Linguistics 【语言学】
- (of a word or phrase) having the function of moving a discourse or conversation forward（词, 短语）接续的。
- a word or phrase of this type (e.g. yes, well, as I was saying)接续词; 接续短语（如yes, well, as I was saying）。
词源
mid 16th cent. (as a noun denoting something which brings about continuity)： from late Latin continuativus, from continuat- 'continued', from the verb continuare （see CONTINUE）.