 3.

    Used to form demonyms.

    印度 美国

    Brooklynite, Delhiite, Jerusalemite, Keralite, Kilgoreite, New Jerseyite, Seattleite, Seoulite, Sydneyite, Wisconsinite, Wyomingite; also see ashramite, hostelite

  4. 4.

    Used to form nouns denoting rocks or minerals.

    矿

    石

    andalusite, anorthosite, anthracite, erythrite, forsterite, graphite, hawleyite, titanite

  5. 5.

    Used to form nouns denoting fossil organisms.

    ammonite, belemnite

  6. 6.

    Used to form nouns denoting segments or components of the body or an organ of the body.

    生物

    dendrite, somite

  7. 7.

    Used to form nouns denoting the product of a specified process or a commercially manufactured product.

    Bakelite, cordite, dynamite, ebonite, metabolite, vulcanite

  8. 8.

    Used to form names of certain chemical compounds, especially salts or esters of acids whose name ends in -ous.

    化学

    bromite, chlorite, iodite, phosphite, sulfite

  9. 9.

    Used to form nouns for kinds, mostly from bases of Ancient Greek origin.

    罕用

    sporozoite, epizoite, troglobite, lychnobite

  10. 1.

    Forms adjectives.

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs)der. Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs)der. Latin -ītēsbor. French -iteder. English -ite From French -ite, from Old French, from Latin -ītēs, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της (-ī́tēs).

来源：wiktionary