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(用于名詞后構(gòu)成形容詞)表示“有…特性的”
-y is added to nouns in order to form adjectives that describe something or someone as having the characteristics of what the noun refers to.
例句
...a smoky pub.
煙霧繚繞的酒館
...juicy red berries...
新鮮多汁的紅色漿果
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(用于顏色詞后構(gòu)成形容詞)表示“大致…色的”,“略帶…色的”
-y is added to colours in order to form adjectives that describe something as being roughly that colour or having some of that colour in it.
例句
...a rich, reddy, brown wood...
偏紅色的深棕色木頭
Her eyes were a bluey-green colour.
她的眼睛是藍(lán)綠色的。
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SUFFIX
(用于名稱或名詞后,表示喜愛(ài)或親昵)
-y is added to a name or a noun in order to give it a more affectionate or familiar form.
例句
'How are you, Mikey?'...
“你好嗎,小邁克?”
Move the little doggy.
把小狗挪開(kāi)點(diǎn)。