ornithologist
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
A Word with Greek Root, Prefix or Suffix
ornithologist
a specialist in ornithology (study of birds)
鸟类学家
ornithologist 的切分如下:
ornithologist = ornith (bird 鸟) + o + log (idea, word, speech, discussion, reason, study 主意； 词； 言语； 讨论； 道理； 科学) + -ist (suffix for abstract noun, designating a person 者； 学者)
ornithologist = a person who specializes in the study of birds 鸟类学家
现在我来再次切分一下该词试试
ornithologist = a person who specializes in the study of birds 鸟类学家
该词的重要词根如下:
ornith
Note: You may sometimes find that a vowel such as o is often inserted between two roots, as o inserted between phon and graph in phonograph = phon + o + graph, the reason is for easy pronounciation. Another example is archaeology = archae + o + logy
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