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单词 adjective
释义

Definition of adjective in English:

adjective

noun ˈadʒɪktɪvˈædʒəktɪv
Grammar
  • A word naming an attribute of a noun, such as sweet, red, or technical.

    〔语法〕形容词(如sweet,red或technical)

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.
    • Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.
    • Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.
    • An important reason for this is that most nouns and most adjectives have rather complex semantic structures.
    • In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.

Derivatives

  • adjectival

  • adjective adʒɪkˈtʌɪv(ə)lˌædʒəkˈtaɪv(ə)l
    Grammar
    • Relating to or functioning as an adjective.

      the words are grammatically adjectival
      Example sentencesExamples
      • the adjectival suffix -y
      • ‘High and Latin’ is a coordination of an adjectival modifier with a proper-noun modifier, and sounds just as weird.
      • Moreoever the rest of the lines explain and expand these references by using adjectival phrases and subordinate clauses which tell the reader to look for explanation within the poem itself.
      • The other parts are adverbial or adjectival clauses.
  • adjectivally

  • adverb adʒɪkˈtʌɪv(ə)liˌædʒəkˈtaɪvəli
    Grammar
    • It has never been obvious to me that that means corporations formed before 1901, and that is said to be a past participle, used adjectivally.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It is the past participle, used adjectivally, of the verb striegeln.
      • But in the Pledge, the phrase is used adjectivally, to modify nation.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- 'added', from the verb adicere, from ad- 'towards' + jacere 'throw'. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton 'attributive name'.

Definition of adjective in US English:

adjective

nounˈædʒəktɪvˈajəktiv
Grammar
  • A word or phrase naming an attribute, added to or grammatically related to a noun to modify or describe it.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Use verbs, nouns and adjectives and get a copy of Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases.
    • An important reason for this is that most nouns and most adjectives have rather complex semantic structures.
    • Reading becomes an exercise in spotting nouns and adjectives; there is nothing to engage or delight.
    • Firstly I think one of the big problems is the use of descriptive adjectives as nouns.
    • In Swinburne's work as a whole many adjectives are used as nouns and many nouns as adjectives.

Origin

Late Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.

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