tran·si·tive
adjective/ˈtrænzətɪv/
/ˈtrænzətɪv/
(grammar)- (of verbs) used with a direct object
及物的 - In ‘She wrote a letter’, the verb ‘wrote’ is transitive and the word ‘letter’ is the direct object.
在 She wrote a letter 一句中，动词 wrote 是及物动词，letter 一词是直接宾语。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryTransitive is used with these nouns:- verb
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transitory’): from late Latin transitivus, from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’. - In ‘She wrote a letter’, the verb ‘wrote’ is transitive and the word ‘letter’ is the direct object.