its

名词 n. 代词 pron. 限定词 det. 缩写
中文释义
美 /ɪʔ.s/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. plural of it form-of,plural
代词 pron.
  1. The one (or ones) belonging to it.
    — … both Houses have resolved to rob the North of a good friend of its and yours.
限定词 det.
  1. Belonging to it.
    — The manner wherewith our Lawes assay to moderate the foolish and vaine expences of table-cheare and apparell, seemeth contrarie to it's end.
缩写
  1. Obsolete spelling of it's. alt-of,contraction,obsolete
    — As for the main bulk of Palaces, its true ſome have a greatneſs in plainneſs, […]

词形变化

it's alternative it's alternative

词源

词源 1
Equivalent to it + -s (possessive marker). From the earlier form it's (it + -'s), which is now considered nonstandard. Began to displace his as the possessive of the neuter pronoun in the Middle English period; had fully displaced it by the 1700s.
词源 2
Contraction of it + is.
词源 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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