| 单词 | pro-form |
| 释义 | pro-form[ proh-fawrm ] / ˈproʊˌfɔrm / noun Grammar.a word used to replace or substitute for a word, phrase, or clause belonging to a given grammatical class, as a pronoun used to replace a noun or noun phrase, there used to replace an adverb or adverbial phrase of place, as in I parked the car near the entrance and left it there, or so used to substitute for a clause, as in Have they come? I think so. Origin of pro-formFirst recorded in 1960–65 Words nearby pro-formprofit taking, profit warning, profligacy, profligate, profluent, pro-form, pro forma, pro forma invoice, proformiphen, profound, profoundly Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for pro-formpro-form nouna word having grammatical function but assuming the meaning of an antecedent word or phrase for which it substitutesthe word ``does'' is a pro-form for ``understands Greek'' in ``I can't understand Greek but he does'' 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 |
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