| 释义 |
ˈnumerative, a. and n.
[f. numerate v.]
A. adj. Pertaining to numeration or numbering.
1788T. Taylor Proclus I. 17 (Disser.), The numerative soul..gives form and subsistence to all her inherent numbers. 1840Penny Cycl. XVI. 368/1 Our present numerative system is stated by writers to employ the words unit, ten, hundred [etc.]. 1889R. K. Douglas Chinese Man. 40 The indefinite article is, when necessary, expressed by the first numeral.., with, in the case of persons or things, a numerative noun interposed between it and the substantive.
B. n. Gram. (See quots.)
1863Summers Hdbk. Chinese 47 Under the appositional relation we must also consider the very large class of nouns formed by the use of what have been called numeratives or classifiers... The Chinese, in conversation, extend the use of such words to every object; they say..‘one handle fan’ for a fan, ‘one length road’ for a road. 1889R. K. Douglas Chinese Man. 64 These numeratives correspond to a certain extent to the use of such words as ‘head’, ‘sail’. |