1
- forming names of appliances or instruments构成名词表示器具名称:
bridle
thimble
2
- forming names of animals and plants构成名词表示动植物名称:
beetle.
词源
Old English, of Germanic origin.
(亦作-el)
- forming nouns having or originally having a diminutive sense构成名词表示“指小的(或原意指小的)”:
mantle
battle
castle
词源
Middle English -el, -elle, partly from Old English and partly from Old French (based on Latin forms).
- (forming adjectives from an original verb) apt to; liable to[构成由动词演化的形容词]表示“易…的”:
brittle
nimble.
词源
Middle English: from earlier -el, of Germanic origin.