英语常见后缀的意思和用法一、后缀1-ster,-eer,-er(or)意为:从事某种职业或参与某种活动的人(person engaged in an occupation or activity)例词:gamester,gangster,songster,engineer,profiteer,mountaineer,auctioneer,driver,teacher,director,actor,professor 2-let意为:小或者不重要的东西(small,unimportant things)例词:booklet,leaflet,starlet 3-ette意为:1)小的东西(small)例词:cigarette 2)假的东西(imitation)例词:leatherette 3)女性(female)例词: usherette 4-ess意为:女性(female)例词:actress,poetess,hostess,paintress 5-hood意为:时期(status;etc)例词:boyhood,childhood,manhoo