-ster

短语

suf. 制造...的人,使用...的人：punster, songster; 做...的, 操作...的人, 从事...的人：teamster; 表示; 与...有关者参考...的人：gangster

词形变化

-sters 复数 -sters -stress

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Someone who is, or who is associated with, or who does something specified.

  2. 2.

    A diminutive appended to a person's name.

    幽默 冒犯

    1992, Russell Baker, "Observer; Pretty Good Read" (review of What It Takes by Richard Ben Cramer), New York Times, 25 Jul., Cramer's exploration of the hearts, minds and souls of America's ambition-crazed Presidential candidates moves ahead at a pace that feels childishly frantic . . . . This is not just because it keeps referring to Senator Robert Dole as "the Bobster."

词源

From Middle English -estere, -ester, from Old English -estre (“-ster”, feminine agent suffix), from Proto-West Germanic *-astrijā, of disputed origin. Cognate with Middle Low German -ester, Dutch -ster.

来源：wiktionary