| 单词 | action verb |
| 释义 | > as lemmasaction verb action verb n. a verb which expresses action, esp. as opposed to a linking verb, modal verb, etc.In quot. 1877 perhaps denoting an active (as opposed to a passive) verb. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > verb > [noun] > other specific types of verb vocative verbc1414 activec1450 passivec1450 substantive verba1475 neuter1530 gesture1612 nominal1666 quiescent1720 reduplicative1756 dative verb1844 factitive1845 preterite-present1859 compound verb1863 pro-verb1868 preterito-presentia1870 preteritive present1872 action verb1877 verbid1914 inversive1931 eventive1946 hypothetical1957 non-factive1970 commonization1973 contrafactive1985 1877 A. H. Sayce Lect. Assyrian Lang. vii. 81 The insertion of r and l in a root, proceeding from the action verb. 1902 E. H. Lewis Text-bk. Appl. Eng. Gram. 172 Action verbs and link-verbs. Most verbs assert action, or what seems like action: burns, does, runs, thinks. 1991 B. A. Garner in Scribes Jrnl. Legal Writing 2 19 Verbs bring prose to life, or life to prose. But only action verbs do this—verbs such as snatch, stop, grasp, run, urge, plead. 2003 L. E. Rozakis Compl. Idiot's Guide Gram. & Style 106 Sticky situations arise with verbs that sometimes function as linking verbs but other times function as action verbs. < as lemmas |
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