-ress
/rɪs/
构词拆解
- -er
- (added to verbs) A person or thing that does an action indicated by the root verb; used to form an agent noun. · (added to verbs, informal) A person or thing to which the root verb is done or can be done satisfactorily.
- -ess
- Used to form female equivalents. · The wife of.
词源说明
释义
后缀suffix
- 1Forms feminine agent nouns.