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copulative

/kop-yuh-ley-tiv, -luh-tiv/US // ˈkɒp yəˌleɪ tɪv, -lə tɪv //UK // (ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv) //

累积,抄写,累积性,抄写性的

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : serving to unite or couple.
    • : Grammar. involving or consisting of connected words or clauses: a copulative sentence.pertaining to or serving as a copula; serving to connect subject and complement: a copulative verb.serving to connect nouns, noun phrases, verbs, clauses, etc.: a copulative conjunction.of the dvandva type: Bittersweet is a copulative compound.
    • : of or relating to sexual intercourse.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. a copulative word.

Examples

  • A conjunction copulative; a gallant match between your daughter and Raymond Mounchensey, young juventus.

  • The suspender of the larger copulative cell preserves its primitive form and becomes scarcely any larger.

  • That no number of connected singular nouns can govern a plural verb, unless they be connected by a copulative conjunction.

  • Murray admits of only the dis-junctive and copulative, and reduces the whole list of words to twenty-four.

  • It is a copulative conjunction, connecting the two members of the sentence—he will adopt if he can procure: Rule, as above.