后缀-ful
汉:形容词和名词后缀,形容词后缀-ful意为"full of,having the quality of"。多加在名词之后表示“充满...的、易于...、可...的、富有...的、具有...的”的意思,是最常用的形容词后缀,反义词后缀是-less;此外,加在名词
之后,表示充满的量。
英:word-forming element meaning "full of, characterized by," Old English -full, -ful, suffix use of full (adj.).
-fula
suffix meaning “full of,” “characterized by” ( shameful; beautiful; careful; thoughtful ); “tending to,” “able to” ( wakeful; harmful ); “as much as will fill” ( spoonful ).
Origin:
Middle English, Old English -full, -ful, representing full, ful full1
Usage note
The plurals of nouns ending in -ful are usually formed by adding -s to the suffix: two cupfuls; two scant teaspoonfuls. Perhaps influenced by the phrase in which a noun is followed by the adjective full
( both arms full of packages ), some speakers and writers pluralize such nouns by adding -s before the suffix: two cupsful.
World English Dictionary
-ful
— suffix
1. ( forming adjectives ) full of or characterized by: painful ; spiteful ; restful
2. ( forming adjectives ) able or tending to: helpful ; useful
3. ( forming nouns ) indicating as much as will fill the thing specified: mouthful ; spoonful
usage
Where the amount held by a spoon, etc, is used as a rough unit of measurement, the correct form is spoonful , etc: take a spoonful of this medicine every day . Spoon full is used in a sentence such as he
held out a spoon full of dark liquid , where full of describes the spoon. A plural form such as spoonfuls is preferred by many speakers and writers to spoonsful
Medical Dictionary
-ics suff.
Science; art; study; knowledge; skill: pharmaceutics.
Actions, activities, or practices of: macrobiotics.