-ish

劍橋詞典

-ish suffix (FROM PLACE)


used to form adjectives and nouns that say what country or area a person , thing, or language comes from
（構(gòu)成形容詞和名詞）…國(guó)（的），…民族（的），…語(yǔ)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(shuō)瑞典語(yǔ)嗎？

-ish suffix (LIKE)


used to form adjectives that say what a person , thing, or action is like
（構(gòu)成形容詞）…一樣的，…似的
foolish 傻子似的
childish 孩子氣的

-ish suffix (QUITE)


used to form adjectives to give the meaning to some degree ; fairly
（構(gòu)成形容詞）大約，部分，有點(diǎn)兒…，相當(dāng)
He had a sort of reddish beard . 他的胡子略帶紅色。
She was oldish - about 60, I'd say. 我想，她有點(diǎn)兒上年紀(jì)了——大約60歲。
We'll start at sevenish (= about seven o'clock). 我們將在7點(diǎn)鐘左右開始。 返回 -ish