英语单词短语词组“grammar/british-grammar/ish-and-y”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析-英汉词典

We can add the suffixes-ishand -ytowords in informal contexts to make the reference sound deliberately vague and approximate.

We commonly use the suffix-ishwhen we refer to numbers, times and quantities:

Ok, I’ll come and collect you from your house at sevenish.

A:
How old do you think he is?
B:
Fortyish.Possibly older.

We can add-ishto adjectives, adverbs and prepositions:

A:
Is he tall, her new boyfriend?
B:
Well, tallish.

A:
Is it far from the supermarket?
B:
No, but it’s near the cinema, well, nearishto the cinema.

-ishand-yare not normally interchangeable.-ishis more common than -yand-yis principally used with colours (though not black or white):

What colour tie do you think goes with this shirt? The green one? Or should it be the blueyone?

单词	grammar/british-grammar/ish-and-y
释义	-ishand-y Grammar>Words, sentences and clauses>Word formation>-ishand-y fromEnglish Grammar Today We can add the suffixes-ishand -ytowords in informal contexts to make the reference sound deliberately vague and approximate. We commonly use the suffix-ishwhen we refer to numbers, times and quantities: Ok, I’ll come and collect you from your house at sevenish. A: How old do you think he is? B: Fortyish.Possibly older. We can add-ishto adjectives, adverbs and prepositions: A: Is he tall, her new boyfriend? B: Well, tallish. A: Is it far from the supermarket? B: No, but it’s near the cinema, well, nearishto the cinema. -ishand-yare not normally interchangeable.-ishis more common than -yand-yis principally used with colours (though not black or white): What colour tie do you think goes with this shirt? The green one? Or should it be the blueyone? #https://dictionary.cambridge.org//grammar/british-grammar/ish-and-y##
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