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morphemes
语素；词素
morphemes is the plural of morpheme.
the smallest meaningful unit of a language, which cannot be divided into smaller meaningful parts
- 1.
The smallest linguistic unit within a word that can carry a meaning. It may be a letter, a syllable, or otherwise.
词内最小的有意义语言单位
- 2.
minimal meaningful language unit; it cannot be divided into smaller meaningful units
最小的有意义语言单位；不能再分为更小的有意义单位
词内最小的有意义语言单位；最小的有意义语言单位；不能再分为更小的有意义单位；语素；词素
In use
In the word 'cats', the final 's' is a morpheme that shows plural.
Some morphemes change the meaning of a word when added to the beginning.
The teacher asked us to separate the word 'unhappiness' into three morphemes.
be a morpheme
该结构用于判断某个语言成分是否属于语素。
The suffix '-er' is a morpheme.
后缀 '-er' 是一个语素。
consist of morphemes
consist of 不用于被动语态，主语为整体，宾语为组成部分。
The word 'unhappiness' consists of three morphemes.
单词 'unhappiness' 由三个语素组成。
morphemes that ...
关系代词 that 在从句中作主语时可省略，但此处作主语不可省。
Connections
Collocations
- free morpheme
- 自由语素
- In English, 'cat' is a free morpheme because it can stand alone.在英语中，cat 是一个自由语素，因为它可以独立使用。
- bound morpheme
- 黏着语素
- The suffix '-ed' is a bound morpheme that must attach to a verb.后缀 -ed 是一个必须附着在动词上的黏着语素。
- derivational morpheme
- 派生语素
- Adding the derivational morpheme '-ness' changes an adjective into a noun.添加派生语素 -ness 可以把形容词变成名词。
- inflectional morpheme
- 屈折语素
- The plural marker '-s' is an inflectional morpheme.复数标记 -s 是一个屈折语素。
- lexical morpheme
- 词汇语素
- A lexical morpheme carries the main meaning of a word.词汇语素承载词的主要意义。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆联想：morpheme 以 morph 开头，让人想到「形态」；一个语素就是词里最小的表义形态块。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：linguistics textbooks、academic papers morpheme 是语言学专业术语，多用于学术论文或教材中，日常口语比较少见。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The ending -pheme in morpheme and grapheme is pronounced /fiːm/; these two share that ending but do not fully rhyme because their stressed vowels differ. Theme, scheme, and extreme have the final /iːm/ sound without the preceding /f/. Beware of phoneme and lexeme: they look similar but are pronounced /ˈfəʊniːm/ and /ˈlɛksiːm/, so their endings are /niːm/ and /siːm/, not /fiːm/.
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.