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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++-phile /faɪl/ (also -phil) suffix [in nouns]  LIKE somebody OR somethingsomeone who likes something 喜爱…的人；爱好…的人 a bibliophile (=someone who likes books) 爱书人 an Anglophile (=someone who likes English or British things) 亲英者
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    -phile• Francophile    Origin -phile French Greek -philos, from philos “dear, friendly”
    -phile suffixChinese
    someone likes something Corpus who


    -phile
    -phile /faɪl/ (also -phil) suffix [in nouns]
     Language: French
     Origin: Greek -philos, from philos 'dear, friendly'
    someone who likes something:
        a bibliophile (=someone who likes books)
        an Anglophile (=someone who likes English or British things)


    -phile combining form (in nouns and adjectives 构成名词和形容词) liking a particular thing; a person who likes a particular thing 爱好…的；…爱好者◆Anglophile亲英者◆bibliophile藏书家  ➡  compare -phobe