| 释义 |
similative, a. and n. Gram.|ˈsɪmɪlətɪv|
[f. L. similis like + -ative.]
A. adj. Denoting or expressing similarity or likeness.
B. n. A similative word, case, verbal element, or compound. Cf. similitive a.
1884in N.E.D. s.v. air sb. B. 3. 1903 Amer. Anthropologist Jan.–Mar. 13 Besides these, comitatives, similatives, partitives, and suffixes expressing similar ideas, are found. 1911H. Bradley in Encycl. Brit. XXV. 209/1 The many jocularly similative uses of ordinary words, such as ‘tin’ for money. 1930F. R. Blake in J. T. Hatfield et al. Curme Vol. Ling. Stud. 37 The immaterial adnominal cases are..similative—an animal like a pig. 1954Pei & Gaynor Dict. Linguistics 197 Similative, a declensional case in certain non-Indo-European languages, denoting resemblance. (Also termed conformative.) |