| 释义 |
descriptor Linguistics.|dɪˈskrɪptə(r)|
[a. L. dēscrīptor describer.]
An expression or sentence-element that has the function of describing.
1933Jespersen Syst. Gram. 12 Recently V. Brøndal..has made a very bold attempt at a completely new system..Relator (R) and Relatum (r), Descriptor (D) and Descriptum (d). 1946C. W. Morris Signs, Lang. & Behavior iii. 76 Descriptors, identifiors which describe a location. 1949Mind LVIII. 27, I shall call the part of a sentence which performs the descriptive function of that sentence its ‘descriptor’. 1953W. J. Entwistle Aspects of Lang. v. 157 The descriptum corresponds to quantity and has its pure expression in numerals; the descriptor with quality and is pure in adverbs. 1965Rev. Internat. Doc. XXXII. 19/1 Any term, group of terms, or any other entity assigned to a document for the purpose of indexing it will be referred to as a descriptor. |