verbal

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈvɜː.bəl/|[ˈvɜː.bɫ̩]    美 /ˈvɜː.bəl/|[ˈvɜː.bɫ̩]|/ˈvɝ.bəl/|[ˈvɝ.bɫ̩]

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A verb form which does not function as a predicate, or a word derived from a verb. In English, infinitives, participles and gerunds are verbals. countable
  2. A spoken confession given to police. Ireland,UK,countable
    — They were convicted on the evidence of an agent provocateur named Richard Seary, backed up by police verbals from three police officers who gave evidence of six verbals in which the three accused were supposed to have admitted their guilt.
  3. Talk; speech, especially banter or scolding. Ireland,UK,colloquial,uncountable
    — We'd give him a bit of verbal, out would come the bouncers, chucking their weight about, and it would all end in a right tear-up.
动词 v.
  1. To allege (usually falsely) that someone has made an oral admission. Australia,UK,transitive
    — The problem of 'verballing' is unlikely to disappear, whatever the legal status of the person detained.
形容词 adj.
  1. Of or relating to words. not-comparable
  2. Concerned with the words, rather than the substance of a text. not-comparable
  3. Consisting of words only. not-comparable
    — We subjoin an engraving […] which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind.
  4. Expressly spoken rather than written; oral. not-comparable
    — a verbal contract
  5. Derived from, or having the nature of a verb. not-comparable
  6. Used to form a verb. not-comparable
  7. Capable of speech. not-comparable
    — How do these language problems affect the behaviour of verbal children?
  8. Word for word. not-comparable
    — a verbal translation
  9. Abounding with words; verbose. not-comparable,obsolete
    — You put me to forget a lady’s manners By being so verbal; and learn now, for all, That I, which know my heart, do here pronounce By th’ very truth of it, I care not for you

词形变化

verbals plural verbals present,singular,third-person verbaling US,participle,present verballing UK,participle,present verbaled US,participle,past verbaled US,past verballed UK,participle,past verballed UK,past

词汇关系

近义词
lectic
反义词
implied unsaid
衍生词
anteverbal antiverbal averbal biverbal coverbal cruciverbal extraverbal hyperverbal interverbal intraverbal monoverbal nonverbal non-verbal leak paraverbal postverbal pseudoverbal subverbal triverbal univerbal verbal adjective verbal assault verbal authority verbal communication verbal complement verbal constipation verbal diarrhea verbal diarrhoea verbal humiliation verbalist verbalistic verbally verbalness verbal note verbal noun verbal overshadowing verbal participle verbal regency verbal substantive verbal warning visuoverbal
相关词
verbalism verbality verbiage

词源

词源 1
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
词源 2
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
词源 3
From Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbālis (“belonging to a word”). Equivalent to verb + -al.
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