词根词缀:-ability

【来源及含义】Latin: suffix; expressing ability, capacity, fitness, or "that which may be easily handled or managed"

【相关描述】Just a few examples out of hundreds of words presented as the noun forms of -able; forming nouns of quality from, or corresponding to, adjectives in -able; the quality in an agent that makes an action possible. The suffix -ible has related meanings.

【同源单词】absolute permeability, absorbability, accountability, achievability, acquirability, adaptability

词根词缀:port-, portat-

【来源及含义】Latin: carry, bring, bear

【相关描述】Don't confuse this port-, portat with another port- meaning "door, gate, entrance," or "harbor".

【相关词根词缀】 Cross references of word families related to "bear, carry, bring": duc-; -fer; ger-; later-, -lation; phoro-.

【同源单词】apport, apport, apportable, asport, asport, asportation

词根词缀:trans-, tran-, tra-

【来源及含义】Latin: across, through, over, beyond, on the far side of; most often used as a prefix

【相关描述】Don't confuse the tra- in this element with another tra- in "drag" or "draw". Trans- becomes tra- before the consonants -d, -j, -l, -m, -n, and -v.

【同源单词】acetyltransferase, allogenic transformation, allotransplantation, Amphora transformed into, autocholecystotransversecolostomy, autologous transfusion