-z

短语

释义与例句

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  1. 1.

    Used as a substitute for -s in marking the plural of nouns. Usually used in words in which the -s suffix is actually pronounced /z/.

    幽默 俚语

    Boyz are always trouble.

    He lovez me.

  2. 1.

    Forms nicknames, especially of personal names.

    澳大利亚 新西兰 英国

    Barry + -z → Baz

    Sharon + -z → Shaz

    Jeremy + -z → Jez

  3. 2.

    Forms colloquial variants of words.

    英国

    sorry + -z → soz

    tomorrow + -z → tomoz

    apparently + -z → appaz

词源

An eye dialect spelling variant of -s.

来源:wiktionary