📖 中文释义
- pref. 在...下, 在...中, 副, 亚, 次, 不全
- [医] 在下, 下; 不足, 不全; 次, 亚(化学)
📘 English Definition（英文释义）
- A prefix signifying under, below, beneath, and hence often, in
- an inferior position or degree, in an imperfect or partial state, as in
- subscribe, substruct, subserve, subject, subordinate, subacid,
- subastringent, subgranular, suborn. Sub- in Latin compounds often
- becomes sum- before m, sur before r, and regularly becomes suc-, suf-,
- sug-, and sup- before c, f, g, and p respectively. Before c, p, and t
- it sometimes takes form sus- (by the dropping of b from a collateral
- form, subs-).
- A prefix denoting that the ingredient (of a compound) signified
- by the term to which it is prefixed,is present in only a small
- proportion, or less than the normal amount; as, subsulphide, suboxide,
- etc. Prefixed to the name of a salt it is equivalent to basic; as,
- subacetate or basic acetate.