单词 | adjective |
释义 | adjective (once / 728 pages) 1nadj 2adj An adjective is a word that modifies a noun (or pronoun) to make it more specific: a "rotten" egg, a "cloudy" day, a "lovely" lady, or a "tall," "cool" glass of water. You use adjectives to give your nouns a little attitude or to communicate clearly. Without these important parts of speech, the president would live in The House, it would be difficult to give someone directions to the store, and there would only be one size available at Starbucks. WORD FAMILYadjective: adjectival, adjectives+/adjectival: adjectivally, adjectively USAGE EXAMPLESMost spent high school with the adjective “coveted.” Washington Post(Jan 01, 2017) When the song ended, she declared, “That was” — she paused to choose a valid but positive adjective — “amazing.” New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) But she also starred in the 1964 musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown,” a title whose adjective best explains the full Debbie Reynolds experience: maximum buoyancy. New York Times(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1n the word class that qualifies nouns Hyper major form class any of the major parts of speech of traditional grammar 2n a word that expresses an attribute of something Hypo|Hyper descriptive adjective, qualifying adjective an adjective that ascribes to its noun the value of an attribute of that noun (e.g., `a nervous person' or `a musical speaking voice') classifying adjective, relational adjectivean adjective that classifies its noun (e.g., `a nervous disease' or `a musical instrument') positive, positive degreethe primary form of an adjective or adverb; denotes a quality without qualification, comparison, or relation to increase or diminution comparative, comparative degreethe comparative form of an adjective or adverb superlative, superlative degreethe superlative form of an adjective or adverb pertainymmeaning relating to or pertaining to modifier, qualifier a content word that qualifies the meaning of a noun or verb 3adj of or relating to or functioning as an adjective 2an adjective clause Syn adjectival adj relating to court practice and procedure as opposed to the principles of law adjective law Syn|Ant procedural essential, substantive defining rights and duties as opposed to giving the rules by which rights and duties are established |
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