ad·jec·tive
noun/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
(grammar)- a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, blue and clever in a big house, blue sky and a clever idea
描述人或事物的词，例如大房子里的大、蓝色和聪明、蓝天和聪明的主意 - ‘Reliable’ is not an adjective that could be applied to my car.
“可靠”这个形容词不适用于我的车。
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagea1- ‘My’ is a possessive adjective.
my 是个所有格形容词。 - Adjectives qualify nouns.
形容词修饰名词。 - Attributive adjectives precede the noun.
定语形容词位于名词前。 - Predicative adjectives follow the noun.
表语形容词跟在名词后面。 - adjectives describing texture
描述质地的形容词
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- attributive
- predicative
- comparative
- …
- apply
- describe
- modify
- qualify
- …
Word Originlate 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’. - ‘Reliable’ is not an adjective that could be applied to my car.