搜尋結果
of
- IPA[əv]
美式
- expressing the relationship between a part and a whole；expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value
- 釋義
- 片語
介系詞
- 1. expressing the relationship between a part and a whole the sleeve of his coat in the back of the car
- 2. expressing the relationship between a scale or measure and a value an increase of 5 percent a height of 10 feet
- ▪ expressing an age a boy of 15
- 3. indicating an association between two entities, typically one of belonging the son of a friend the coast of Italy
- ▪ expressing the relationship between an author, artist, or composer and their works collectively the plays of Shakespeare the paintings of Rembrandt
- 4. expressing the relationship between a direction and a point of reference north of Chicago on the left of the picture
- 5. expressing the relationship between a general category or type and the thing being specified which belongs to such a category the city of Prague the idea of a just society
- 6. following a noun derived from or related to a verb.
- ▪ followed by a noun expressing the subject of the verb underlying the first noun the arrival of the police the howling of the wind
- ▪ followed by a noun expressing the object of the verb underlying the first noun the murder of the two boys payment of his debts
- 7. where the head of the phrase is a predicative adjective it was kind of you to ask I am certain of that
- 8. indicating the relationship between a verb and an indirect object.
- ▪ with a verb expressing a mental state I don't know of anything that would be suitable they must be persuaded of the severity of the problem
- ▪ expressing a cause he died of cancer
- 9. indicating the material or substance constituting something the house was built of bricks walls of stone
- 10. North American expressing time in relation to the following hour it would be just a quarter of three in New York
