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adjective

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n.形容词

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adjective


/'ædʒɪktɪv; `ædʒɪktɪv/
n (grammar) word that indicates a quality of the person or thing referred to by a noun, eg old, rotten, foreign in an old house, rotten apples, foreign names 形容词(表示作为名词的人或事物的性质的词, 如在an old house, rotten apples, foreign names中的old, rotten, foreign).

adjective


n[C]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin: adjectif, from Latin adjectus, past participle of adjicere, from ad- 'to' + jacere 'to throw']
a word that describes a noun or pronoun. In the phrase 'black hat', 'black' is an adjective and in the sentence `It makes her happy', 'happy' is an adjective.
>adjectival [,ædʒɪk'taɪvəl/