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1 (with ns and vs forming adjs 与名词和动词构成形容词) producing; likely to 引起...的; 有...倾向的: fearsome
quarrelsome * meddlesome.
2 (with numbers forming ns 与数词构成名词) group of the specified number 某数目的一组: threesome.
Three. Besides Chinese, my mother tongue, I can also speak English and French.
三种,除了我的母语中文外,我还会讲英语和法语。
It's a busy street.
这是一个繁忙的街道。
But even in the most favourable circumstances only a small fraction of the creatures that die are preserved in this way before decay sets in or, even more likely, before scavengers eat them.