后缀:-esque [形容词后缀]
表示如...的、...式的、派的、...风的
picturesque 如画的
arabesque 阿拉伯式的
gigantesque 如巨人的
gardenesque 如花园的
robotesque 机器人似的
statuesque 如雕像的
Japanesque 日本式的
lionesque 如狮的,凶猛的
Disneyesque 迪斯尼式的
Romanesque 罗马式的
Dantesque 但丁派的
Zolaesque 左拉风格的
词根词缀:-esque
【来源及含义】from Proto-Germanic -iskaz, Vulgar Latin -iscus, Italian -esco, and then French -esque: a suffix forming adjuectives and indicating "resemblance, style, manner, or distinctive character, etc., of"
【同源单词】arabesque, arboresque, Bunyanesque, burlesque, centauresque, gigantesque
词根词缀:sesqui-
【来源及含义】Latin: one and a half; normally used as a prefix; from Latin, semis “half” + que “and”
【相关描述】In chemistry, three atoms or equivalents of the [specified] element or radical are combined with two of another, as in iron sesquioxide, Fe 2O3. Also defined as the proportion of two (of one radical or element) to three (of another).
【同源单词】hippopotomonstrosesquipedalian, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism, hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianist, hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia, hyperpolysyllabicsesquipedalianist, sesquialteral
词根词缀:squam-
【来源及含义】Latin: scale; like scales
【同源单词】Annona squamosa, basosquamous carcinoma, blepharitis squamosa, desquamation, desquamative, papulosquamous