| 单词 | verbal adjective |
| 释义 | > as lemmasverbal adjective verbal adjective n. (formerly also †adjective verbal) [after post-classical Latin verbale adiectivum (also adiectivum verbale) (1537 or earlier)] Grammar an adjective formed from a verb, usually, through not necessarily, constituting an inflection, and typically closely related to the source verb in meaning; spec. a participle or participial adjective. ΚΠ 1649 J. Shirley Via ad Latinam Linguam Complanata 103 Verbal Adjectives in bilis, when they signifie passively, Govern a Dative. 1655 W. Walker Treat. Eng. Particles 144 An Adjective Verball of a Passive signification. 1775 A. B. W. Bell New Compend. Gram. Greek Tongue 62 A Participle is a Verbal Adjective. 1859 W. Wright tr. C. P. Caspari Gram. Arab. Lang. I. 124 The verbal adjectives, derived from the first form of the triliteral verb, have two principal forms. 1949 Classical Weekly 28 Nov. 19/2 Both gerund and gerundive are in form passive verbal adjectives. 2013 G. J. C. Jordaan Anc. Greek Inside Out iv. 36 The participle is a type of verbal adjective, in part a verb, in part an adjective. < as lemmas |
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