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English translation for "-en"


1.加在形容词或名词后面构成动词,表示“弄”,“变”,“使”,“使有”,“变得”,“变得有”: moisten, strengthen, deepen, lengthen.
2.加在物质名词后构成形容词,表示“由…构成的”,“由…制成的”:earthen, wooden. 在非重音音节的r后面作 -n: silvern.
3.加在不规则动词之后构成过去分词或形容词: spoken, fallen, beaten, drunken. ★在这一类词中〔有的-en可改为 -ed〔如 shapen 〉shaped〕,有的是古语〔如 graven〕,有的已略去e〔如 sworn〕。
4.加在名词之后构成复数名词: ashen, oxen.
5.加在名词之后构成阴性名词: vixen.
6.加在名词之后构成指小词: chicken, kitten, maiden.
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