| 单词 | verb phrase |
| 释义 | > as lemmasverb phrase verb phrase (b) a multi-word verb consisting of a verb and another element which together function as a single syntactical unit; = phrasal verb n. at phrasal adj. 1; (a) a phrase containing a verb, esp. that part of a clause or sentence which comprises the main verb together with any complements (as object, adverbial, etc.). ΚΠ 1841 A. Allen & J. Cornwell New Eng. Gram. ii. 34 They form part of a verb-phrase, and cannot be separated from the verb. 1887 G. A. Southworth & F. B. Goddard Our Lang. ii. iv. 35 A verb-phrase is a group of words used as a single word. 1912 A. D. Sheffield Gram. & Thinking vi. 92 These classes we can then subdivide, thus... Auxiliaries, forming ‘verb phrases’ (is white, may go) [etc.]. 2003 M. Morton Lover's Tongue xiv. 176 As early as 1929 the verb phrase fuck off was being used to mean run away. 2014 A. Buium Math. i. 10 The sentence..is constructed from a noun phrase (NP) ‘the father of Socrates’ followed by a verb phrase (VP) ‘is a king’. < as lemmas |
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