-phore
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Bearer; carrier:
表示“拥有者，运送者”：
chromatophore.
色素细胞
语源
- From Greek -phoros [bearing]
源自 希腊语 -phoros [支撑物] - from pherein [to carry] * see bher- 1
源自 pherein [运送，负载] *参见 bher- 1
-phore
combining form in countable noun
indicating a person or thing that bears or produces
⇒
gonophore
⇒
semaphore
Derived Forms
-phorous combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing, from pherein to bear-phore
Word Origin
1
a combining form meaning “bearer of,” “thing or part bearing” that specified by the initial element:
gonophore.
Compare -phorous.
Origin
< New Latin -phorus < Greek -phoros bearing, verbid of phérein; see bear1
Related Words
- -phorous
- aerophore
- androphore
- anthophore
- carpophore
- chromatophore
-phorea word element forming a noun termination meaning 'bearer', 'thing or part bearing (something)', as in anthophore, gonophore, ommatophore.
[New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros bearing. Compare French -phore]-phore
noun combining form
gametophore
noun combining form
ETYMOLOGY New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros, from -phoros (adjective combining form) carrying, from pherein to carry — more at bear
: carriergametophore
-phore
combining form
- denoting an agent or bearer of a specified thing表示“负荷物”, “运载体”：
-
ionophore
semaphore.
派生词
-phorous combining form
in corresponding adjectives
［用于相应的形容词］。
词源
from modern Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros, -phoron 'bearing, bearer', from pherein 'to bear'.
ORIGIN: Modern Latin -phorus from Greek -phoros , -phoron bearing, bearer, from pherein bear.
-phore
combining form. a thing that bears, or carries _____: Oophore = a structure that bears eggs. Semaphore = an apparatus that carries signaling devices.
[< Greek -phóros < phérein to bear, carry]
-phore
noun combining form
or -phor\ˌfō(ə)r, ˌfȯ(ə)r, -ōə, -ȯ(ə)\
(-s)
Etymology: New Latin -phorus, from Greek -phoros, from pherein to carry — more at bear
: carrier
< chromophore >
< ctenophore >
< gametophore >
< luminophor >
< semaphore >
or -phor
< chromophore >
< ctenophore >
< gametophore >
< luminophor >
< semaphore >
-phore-phor
Suffix
- Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
Etymology
From New Latin -phorus, from Ancient Greek -φορος (-phoros, “bearing”), a derivative of φέρειν (phérein, “to bear, to carry”)
Derived terms
English words suffixed with -phore