-ory

短语

suf. 构成名词作...用的东西：crematory; 构成名词...的地方：laboratory; 构成形容词...性质的,与...有关的：contradictory

发音

/-(ə)ɹi/

词形变化

-ories 复数

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Added to nouns and verbs (often Latinate) to form adjectives meaning “of”, “pertaining to”, or “serving for”.

    excrete + -ory → excretory

    sense + -ory → sensory

    statute + -ory → statutory

  2. 1.

    Added to nouns and verbs (often Latinate) to form nouns meaning “that which pertains to or serves for”.

    ambulate + -ory → ambulatory

    incense + -ory → incensory

    interrogate + -ory → interrogatory

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -tōriusder. Middle English -orie English -ory From Middle English -orie, from the Latin adjective suffix -tōrius. By surface analysis, -or + -y.

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