后綴-cle,-cule

漢：處所名詞后綴cle,cule意為"small"。
英：-cule
word-forming element used to make diminutives, from French -cule or directly from Latin -culus (masc.), -cula (fem.), -culum (neuter).

-cle(1)
a suffix found in French loanwords of Latin origin, originally diminutive nouns, and later in adaptations of words borrowed directly from Latin or in Neo-Latin coinages: article; conventicle; corpuscle; particle.
Origin:
< French, Old French < Latin -culus, -cula, -culum, variant of -ulus -ule with nouns of the 3rd, 4th and 5th declensions, usually with the same gender as the base noun

-cle(2)
a suffix found in French loanwords of Latin origin, later in adaptations of words borrowed directly from Latin; in Latin, this suffix formed from verbs nouns that denoted a place appropriate to the action of the verb ( cubicle, receptacle ) or a means by which the action is performed ( vehicle ).
Origin:
< French, Old French < Latin -culum, -cula < *-tlom, *-tlā

World English Dictionary
-cle
— suffix forming nouns
indicating smallness: cubicle ; particle
[via Old French from Latin -culus. See -cule ]
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cule(1)
variant of -cle1 : animalcule; molecule; reticule.
Origin:
(< F) < Latin -culus, -cula, -culum; see -cle1

-cule(2)
variant of -cle2 : ridicule.
Origin:
(< F) < Latin -culum, -cula; see -cle

1.cubicle
n. small division of a larger room,walled or curtained to make a separate compartment, eg. for sleeping in, or for (un)dressing at a swimming-pool 小隔間 *cub(=lie,bend)
例句：Each clerk had his own cubicle in which to do his work. 每個(gè)職員都有自己工作的小隔間。
2.manacle
n. fetter or chain for the hands or feet (pl.)手銬，腳鐐
v. fetter with manacles;restrain 給...戴上鐐銬；約束 *man(u)(=hand)
例句：The prisoners were manacled by a heavy chain and ball.囚犯?jìng)兌即髦林氐溺備D和鐵球。
3.minuscule
adj, tiny;very small 極小的 *min(i)(small)
例句：Growth of the tumor was so minuscule the doctor decided to delay the surgery.腫瘤長(zhǎng)得很慢，所以醫(yī)生決定推遲手術(shù)。
4.molecule
n. smallest unit into which a substance can be divided whithout a change in its chemical nature 分子*mol (=mass,heap)
例句：In chemistry,we study how atoms and molecules react to form new substances.在化學(xué)領(lǐng)域，我們研究原子和分子如何發(fā)生反應(yīng)形成新物質(zhì)。
6.oracle
n. answer given at place where questions about the future were asked of the gods,prophet;person considered able to give reliable guidance 神諭；傳神者；圣哲 *or(=say)
例句：Consulting oracles before deciding to marry is still a very common practice.在決定結(jié)婚前占卜問(wèn)卦，依然是一種很普遍的做法。
7.pinnacle
n. tall,pointed ornament built on to a roof or buttress;high,slender mountain peak;highest point 小尖塔；山頂；是高點(diǎn)頂點(diǎn) *pin(=dim)
例句：At the pinnacle of his career,he was killed in a car accident.他在處于職業(yè)生涯的巔峰時(shí)死于一場(chǎng)車禍。