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sub
1[ suhb ]
noun
- a submarine.
- a substitute:
We've got a sub in English this week because our teacher's home with the flu.
- a submarine sandwich.
- a submissive in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.
- a subcontractor.
- a sublieutenant.
- a subordinate.
- a subaltern.
- British. an advance against one's wages, especially one granted as a subsistence allowance.
- Photography. a substratum.
verb (used without object)
subbed, subbing.
- to act as a substitute for another.
- to act as the submissive partner in a BDSM sexual encounter or relationship.
verb (used with object)
subbed, subbing.
- Photography. to coat (a film or plate) with a substratum.
SUB
2abbreviation for
- supplemental unemployment benefits.
sub-
3- a prefix occurring originally in loanwords from Latin ( subject; subtract; subvert; subsidy ); on this model, freely attached to elements of any origin and used with the meaning 鈥渦nder,鈥 鈥渂elow,鈥 鈥渂eneath鈥 ( subalpine; substratum ), 鈥渟lightly,鈥 鈥渋mperfectly,鈥 鈥渘early鈥 ( subcolumnar; subtropical ), 鈥渟econdary,鈥 鈥渟ubordinate鈥 ( subcommittee; subplot ).
- Chemistry.
- a prefix indicating a basic compound:
subacetate; subcarbonate; subnitrate.
- a prefix indicating that the element is present in a relatively small proportion, i.e., in a low oxidation state:
subchloride; suboxide.
sub.
4abbreviation for
- subordinated.
- subscription.
- substitute.
- suburb.
- suburban.
- subway.
sub
1/ 蝉蕦产 /
noun
- short for several words beginning with sub- See subaltern subeditor submarine subordinate subscription substandard substitute substratum
- informal.an advance payment of wages or salary Formal termsubsistence allowance
verb
- intr to serve as a substitute
- informal.intr to act as a substitute (for)
- informal.to grant or receive (an advance payment of wages or salary)
- informal.tr short for subedit
- tr photog to apply a substratum to (a film or plate base)
sub-
2prefix
- situated under or beneath
subterranean
- secondary in rank; subordinate
subeditor
- falling short of; less than or imperfectly
subhuman
subarctic
- forming a subdivision or subordinate part of a whole
subcommittee
- in chemistry
- indicating that a compound contains a relatively small proportion of a specified element
suboxide
- indicating that a salt is basic salt
subacetate
sub.
3abbreviation for
- subeditor
- subito (in music)
- subscription
- substitute
蝉耻产鈥
- A prefix that means 鈥渦nderneath or lower鈥 (as in subsoil ), 鈥渁 subordinate or secondary part of something else鈥 (as in subphylum. ), or 鈥渓ess than completely鈥 (as in subtropical. )
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins
Origin of sub1
from Latin sub
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