词汇 | ish |
释义 | ish adverb informaluk /ɪʃ/ us /ɪʃ/ used for saying that something is not completely true or exactly right: When asked whether this was make or break he replied, "ish." "You drink about a bottle of wine a day?" someone said. "Ish," he answered. And asked if he was happy with his performance in the game, he paused for a moment and said: "Ish." We've got solid answers for 10 of the questions, sort of "ish" answers for a further 7, and 6 that remain unsolved. Some and quite a piece/slice/share of the pieidiom bit certain faintly fairly ha'porth halfway lightly little mildly pretty quite rather remotely several some to a/some degreeidiom touch trifle vaguely -ish suffix uk / -ɪʃ/ us / -ɪʃ/ -ishsuffix (FROM PLACE)used to form adjectives and nouns that say what country or area a person, thing, or language comes from: (构成形容词和名词)…国(的),…民族(的),…语言(的) Spanish dancing西班牙舞蹈 Are you English?你是英格兰人吗? I've always liked the Irish (= people from Ireland).我一直喜欢爱尔兰人。 Do you speak Swedish?你说瑞典语吗? Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities Afghan Albanian Algerian an Andorran Ghanaian Gibraltarian Greenlander Greenlandic Grenadian non-Russian North American North Korean Northern Irish NRI Vietnamese Vincentian Virgin Islands Welshman Welshwoman -ishsuffix (LIKE)used to form adjectives that say what a person, thing, or action is like: (构成形容词)…一样的,…似的 foolish傻子似的 childish孩子气的 Similar and the same adjacent affinity akin alike allied ballpark be no better than (a) somethingidiom congruent ditto equivalence equivalency equivalent equivalent of something equivalent to something non-distinctive not make any differenceidiom of the kindidiom one and the sameidiom respecter synonymous -ishsuffix (QUITE)used to form adjectives to give the meaning to some degree; fairly: (构成形容词)大约,部分,有点儿…,相当 He had a sort of reddish beard.他的胡子略带红色。 She was oldish - about 60, I'd say.我想,她有点儿上年纪了——大约60岁。 around a particular time, number, age, etc.: We'll start at sevenish. The team includes twenty-ish code crackers. She must be 30-ish now. Approximate about approx. approximate approximately around exact guess inexact inexactly loosely loosey-goosey more round rule sense some something something like 96 percent, half, etc.idiom somewhere sort Grammar-ish and -y We can add the suffixes -ish and -y to words in informal contexts to make the reference sound deliberately vague and approximate. … |
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