ergative
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啮合性,糜烂性,糜烂
Definitions
adj.形容词 adjective
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- : Grammar. noting a case that indicates the subject of a transitive verb and is distinct from the case indicating the subject of an intransitive verb.similar to such a case in function or meaning, especially in indicating an agent, as the subject She in She opened the door, in contrast to the subject The door in The door opened.
- : Linguistics. pertaining to a type of language that has an ergative case or in which the direct object of a transitive verb has the same form as the subject of an intransitive verb.Compare accusative.
n.名词 noun
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Grammar.
- : the ergative case.
- : a word in the ergative case.
- : a form or construction of similar function or meaning.
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