-tropic

短语

[医]〔后缀〕向…的, 亲…的

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Turning or changing.

  2. 2.

    Affecting or attracted to the thing specified.

    psycho- (“mind”) + -tropic (“altering”) → psychotropic (“mind-altering”)

词源

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *trep-der. Ancient Greek τρέπω (trépō) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Ancient Greek -ᾱ (-ā) Ancient Greek -η (-ē) Ancient Greek τροπή (tropḗ) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós) Ancient Greek τροπῐκός (tropĭkós)bor. English -tropic Borrowed from Ancient Greek τροπικός (tropikós, “of or pertaining to a turn or change; or the solstice; or a trope or figure; tropic; tropical; etc.”), from τροπή (tropḗ, “turn; solstice; trope”). Compare trope and tropic.

来源：wiktionary