单词 | quasi-verb |
释义 | > as lemmasquasi-verb quasi-verb n. Brit. /ˈkweɪzʌɪˌvəːb/ , /ˈkwɑːzɪˌvəːb/ , /ˈkwɒzɪˌvəːb/ , U.S. /ˈkweɪˌzaɪˌvərb/ , /ˈkwɑziˌvərb/ , /ˈkweɪˌsaɪˌvərb/ , /ˈkwɑsiˌvərb/ ΚΠ 1906 Jrnl. Amer. Oriental Soc. 27 326 The ideas of ‘to be in a place’ and ‘to have’ are not expressed by verbs, but by participles which may be called quasi-verbs. 1972 Language 48 466 Quasi-verbs..constitute an inflectional category which is rare, or possibly unique, among Indo-European languages. 2000 Fresno (Calif.) Bee (Nexis) 4 June c1 Plants fell from the landing gear. Aphids ‘deplaned’, to use a grotesque modern quasi-verb, with the plants. < as lemmas |
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