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-worthy
suff.（后缀）
  1. Of sufficient worth for:
    表示“值得的，足以胜任的”：
    creditworthy.
    值得信赖的
  2. Suitable or safe for:
    表示“适合或免于的”：
    crashworthy.
    防撞的

语源
  1. From worthy
    源自 worthy

-worthy

1
a combining form of worthy, occurring in adjectives that have the general sense “deserving of, fit for” (blameworthy; newsworthy; noteworthy; trustworthy), “capable of travel in or on” (airworthy; roadworthy; seaworthy), as specified by the first word of the compound.

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-worthy1. a suffix meaning 'worthy of', 'fit for' or 'approved for': ◆ trustworthy; ◆ seaworthy; ◆ roadworthy.
2. Colloquial a suffix indicating a tendency to produce a specified reaction: ◆ droolworthy; ◆ cringeworthy.
-worthy
adjective combining form
1. fit or safe for
    a seaworthy vessel
2. of sufficient worth for
    a newsworthy event
-worthy
/ˈwɜːðɪ/  
combining form
deserving of a specified thing
表示“值得…的”, “该…的”：

newsworthy.

■  suitable or fit for a specified thing
表示“适于…的”, “宜于…的”：

roadworthy.

词源
from WORTHY.
-worthythe adjective employed as a second element in a number of compounds, of which only a few have come into regular use, as blame-, note-, praise-, sea-worthy. The earliest instances, occurring in the 13th century, are later variants of forms in -wurthe (OE. -wyrðe), as dere-, luve-, stalworthi for earlier derewurthe, etc., = OE. déor- and stælwyrðe. Other OE. examples, as nytwyrðe, are not represented in ME., and there is app. no direct connexion between OE. þancwyrðe and the late ME. thankworthy. Of new formations the 13th cent. affords deathworthy, the 14th blame- and thankworthy, and the 15th sale-worthy; the 16th adds faith-, honour-, praise-, note-, fault-, and name-worthy, and the 17th worship-, wonder-, scorn-, fame-, laugh-, and labour-worthy. The common sea-worthy is not recorded before 1807, and more recent formations include mark-, song-, battle-worthy, and irregularly from verb-stems, teach- and paint-worthy.
-worthy /ˈwə:ði/ suffix.
ORIGIN: from worthy adjective.
Forming adjectives from nouns, with the senses ‘deserving of’, ‘suitable or fit for’, as blameworthy, newsworthy, roadworthy, trustworthy.

-worthy

Suffix

  1. Of sufficient worth for; deserving of.
    Example: creditworthy, respectworthy
  2. Suitable or safe for; capable of enduring or able to bear; able to withstand.
    Examples: airworthy; seaworthy; lifeworthy; crashworthy; stormworthy
  3. Able to be; fit to be; -able.
    Example: trustworthy
  4. Having the right, power, permission, or freedom to.
    Example: fareworthy

Etymology

Partly from worthy (combining form), and partly continuing Middle English -wurthe (“-able”), from Old English -wierþe (“-able”), from Proto-Germanic *werþijaz (“worthy”), from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to turn, bend”). Cognate with Dutch -waardig (“-worthy”), German -würdig (“-worthy”).

Derived terms

English words suffixed with -worthy


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