| 单词 | adjective clause |
| 释义 | > as lemmasadjective clause adjective clause n. a clause whose head is an adjective; cf. noun phrase n. at noun n. Compounds 2. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > syntax or word order > syntactic unit or constituent > [noun] > clause > other specific types of clause clausulec1449 protasis1588 illative1604 apodosisa1638 incident proposition1725 subordinate clause1809 subclause1823 adjective clause1834 subject clause1840 nominative absolute1843 that-clause1845 head clause1915 contact-clause1927 content clause1927 wh-clause1957 1834 J. M. McCulloch Man. Eng. Gram. iii. 138 An Adjective clause is a clause introduced by an adjective,..as, ‘A boy, attentive to his studies, is sure to excel’. 1878 A. Reed & B. Kellogg Higher Lessons in Eng. 98 The Adjective Clause, when not restrictive, is set off by the comma. 1904 C. T. Onions Adv. Eng. Syntax §62 Adjective Clauses are introduced by Relative Pronouns.., Relative Adjectives.., or Relative Adverbs.., referring to a noun or noun-equivalent called the Antecedent, expressed or implied in the Principal Clause. 2008 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 9 Sept. (Youngpost) 7 It is possible to combine two sentences into one with an adjective clause. < as lemmas |
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