-ish
suffix
uk/-ɪʃ/us/-ɪʃ/-ishsuffix(FROM PLACE)
used toformadjectivesandnounsthat say whatcountryorareaaperson, thing, orlanguagecomes from:
（构成形容词和名词）…国（的），…民族（的），…语言（的）Spanishdancing西班牙舞蹈
Are youEnglish?你是英格兰人吗？
I've alwayslikedtheIrish(=peoplefrom Ireland).我一直喜欢爱尔兰人。
Do youspeakSwedish?你说瑞典语吗？
Countries, nationalities & continents: nationalities
- Afghan
- Albanian
- Algerian
- an
- Andorran
- Gibraltarian
- Greenlander
- Greenlandic
- Grenadian
- Guatemalan
- non-Russian
- North American
- North Korean
- Northern Irish
- NRI
- Vincentian
- Welshman
- Welshwoman
- Yemeni
- Yugoslav
-ishsuffix(LIKE)
used toformadjectivesthat say what aperson, thing, oractionis like:
（构成形容词）…一样的，…似的foolish傻子似的
childish孩子气的
Similar and the same
- -esque
- adjacent
- affinity
- akin
- alike
- allied
- echo
- evenly
- every inchidiom
- extent
- family
- firm
- para
- parallel
- parity
- playsomeoneattheirown gameidiom
- put/turn the clock backidiom
- regularity
- snap
- swing
-ishsuffix(QUITE)
used toformadjectivesto give themeaningto somedegree;fairly:
（构成形容词）大约，部分，有点儿…，相当He had asortofreddishbeard.他的胡子略带红色。
She wasoldish- about 60, I'd say.我想，她有点儿上年纪了——大约60岁。
We'llstartat sevenish(= about seven o'clock).我们将在7点钟左右开始。
Approximate
- about
- approx.
- approximate
- approximately
- around
- in the vicinity ofidiom
- loose
- loosely
- more
- more or lessidiom
- nonspecifically
- rough
- round
- rule
- sense
- some
- something
- something like 96 percent, half, etc.idiom
- somewhere
- sort
Grammar
-ishand-y
We can add the suffixes -ish and -y to words in informal contexts to make the reference sound deliberately vague and approximate.…