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词根词缀:-able

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; expressing capacity, fitness to do that which can be handled or managed, suitable skills to accomplish something; capable of being done, something which can be finished, etc.

【相关描述】A suffix that forms adjectives. The suffix -ible has related meanings; expressing ability, capacity, fitness; capable of, fit for, able to be done, can be done, inclined to, tending to, given to.

This list is only a small sample of the thousands of -able words that exist in English.

【同源单词】abdicable, -able, abolishable, abominable, abradable, acceptable

词根词缀:circum-

【来源及含义】Latin: around, about, surrounding, closed curve, circling, circular on all sides; literally, "in a circle"

【相关词根词缀】 Related "around, round, surrounding" units: ambi-; ampho-; circ-; cyclo-, -cycle; gyro-; peri-.

【同源单词】Antarctic Circumpolar Current, circuit, circuitous, circuitously, circuitousness, circuitry

词根词缀:nav-

【来源及含义】Latin: ship, ships; sailor

【同源单词】bionavigate, bionavigation, circumnavigable, circumnavigate, circumnavigation, circumnavigator