单词 | transitive verb |
释义 | transitive verbnoun Grammar.a verb accompanied by a direct object and from which a passive can be formed, as deny, rectify, elect. Origin of transitive verbFirst recorded in 1580–90 Words nearby transitive verbtransition probability, transition region, transition team, transition temperature, transitive, transitive verb, transitman, transit number, transitory, transitory action, transit shed Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for transitive verbtransitive verb A verb that needs a direct object to complete its meaning. Bring, enjoy, and prefer are transitive verbs. (Compare intransitive verb.) notes for transitive verbSome verbs can be transitive in one sentence and intransitive in another: turned is transitive in “Brenda turned the wheel sharply” but intransitive in “Fred turned when I called.” 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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