-ee

后缀
中文释义

英文释义

后缀
  1. Added to transitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the object of that verb (i.e., to whom or to which an action is done). morpheme
    — examine + -ee → examinee
  2. Used to form diminutives. morpheme
    — boot + -ee → bootee
  3. Used in mimicking English as stereotypically spoken by the Chinese. derogatory,morpheme,offensive
    — "No stealee. You no thinkee? Chinaman no thinkee stealee!" he said, earnestly.
  4. Alternative form of -y (infinitive suffix). alt-of,alternative,morpheme
  5. Added to intransitive verbs to form words meaning a person or thing that is the subject of that verb (that is, who or that does an action). morpheme,uncommon
    — absent + -ee → absentee
  6. Used to form words meaning a person who is the other party to a contract or other transaction involving a person described by the corresponding word ending in -or. morpheme
    — assign + -ee → assignee
  7. Used to form words meaning a person who has undergone a particular medical procedure. morpheme
    — laryngectomy + -ee → laryngectomee
  8. Irregularly added to nouns to mean a person somehow associated with the object denoted by the noun. morpheme
    — barge + -ee → bargee

词形变化

-ees plural

词汇关系

反义词
super- supra- hyper- ultra- uber- macro- arch- over- mega- giga- -zilla grand great

词源

词源 1
From Middle English -ee, -ē, from Anglo-Norman and Old French -ee, French -é, -ée, endings forming past participle of verbs ending in -er. Doublet of -ate. More distantly related to inherited English -ed.
词源 2
Perhaps a variation on -ie and -y
词源 3
Most likely derived from broken English used by Chinese immigrants to America during the 17th to 19th centuries. The -ee was added by those speakers for final consonants in English words that do not exist in Cantonese phonology.
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