-ish是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 used to form adjectives and nouns that say what country or area a person, thing, or language comes from -- （構成形容詞和名詞）…國（的），…民族（的），…語言（的）

  • Spanish dancing 西班牙舞蹈

  • Are you English? 你是英格蘭人嗎？

  • I've always liked the Irish (= people from Ireland). 我一直喜歡愛爾蘭人。

  • Do you speak Swedish? 你說瑞典語嗎？

• 1 used to form adjectives that say what a person, thing, or action is like -- （構成形容詞）…一樣的，…似的

  • foolish 傻瓜似的

  • childish 孩子氣的

• 2 used to form adjectives to give the meaning to some degree; fairly -- （構成形容詞）大約，部分，有點…，相當

  • He had a sort of reddish beard. 他的鬍子略帶紅色。

  • She was oldish - about 60, I'd say. 我想，她有點上年紀了——大約60歲。

  • We'll start at sevenish (= about seven o'clock). 我們將在七點鐘左右開始。