搜尋結果
ergative
- IPA[ˈəːɡətɪv]
英式
- relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g. Basque and Inuktitut) that identifies the doer of an action as the object rather than the subject of a verb.;(in English) denoting verbs which can be used both transitively and intransitively to describe the same action, with the object in the former case being the subject in the latter, as in I boiled the kettle and the kettle boiled.
- an ergative word.;the ergative case.
noun: ergative, plural noun: ergatives
- 釋義
形容詞
- 1. relating to or denoting a case of nouns (in some languages, e.g. Basque and Inuktitut) that identifies the doer of an action as the object rather than the subject of a verb.
- ▪ (in English) denoting verbs which can be used both transitively and intransitively to describe the same action, with the object in the former case being the subject in the latter, as in I boiled the kettle and the kettle boiled.
名詞
- 1. an ergative word.
- ▪ the ergative case.