attributive
/əˈtrɪbjʊtɪv/adjective
- Grammar (of an adjective or other modifier) preceding the word that it modifies and expressing an attribute, as old in the old dog (but not in the dog is old) and expiry in expiry date【语法】用作定语的, 修饰语的。与PREDICATIVE相对。
派生词
attributively
adverb词源
mid 18th cent. （as a noun in the sense 'a word expressing an attribute'）： from French attributif, -ive, from attribut 'an attribute'， from Latin attribuere 'add to' （see ATTRIBUTE）.