| 单词 | endocentric |
| 释义 | endocentric[ en-doh-sen-trik ] / ˌɛn doʊˈsɛn trɪk / adjective Grammar.(of a construction or compound) having the same syntactic function in the sentence as one of its immediate constituents. Cold water is an endocentric construction, since it functions as would the noun water. Greenhouse is an endocentric compound, since it is a noun as is its head house. Compare exocentric. Origin of endocentricFirst recorded in 1930–35; endo- + -centric Words nearby endocentricendocarditis, endocardium, endocarp, endocarpoid, endocast, endocentric, endocervical, endocervicitis, endocervix, endochondral bone, endochondral ossification Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for endocentricendocentric / (ˌɛndəʊˈsɛntrɪk) / adjectivegrammar (of a construction) fulfilling the grammatical role of one of its constituents; as in three blind mice, where the whole noun phrase fulfils the same role as its head noun miceCompare exocentric Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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