| 单词 | participial adjective |
| 释义 | > as lemmasparticipial adjective participial adjective n. an adjective that is a participle in origin and form. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > adjective > [noun] > adjective in form of participle participial adjective1755 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Pref. ⁋36 A thinking man, a man of prudence; a pacing horse, a horse that can pace; these I have ventured to call participial adjectives. 1892 F. Hall in Nation (N.Y.) 55 335/1 A participial adjective docked of its termination. 1929 Amer. Speech 4 187 The question seems to be..whether it might not be more satisfactory to attempt the clarification of that point by employing the nounal adjective ‘hull’ instead of the participial adjective ‘hulled’. 1961 R. B. Long Sentence & its Parts v. 121 Combinations of be and participial-adjective complements are identical with passives in form. 1993 Amer. Speech 68 324 Creations in which the verbal noun and participial adjective (contrapting/contrapted) presuppose a nonexistent, back-formed verb (to contrapt) based on the original, nonce-created noun (contraption). < as lemmas |
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