后綴-escent = 開始、正在、逐漸成為某種狀態(tài)的
英文詞源:word-forming element meaning "beginning, becoming, tending to be," from Latin -escentem (nominative -escens), ending of present participles of verbs in -escere.
同綴詞:
1.luminescent [
adj.發(fā)光的
2.evanescent [evan = 拉丁文evanescere = to vanish 消失 + - escent 形容詞后綴→]
adj.漸漸消失的
3.efflorescent [ef- 出來 + flor 花 + - escent 形容詞后綴→]
adj. 正在開花的
4.effervescent [ef- 出 + ferv 沸騰 + - escent 形容詞后綴→]
adj.正在沸騰的