单词 | ablative |
释义 | ablative ablative1 —ablatival /ab'leuh tuy"veuhl/, adj. /ab"leuh tiv/, Gram. adj. 1. (in some inflected languages) noting a case that has among its functions the indication of place from which or, as in Latin, place in which, manner, means, instrument, or agent. n. 2. the ablative case. 3. a word in that case, as Troia in Latin Aeneas Troia venit, "Aeneas came from Troy." [1400-50; late ME < L ablativus. See ABLATE, -IVE] ablative2 —ablatively, adv. /a blay"tiv/, adj. capable of or susceptible to ablation; tending to ablate: the ablative nose cone of a rocket. [1560-70; ABLATE + -IVE] |
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