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词汇 -uous
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-uous|juːəs|a compound suffix, repr. L. -uōs-us (-a, -um), OF. or AF. -uous, -uos (F. -ueux), occurring in a number of adoptions from L. (or F.), as fructuous, halituous, impetuous, monstruous, portentuous, sumptuous, tempestuous, virtuous; and hence by analogy employed with the sense ‘of the nature of, consisting of’ in a few E. formations on L. stems, as ambiguous (1528–), strenuous (1599–), subsiduous (1490), torrentuous (1840–).By assimilation, OE. rihtwís (‘righteous’) became rightuous in the 15–16th c.
-uous /ˈju:əs/ suffix.
ORIGIN: Repr. Latin -uosus, Anglo-Norman, Old French -uous, uos (French -ueux): cf. -ious, -ous.
Forming adjectives from or after Latin or French, with the sense ‘characterized by, of the nature of, consisting of, having much or many’, as ambiguous, portentous, tempestuous, tortuous.

后缀:-uous [形容词后缀]

表示有...性质的,属于...的、有...的,同-ous

sensuous 感觉上的

assiduous 刻苦的

innocuous 无害的

conspicuous 明显的

ambiguous 两可的

contemptuous 轻视的

flexuous 弯弯曲曲的

promiscuous 杂乱的,混杂的


词根词缀:-uous

【来源及含义】Latin: a suffix; tending to, inclined to

【同源单词】ambiguous, assiduous, bilinguous, conspicuous, contemptuous, continuous

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