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ergative

/ur-guh-tiv/US // ˈɜr gə tɪv //UK // (ˈɜːɡətɪv) linguistics //

啮合性,糜烂性,糜烂

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : Grammar. noting a case that indicates the subject of a transitive verb and is distinct from the case indicating the subject of an intransitive verb.similar to such a case in function or meaning, especially in indicating an agent, as the subject She in She opened the door, in contrast to the subject The door in The door opened.
    • : Linguistics. pertaining to a type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb.Compare accusative.
n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Grammar.

    • : the ergative case.
    • : a word in the ergative case.
    • : a form or construction of similar function or meaning.