-logy

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-logy /lədʒi/ suffix [in nouns]  HSanother form of the suffix -ology 后缀-ology的另一种形式 mineralogy (=the study of minerals) 矿物学

Examples from the Corpus

-logy• geologyOrigin -logy Old French -logie, from Latin -logia, from Greek, from logos; → LOGIC

-logy suffixChinese  

Corpus suffix of another form -ology the

-logy

I

-logy /lədʒi/ suffix [in nouns]another form of the suffix -ology:
    mineralogy (=the study of minerals)

II

-ology /ɒlədʒi $ ɑːl-/ (also -logy) suffix [in nouns]1. the study of something, especially something scientific:
    geology (=the study of rocks and the Earth)
    climatology (=the study of climate)
    Egyptology (=the study of ancient Egypt)
2. the things studied by a particular science:
    The geology (=structure of the rocks etc) of north Devon is particularly interesting.
—-ological /əlɒdʒɪkəl $ -lɑː-/ suffix [in adjectives]
—-ologically /əlɒdʒɪkli $ əlɑː-/ suffix [in adverbs]:
    geologically interesting

-logy

-ology, -logy combining form (in nouns 构成名词) a subject of study 学科；科目◆sociology社会学◆genealogy宗谱学a characteristic of speech or writing 用语特征；写作特点◆phraseology措辞◆trilogy三部曲▸ -ological, -logical (also -ologic, -logic) (in adjectives 构成形容词) ◆pathological病理学的▸ -ologist, -logist (in nouns 构成名词) ◆biologist生物学家