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单词 adjective
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adjective

noun
/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
/ˈædʒɪktɪv/
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  1. a word that describes a person or thing, for example big, red and clever in a big house, red wine and a clever idea
    • ‘Reliable’ is not an adjective that could be applied to my car.
    Extra Examples
    • ‘My’ is a possessive adjective.
    • Adjectives qualify nouns.
    • Attributive adjectives precede the noun.
    • Predicative adjectives follow the noun.
    • adjectives describing texture
    Topics Languagea1
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • attributive
    • predicative
    • comparative
    verb + adjective
    • apply
    adjective
    • describe
    • modify
    • qualify
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    Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French adjectif, -ive, from Latin adject- ‘added’, from the verb adicere, from ad- ‘towards’ + jacere ‘throw’. The term was originally used in the phrase noun adjective, translating Latin nomen adjectivum, a translation of Greek onoma epitheton ‘attributive name’.
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