adjective
adjective
ad.jec.tive AHD[²j“¹k-t¹v] DJ[6#d9!kt!v] KK[6#d9!kt!v]
n.Abbr.adj.,a.(名词)缩写adj.,a.
    Grammar Any of a class of words used to modify a noun or other substantive by limiting, qualifying, or specifying and distinguished in English morphologically by one of several suffixes, such as-able, -ous, -er, and-est, or syntactically by position directly preceding a noun or nominal phrase, such aswhite ina white house.
  【语法】 形容词:通过限制、描述或指定用以修饰名词或其他代名词的一类词。英语中,语态上以后缀,如-able,-ous,-er 以及-est 为特征,句法上以直接位于名词或名词性词组前为特征,例如white(白色) 在a white house(白色房屋) 中
adj.(形容词)
1.Grammar Adjectival:
  【语法】 形容词的:
    an adjective clause.
   形容词从句
2.Law Prescriptive; remedial:
  【法律】 程序的:因在特定时间拥有而获得的;补救的:
    adjective law.
   程序法
3.Not standing alone; derivative or dependent.
    从属的,不独立的:不独立存在的;衍生性的或依赖性的
ORIGIN
1.Middle English
    中古英语
2.from Old Frenchadjectif
    源自 古法语adjectif
3.from Late Latinadiectīvus}
    源自 后期拉丁语adiectīvus}
4.fromadiectus [past participle of] adiicere [to add to]
    源自adiectus [] adiicere的过去分词 [附加]
5.ad- [ad-]
    ad- [前缀,表“朝向”]
6.iacere [to throw] * see y¶-
    iacere [扔] *参见 y¶-
DERIVATIVES
▪ad“jectively adv.(副词)