-x

后缀
中文释义

英文释义

后缀
  1. Used to represent a value that may vary: see x. morpheme
    — I teach all of the 30x classes.
  2. Used to replace a /ks/ sound, especially in monosyllabic words ending in -cks or -ks. US,informal,morpheme
    — blax (“blacks”), clox (“clocks”), fax (“facts”), folx (“folks”), hax (“hacks”), pix (“pics”), punx (“punks”), shox (“shocks”), snax (“snacks”), sox (“socks”), stix (“sticks”), tix (“tickets”), trax (“tracks”)
  3. An abbreviation marker. morpheme
    — Dx (“diagnosis”), elex (“election”), Hx (“history”), pax (“passenger”), RX (“receive”), TX (“transmit”)
  4. Used to replace a gendered suffix. morpheme,neologism
    — alumnx, Chicanx, Latinx

词源

词源 1
The letter x is prototypically pronounced [ks] in English; it therefore serves as a convenient shorthand for the digraphs (cs, ks, etc.) or trigraphs (cks etc.) that would otherwise represent that consonant cluster.
词源 2
From the use of x as a neutral or nonspecific placeholder.
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