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单词 noun phrase
释义

noun phrase

noun

often capitalized N&P
: a phrase formed by a noun and all its modifiers and determiners
broadly : any syntactic element (such as a clause, clitic, pronoun, or zero element) with a noun's function (such as the subject of a verb or the object of a verb or preposition)
abbreviation NP

Example Sentences

In the sentence “I found the owner of the dog,” “the owner of the dog” is a noun phrase.
Recent Examples on the Web Meanwhile, a two-year-old child tested alongside Kanzi quickly intuits that two nouns can make up a noun phrase, tucked as a direct object into a verb phrase, which in turn is part of a sentence. The Economist, 22 Aug. 2019

Word History

First Known Use

1884, in the meaning defined above

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