declension

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A falling off, decay or descent. countable,uncountable
    — Refinement of feeling, intellectual tastes, and a noble hospitality, were among the features of his character; and hoary years brought no mental declension, and drew no shade over the ardent affections by which he was distinguished, and in whose reciprocity, was his undeclining solace.
  2. The act of declining a word; the act of listing the inflections of a noun, pronoun or adjective in order. countable,uncountable
  3. The product of that act; a list of declined forms. countable,uncountable
    — a page full of declensions
  4. A way of categorizing nouns, pronouns, or adjectives according to the inflections they receive. countable,uncountable
    — In Latin, 'amicus' belongs to the second declension. Most second-declension nouns end in '-i' in the genitive singular and '-um' in the accusative singular.

词形变化

declensions plural

词汇关系

近义词
declination
上位词
flection flexion inflection inflexion accidence
下位词
first declension fourth declension mixed declension second declension strong declension third declension weak declension
衍生词
declense declensed declensional declensionism declensionist double declension
相关词
misdecline
并列词
conjugation

词源

From late Middle English declinson, from Middle French declinaison (Modern French: déclinaison), from Latin dēclīnātiō. Doublet of declination.
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