| 释义 |
transitivize, v. Gram.|ˈtrɑːnsɪtɪvaɪz, ˈtræns-, -nz-|
[f. transitive a. + -ize.]
trans. To make (a verb) transitive. So ˌtransitiˈvizing ppl. a.; ˌtransitiˈvizer, an affix that makes a verb transitive.
1964Language XL. 76 With the transitivizing stem formative—cˀi the resulting stem..means ‘he sets it down’. 1972J. L. Dillard Black English iii. 98 Pidgin characteristics, like the -um (-em) transitivizer. 1978Language LIV. 125 An appropriate transitivizing suffix. 1979Trans. Philol. Soc. 128 The causative *hanjāmaya- would transitivize a ‘joining’ that was expressed by han-gam-, and thereby allow the past participle hangmata- to be used for English ‘joined’ in both its intransitive and passive sense. |