2018年11月9日 星期五

-ator, Dollator, Slug, on a dare.


When this Australian teenager grabbed a slug and gulped it down, he had no idea that the slug carried a potentially deadly worm that would put him into a coma that lasted more than a year, paralyze his body and ultimately take his life.
The world of 'iDollators' explored.

Definition of on a dare. US. : because a person told (someone) to do something (specified) especially as a way of showing courage He jumped from the bridge on a dare.

On A Dare | Definition of On A Dare by Merriam-Webster

Slug, or land slug, is a common name for any apparently shell-less terrestrial gastropod mollusc. The word slug is also often used as part of the common name of any gastropod mollusc that has no shell, a very reduced shell, or only a small internal shell, particularly sea slugs and semislugs.Wikipedia

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin -ātor.

Suffix[edit]

-ator
  1. used to form agent nouns, usually from verbs that have the ending -ate

Suffix[edit]

-atory
  1. forms adjectives of, relating to, or connected with the thing specified
  2. forms nouns that represent things or places where a specified activity takes place

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