| 单词 | indefinite article |
| 释义 | indefinite articlenoun Grammar.an article, as English a, an, that denotes class membership of the noun it modifies without particularizing it. Origin of indefinite articleFirst recorded in 1720–30 Words nearby indefinite articleindefectible, indefensible, in defiance of, indefinable, indefinite, indefinite article, indefinite integral, indefinitely, indefinite number, indefinite pronoun, indefinite relative clause Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for indefinite articleindefinite article noungrammar a determiner that expresses nonspecificity of reference, such as a, an, or someCompare definite article Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for indefinite articleindefinite article The word a or an introducing an unspecified noun or the name of a general category: “a dog,” “an apple,” “an orange.” An is used when the next word begins with a vowel or a silent (unpronounced) h, as in “an egg” or “an hour.” The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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