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单词 ostensive
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
os•ten•sive  (o stensiv),USA pronunciation adj. 
  1. clearly or manifestly demonstrative.
  2. ostensible.
  • Medieval Latin ostēnsīvus, equivalent. to Latin ostēns(us), variant of ostentus past participle of ostendere to present, display (o(b)s-, variant of ob- ob- + tend(ere) to stretch + -tus past participle suffix) + -īvus -ive
  • 1595–1605
os•tensive•ly, adv. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
ostensive /ɒˈstɛnsɪv/ adj
  1. obviously or manifestly demonstrative
  2. a less common word for ostensible
  3. (of a definition) given by demonstrative means, esp by pointing
Etymology: 17th Century: from Late Latin ostentīvus, from Latin ostendere to show; see ostensible

osˈtensively adv
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