-cy
(also -acy), suff 後缀
1 (with adjs and ns forming ns 与形容词和名词结合构成名词) state or quality of 状态; 性质
accuracy * supremacy * infancy.
2 (with ns forming ns 与名词结合构成名词) status or position of 地位; 职位: baronetcy * chaplaincy.
Though people have often laughed at stories told by seamen, it is now known that many of these 'monsters' which have at times been sighted are simply strange fish.