后缀-fy(-ify,-efy)含义、词源和例词
下面我们先举些名词和形容词的与-fy结合的例子。
1.beautify
vt.美化;装饰
举例:Flowers beautify a room. 花能美化房间。
2.classify [class n.等级,种类;-ify →“使化成等级或种类”→]
vt. 把...分等级;把...分类
举例:Employees in the post office classify mail according to the place where it is to go.邮局的职员根据邮件的目的地进行分拣工作。
3.uglify [lgly →ugli 丑陋的;-fy→]
vt. 丑化;使难看
举例:A scar uglifies his face. 一块伤疤使他的脸变丑了。
4.solidify [solid adj.坚固的,固体的;-ify →]
vt. 使固化;使变硬
vi.固化;变硬
举例:Jelly solidifies as it gets cold. 果子冻遇冷就变硬了。
5.rarefy [rare adj.稀薄的;-fy →“使稀薄”→]
vt.使稀薄,使稀少
举例:The air on high mountains is rarefied. 高山上空气变稀薄了。
下面,我们介绍词根与-fy 结合成的3个动词。
1.fortify [
v. 增强(阵地);设防
举例:The soldiers fortified their position by building earthworks .战士们构筑土木工事加强自己的阵地。
2.identify [ident = same 同一的;-ify →]
v.使等同于;同等对待;鉴定,认出
举例:He indentified the wallet as his by telling what it comtained. 他说出钱包里装的东西,证明它是自己的。
3.pertrify [
v. 使石化;使(因惊慌等)发呆
举例:The girl was petrified as the snake came near. 当蛇爬近身边时,那女孩子吓呆了。
4.stupefy [stup = amazed 受惊的;-efy →“使受惊”→]
v. 使惊得发呆;使麻木;使失去感觉
举例:He was stupefied by the drug. 他被那药物麻醉了。