-ics
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Science; art; study; knowledge; skill:
科学；艺术；研究；知识；技能：
graphics.
图形学 - Actions, activities, or practices of:
某事的行动、行为或实践：
athletics.
运动 - Qualities or operations of:
某物的性质或某事的实施：
mechanics.
机械性
语源
- -ic
-ic - -s 1 translation of Greek -ika from neuter pl. of -ikos [adj. suff]
-s1 希腊语 -ika的翻译 源自 -ikos的中性复数 [形容词后缀]
-ics
suffix forming nouns (functioning as singular)
indicating a science, art, or matters relating to a particular subject
⇒
aeronautics
⇒
politics
indicating certain activities or practices
⇒
acrobatics
Origin
plural of -ic, representing Latin -ica, from Greek -ika, as in mathēmatika mathematics-ics
Word Origin
1
a suffix of nouns that denote a body of facts, knowledge, principles, etc., usually corresponding to adjectives ending in -ic, or -ical: ethics; physics; politics; tactics.
Origin
plural of -ic, representing Latin -ica (< Greek -ika, neuter plural of -ikos), as in rhētórica (plural) rhetoric book
Usage note
Nouns ending in -ics that name fields of study, sciences, arts, professions, or the like are usually not preceded by an article and are used with a singular verb: Acoustics (the science) deals with sound. Politics (the art of government) fascinates me. In certain uses, often when preceded by a determiner like the, his, her, or their, most of these nouns can take a plural verb: The acoustics (the sound-reflecting qualities) of the hall are splendid. Their politics (political opinions) have antagonized everyone.
Related Words
- ergonomics
- phenetics
- -iatrics
- -istic
- -istics
- -metrics
-icsa suffix of nouns, originally plural as denoting things relating to a particular subject, but now mostly used as singular as denoting the body of matters, facts, knowledge, principles, etc., relating to a subject, and hence a science or art, as in ethics, physics, politics, tactics.
[plural of -ic; originally representing Greek -ika (in Latin -ica), neuter plural adjectival suffix meaning (things) relating to]-ics
noun plural suffix but singular or plural in construction
linguistics
electronics
2. characteristic actions or activities
acrobatics
3. characteristic qualities, operations, or phenomena
mechanics
noun plural suffix but singular or plural in construction
ETYMOLOGY -ic (I) + -s (I); translation of Greek -ika, from neuter plural of -ikos -ic
1. study : knowledge : skill : practicelinguistics
electronics
2. characteristic actions or activities
acrobatics
3. characteristic qualities, operations, or phenomena
mechanics
-ics
suffix
- (forming nouns) denoting arts or sciences, branches of study or action［构成名词］表示“…学”; “…术”：
-
classics
politics.
USAGEA noun ending in -ics meaning 'a subject of study or branch of knowledge' will usually take a singular rather than a plural verb, e.g. politics is a blood sport; classics is hardly studied at all these days. However, the same word may take a plural verb in cases where the sense is plural： many of the classics were formerly regarded with disdain.
词源
from French -iques, Latin -ica, or Greek -ika, plural forms.
-ics
in the names of sciences or disciplines (acoustics, aerobics, economics, etc.) it represents a 16c. revival of the classical custom of using the neuter plural of adjectives with -ikos (see -ic) to mean "matters relevant to" and also as the titles of treatises about them. Subject matters that acquired their names in English before c.1500, however, tend to remain in singular (such as arithmetic, logic).
ORIGIN: from -ic -s 1French -iques , Medieval Latin -ica , Greek -ika : in earliest use in names of treatises.
-ics
suffix.
a body of facts or principles; a system of thought; a science or field of study, as in optics, aesthetics, metaphysics, genetics.
a system or a method of action; art or practice, as in tactics, gymnastics, geodetics, ceramics.
[originally plural of -ic < Latin -ica < Greek -iká, neuter plural, matters having to do with]
I.C.S.
British. Indian Civil Service.
U.S. International Correspondence School.
-ics
\(ˌ)iks, _ēks\ noun plural suffix but singular or plural in construction
Etymology: -ic (as in arithmetic) + -s; after Greek plural nouns ending in -ika, as mathēmatika mathematics
1. usually singular in construction : study : knowledge : skill : practice
< optics >
< linguistics >
< pediatrics >
< homiletics >
2. usually singular in construction : systematic formulation : treatise
< economics >
< politics >
3. usually plural in construction : characteristic actions or activities
< heroics >
< hysterics >
< gymnastics >
4. usually plural in construction : characteristic qualities, operations, or phenomena
< acoustics >
< mechanics >
< phonetics >
1. usually singular in construction
< optics >
< linguistics >
< pediatrics >
< homiletics >
2. usually singular in construction
< economics >
< politics >
3. usually plural in construction
< heroics >
< hysterics >
< gymnastics >
4. usually plural in construction
< acoustics >
< mechanics >
< phonetics >
-ics
Suffix
- Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or practice.
- Forms nouns relating to activities
Etymology
-ic (related or pertaining to)
Synonyms
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -ics
Related terms
后缀：-ics [名词后缀]
表示“...。学”、“...术”
informatics 信息学
electronics 电子学
mechanics 机械学
politics 政治学
nucleonics 核子学
hygienics 卫生学
oceanics 海洋学
atomics 原子工艺学
drmatics 演剧技术
acrobatics 杂技
magnetics 磁学
astronautics 太空学
pedagogics 教育学