infix

vt. 钻进, 把...印入, 深植 n. 插入词, 中缀

发音

UK /ˈɪnfɪks/
UK /ɪnˈfɪks/
US /ˈɪnfɪks/
US /ɪnˈfɪks/

词形变化

infixes 复数 infixes infixed infixes 三单 infixing infixt infixing 现在分词 infixed 过去式 infixed 过去分词

别名

enfix

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An affix inserted inside a root, such as -ma- in English edumacation.

    语言学
  2. 2.

    A prefix that is not at the beginning of a word, such as the con- of reconcile, or a suffix that is not at the end of a word, such as the -al of nationality.

    中缀

    语言学
  3. 3.

    A prefix that always occurs in the position immediately before the verb root, and which may in turn be preceded by other prefixes.

    过时 语言学
  4. 4.

    Synonym of interfix.

    语言学
v.
  1. 1.

    To set; to fasten or fix by piercing or thrusting in.

    古体 及物

    to infix a sting, spear, or dart

    The fatal Dart a ready Passage found, And deep within his Heart infix’d the Wound:

  2. 2.

    To instill.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To insert a morpheme inside an existing word.

    及物 语言学

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

affix
动词

同义词 3

introduce enter insert

上位词 2

attach affix

下位词 10

plant sandwich connect transplant input penetrate implant graft intubate instill

相关短语

infix notation [计] 中缀表示法 infix operator [计] 中缀运算符 infix operators

词源

Back-formation from Middle English infixed (“stuck in”), from Latin infixus, past participle of infigō (“to fasten in”).

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