affix verb transitive /əˈfɪks/ formal ■to fix one thing to another 使固定;附上;黏上;贴上•She affixed a stamp to the envelope.她把一枚邮票贴在信封上。 noun countable /ˈæf.ɪks/ ■a letter or group of letters which are added to the beginning or end of a word to make a new word 词缀•The affixes un- and -less are often used to make negative words, such as 'unhappy' and 'careless'.词缀 un- 和 -less 常用来构成表示否定意义的词,如单词 unhappy 和 careless。 |