pronoun

Word family adjectivepronominalnounpronounadverbpronominally

Related topics: Grammar

pro·noun /ˈprəʊnaʊn $ ˈproʊ-/ noun [countableC]

SLGa word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘he’ instead of ‘Peter’ or ‘the man’ 代词

→ demonstrative pronoun, personal pronoun

Examples from the Corpus

pronoun• The speaker's ambiguous pronouns, shifting their referents, helped foster this feeling of harmonious identity.• And do this, to take something that might be clearly activated, she decides to look at pronouns.• But the grammarian is tongue-tied without his labels: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, pronoun.• This group of pronouns has weak forms pronounced with weaker vowels than the and of their strong forms.• Familiar ways in which such participant-roles are encoded in language are of course the pronouns and their associated predicate agreements.• She announced her decision this morning the pronoun she points to Mrs Thatcher within the textual world itself.• Yet while we make this point we must immediately see that these pronouns do not characterize the relationship.

Origin pronoun

(1400-1500) pro- + noun, on the model of Latin pronomen “pronoun”, from nomen “name”

单词	pronoun
释义	pronoun Word family adjectivepronominalnounpronounadverbpronominally Related topics: Grammar pro·noun /ˈprəʊnaʊn $ ˈproʊ-/ ●●● noun [countableC] SLGa word that is used instead of a noun or noun phrase, such as ‘he’ instead of ‘Peter’ or ‘the man’ 代词 → demonstrative pronoun, personal pronoun Examples from the Corpus pronoun• The speaker's ambiguous pronouns, shifting their referents, helped foster this feeling of harmonious identity.• And do this, to take something that might be clearly activated, she decides to look at pronouns.• But the grammarian is tongue-tied without his labels: noun, adjective, verb, adverb, conjunction, pronoun.• This group of pronouns has weak forms pronounced with weaker vowels than the and of their strong forms.• Familiar ways in which such participant-roles are encoded in language are of course the pronouns and their associated predicate agreements.• She announced her decision this morning the pronoun she points to Mrs Thatcher within the textual world itself.• Yet while we make this point we must immediately see that these pronouns do not characterize the relationship. Origin pronoun (1400-1500) pro- + noun, on the model of Latin pronomen “pronoun”, from nomen “name”
随便看	not give a shit (what/whether/about etc) not give a shit whether not give a sod not give a toss not give/budge an inch not give/care a sod not give houseroom not give something another thought not give something a second glance not give something a second glance/look not give something a second look not give something a second thought not give something a second thought/another thought not give something a second thought/without a second thought not give something houseroom not give sth another thought not give sth a second glance not give sth a second look not give sth a second thought not give sth houseroom not give tuppence not go a bundle on not go a bundle on sb not go a bundle on somebody not go a bundle on something