forming adjectives meaning ［构成形容词］
1
- productive of表示“产生…的”：
loathsome.
2
- characterized by being表示“有…特征的”：
wholesome.
2.1
- apt to表示“有…倾向的”; “易于…的”：
tiresome.
词源
Old English -sum.
- (forming nouns) denoting a group of a specified number构成名词 表示“…个一组”：
foursome.
词源
Old English sum 'some'.
- denoting a portion of a body, especially a particle of a cell表示“体（尤指细胞的粒子）”：
chromosome.
词源
from Greek sōma 'body'.