adjective英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A word that modifies a noun or noun phrase or describes a noun’s referent.

— The words “big” and “heavy” are English adjectives.
A dependent; an accessory. obsolete

— it must be an adjective of dain

动词 v.

To make an adjective of; to form or convert into an adjective. transitive

— Language has as much occasion to adjective the distinct signification of the verb, and to adjective also the mood, as it has to adjective time. It has […] adjectived all three.
To characterize with an adjective; to describe by using an adjective. transitive

— For quotations using this term, see Citations:adjective.

形容词 adj.

Adjectival; pertaining to or functioning as an adjective. not-comparable
Applying to methods of enforcement and rules of procedure. not-comparable

— The whole English law, substantive and adjective.
Needing the use of a mordant to be made fast to that which is being dyed. not-comparable
Incapable of independent function. not-comparable,obsolete

— In fact, God is of not so much importance in Himself, but as the end towards which man tends. That irreverent person who said that Browning uses “God” as a pigment made an accurate criticism of his theology. In Browning, God is adjective to man.

词形变化

adjectives plural adjectives present,singular,third-person adjectiving participle,present adjectived participle,past adjectived past

词汇关系

近义词

adjective adjective noun adnoun describing word description word noun adjective adjectify adjectivize

上位词

noun word

下位词

adjectivelike attributive adjective cardinal adjective demonstrative adjective descriptive adjective i-adjective indefinite adjective interrogative adjective limiting adjective na-adjective nominalized adjective adjunct numerical adjective ordinal adjective participial adjective possessional adjective possessive adjective postpositive adjective predicative adjective prepositive adjective privative adjective proper adjective quasi-adjective relational adjective relative adjective substantive adjective

衍生词

adjectival adjective clause adjective dye adjectivehood adjective law adjectiveless adjectively adjective patterns adjective phrase adjective pronoun adjective verb adjectivism adjectivitis adjectivity adjectivization common adjective deadjectival nonadjective overadjectived phrasal adjective predicate adjective proadjective proper adjective unadjectived verbal adjective い-adjective な-adjective

词源

词源 1

From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.

词源 2

From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.

词源 3

From Middle English adjectif, adjective, from Old French adjectif, from Latin adiectivus, from adiciō + -īvus, from ad- (“to, towards, at”) + iaciō (“throw”). The Latin word adiectivus in turn was a calque of Ancient Greek ἐπιθετικόν (epithetikón, “added”), a derivative of the compound verb ἐπιτίθημι (epitíthēmi), from which also comes epithet.