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proto-form

/proh-toh-fawrm/US // ˈproʊ toʊˌfɔrm //

原形态,原形,原形体,原型

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    Linguistics.

    • : a hypothetical linguistic form reconstructed as an element of a protolanguage.

Examples

  • The same Pediatrics journal notes that 17 states have some form of exception to the standard parental consent requirement.

  • I mean, physically, mentally, you know, in every way, shape, and form.

  • And with regular clients that see him at least twice a month, relationships inevitably form.

  • I ask Atefeh and Monir if they see dancing as a form of income in the future, a potential career.

  • But probably because we co-edited the Deadline Artists anthologies with our friend Jesse Angelo, we feel a fidelity to the form.

  • Practise gliding in the form of inflection, or slide, from one extreme of pitch to another.

  • The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.

  • Arches more graceful in form, or better fitted to defy the assaults of time, I have never seen.

  • As company after company appeared, we were able to form a pretty exact estimate of their numbers.

  • And remember it is by our hypothesis the best possible form and arrangement of that lesson.