(Grammar)insert (a formative element) into the body of a word (语法)插入(中缀)
noun
(Grammar)a formative element inserted in a word (语法)中缀
派生 infixation noun
(限动词义项2)
语源
early 16th cent.: from Latin infix- 'fixed in', from the verb infigere, from in- 'into' + figere 'fasten', reinforced by in- 'into' + fix. The noun is on the pattern of prefix and suffix