en:英[en] 美[en]
n.对开；半方；字母N;
prep.
在…中；作为;
例句:
The bus broke down en route from Boston to New York.
公共汽车在从波士顿到纽约的途中抛锚了
He mentioned en passant that he was going away.
他顺便提到他要离开
-en作后缀
1. 形容词或名词+en=动词, 表"使 ~(化); 变成~(化)", 如:
sharpen, weaken, strengthen, deepen, harden, lessen, redden, frighten, hasten, heighten, lengthen,
2.某些动词+en=过去分词(不规则变化), 可作形容词用, 如:
chosen, fallen, hidden, spoken, written
3. 物质名词+en=形容词, 表" ~的; ~制的", 如:
earthen, golden, silken, wooden, woolen
en-作前缀, 指 "使"(make), "入内"( in)之义. (把形容词,名词动词化)
encourage, endanger, enforce, enlist, enlarge, ennoble, enrich, ensure
