ness

英 [nes]

美 [nes]

n.  海岬； 海角

复数：nesses　

BNC.16957 / COCA.22109

柯林斯词典

• SUFFIX (用于形容词后构成名词)表示“状态”，“性质”
  -nessis added to adjectives to form nouns which often refer to a state or quality. For example, 'sadness' is the state of being sad and 'kindness' is the quality of being kind.
  1. 'This is not good,' he said with great seriousness.
     他特别严肃地说：“这可不好。”

英英释义

noun

• a strip of land projecting into a body of water
  Synonym:cape

双语例句

• He's been at more crime scenes than Eliot ness.
  他比侦探艾略特尼斯，还常出现在犯罪现场。
• The Loch Ness Monster is reputed to inhabit its deep waters.
  尼斯湖怪兽以栖息于深水中而闻名。
• Another attraction here is a legendary monster: the Loch Ness Monster.
  这里游人如织的另一个原因则是尼斯湖的怪兽。
• Are you related to the Mr. Roger Ness in charge of this office?
  您和本部门的主管罗杰、尼斯先生有亲戚关系吗？
• But the rumours of a rival to the Loch Ness Monster have not just caught the imagination of residents.
  但是这个与尼斯湖水怪名气相仿的流言吸引的可不仅仅是本地人。
• For restaurant ideas, I turned to ness.
  在选餐厅的问题上，我依靠的是Ness。
• Do you believe in the Loch Ness monster?
  你相信内斯湖有水怪吗？
• Okay, didn't you once tell me you believed in the Loch Ness monster?
  好吧你不是曾跟我说你相信尼斯湖水怪吗？
• They employed a crisp rude ness to overcome whatever guilt they felt.
  不管他们感到什么样的内疚，他们总是用一种生硬无礼的粗鲁来加以克服。
• There have been many attempts to track down the putative Loch Ness monster.
  人们为追踪假定存在的尼斯湖水怪做了许多努力。