| 单词 | rankshift |
| 释义 | rankshift[ rangk-shift ] / ˈræŋkˌʃɪft / verb (used with object)(in systemic linguistics) to use a unit as a constituent of another unit of the same or lower rank on the rank scale, as in using the phrase next door within the phrase the boy next door or the clause that you met yesterday within the phrase the girl that you met yesterday. nounthe process of rankshifting. Origin of rankshiftFirst recorded in 1960–65; rank1 + shift Words nearby rankshiftranking member, Rankin, Jeanette, rankism, rankle, rank scale, rankshift, ransack, ransom, Ransome, ransomware, rant Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for rankshiftrankshift / (ˈræŋkˌʃɪft) in systemic grammar / nouna phenomenon in which a unit at one rank in the grammar has the function of a unit at a lower rank, as for example in the phrase the house on the corner, where the words on the corner shift down from the rank of group to the rank of word verbto shift or be shifted from one linguistic rank to another 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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