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affix

verb
🔊/əˈfɪks/
🔊/əˈfɪks/
[transitive, often passive, intransitive] (formal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they affix
🔊/əˈfɪks/
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he / she / it affixes
🔊/əˈfɪksɪz/
🔊/əˈfɪksɪz/
past simple affixed
🔊/əˈfɪkst/
🔊/əˈfɪkst/
past participle affixed
🔊/əˈfɪkst/
🔊/əˈfɪkst/
-ing form affixing
🔊/əˈfɪksɪŋ/
🔊/əˈfɪksɪŋ/
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  1. to stick or attach something to something else; to be able to be fixed to something粘上；贴上；附上
    • be affixed (to something) The label should be firmly affixed to the package.这张标签应该牢牢地贴在包裹上。🔊🔊
    • affix to something The strings affix to the back of the bridge绳索可固定在桥背面。
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryAffix is used with these nouns as the object:
    • signature
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French affixer or medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere, from ad- ‘to’ + figere ‘to fix’.

affix

noun
🔊/ˈæfɪks/
🔊/ˈæfɪks/
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  1. a letter or group of letters added to the beginning or end of a word to change its meaning. The prefix un- in unhappy and the suffix -less in careless are both affixes.词缀（unhappy 中的 un- 和 careless 中的 -less 都是词缀）Topics Languagec1
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French affixer or medieval Latin affixare, frequentative of Latin affigere, from ad- ‘to’ + figere ‘to fix’.