前缀infra- = below,underneath 在下
下面是在线英语在线词源字典,对这个前缀的解释:
word-forming element from Latin infra (adv., prep.) "below, underneath, beneath; later than, smaller, inferior to," from PIE *ndher "under" (cognates: Sanskrit adnah "below," Old English under "under,among;" see under). Opposed to super-. Its use as a prefix was rare in Latin.
同缀词:
1.infrared [infra- 下面→外面 + red 红色→]
n. 红外线
2.infrasonic [infra- 亚,次 + son 声音 + -ic 后缀 →]
adj. 亚声的,低于声频的
3.infrahuman [infra- 低 + human 人类 →]
adj. 低于人类的
4.infraorbital [infra- 在下 + orbit 圆圈 + -al 形容词后缀 → 在圆圈(眼精就是圆的)下面的]
adj. 眼窝下的;眼眶下的;眶下的