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- size 161
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- Relatively 90
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- politically correct 91
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- Sand 157
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- comfortably 101
- shucking 33
- Horror film 47
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- cube 534
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- Unfair 213
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- elimination 362
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- middle eastern 70
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- Notable 135
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- adviser 243
- misdirect 148
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- Thorough 116
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- cutting 132
- beck 101
- victims 58
- bludgeon 88
- pliers 59
- unplugged 70
- Concerning 5
- Awkward 89
- plaything 64
- industrialize 434
- cracker 257
- click 244
- faith community 59
- oppressive 191
- fantastical 70
- yield 733
- Adherent 49
- by contrast 62
- mortician 60
- Charm 101
- BROWSE 97
- psyched 50
- Lecture 278
- take care 56
- Concoct 40
- Relapse 3
- stones 41
- mature 571
- Thoughtless 144
- hyperbaric 38
- Werewolf 106
- Congenial 134
- Buzzer 119
- soda 521
- courtier 85
- glycogen 74
- barnstorming 92
- reach 601
- Intangible 119
- mockingly 99
- fraternal 105
- Pierce 77
- Photo 156
- ff 81
- Pact 94
- tinpot 58
- assuming 152
- demoralize 228
- douche 101
- devote 683
- hake 100
- Subjective 139
- immemorial 58
- attack 630
- enrich 238
- stodgy 178
- circular 489
- lesion 65
- Stray 258
- lettering 60
- reincarnate 86
- Prodigy 27
- in advance of 60
- trousers 536
- buyback 75
- bamboo 106
- physique 151
- Excavate 170
- after-effect 78
- Bath 236
- binge drinking 76
- already 113
- indicate 583
- Tangerine 74
- blowfly 77
- Zero 181
- banqueting 79
- Anger 295
- overstep 67
- expend 591
- Transit 272
- hot tub 72
- existence 614
- general 721
- Doubtful 60
- haircare 82
- mourner 96
- emplace 54
- Deviate 92
- Check in 72
- Abstract 241
- Church 130
- vitiate 70
- sunburnt 63
- Discussion 87
- Visible 149
- forcing 27
- shipyard 65
- Vicissitudes 122
- Dinner 152
- Jeans 145
- tribune 43
- illness 541
- muck 224
- Trepidation 143
- cycle 507
- Knit 109
- Activity 203
- REPETITIVE 78
- atlas 104
- spawn 109
- latrine 81
- Slide 241
- sale 641
- advance 573
- mercurial 73
- slaw 71
- CONTAIN 95
- pleasant 596
- take 451
- qt 52
- merrily 65
- fitness centre 76
- MOCK 130
- Lock 179
- tower 558
- very 102
- Night 151
- CHARGE 165
- surfboard 60
- SENSE 101
- hurdles 60
- sharpshooter 47
- retired 189
- Petal 54
- arrangement 529
- bean 483
- bloodstained 103
- Supply 248
- hailstorm 93
- Play along 46
- Hurdles 58
- brand 554
- computerized 115
- Soon and as soon as possible 47
- inequitable 68
- first person 86
- sweetish 57
- dhoti 78
- kilowatt 64
- resolve 662
- Ordinary 180
- Vietnamese 95
- put down 138
- matriculation 31
- Valuable 274
- filled 66
- eating 52
- Asleep 171
- empower 241
- in the middle of nowhere 121
- Wheel 93
- Pick 77
- tiled 70
- brutal 246
- sniping 27
- corridor 595
- subtotal 70
- come clean 71
- fledged 156
- star 172
- sex offender 64
- posturing 37
- holidaymaker 83
- intimidate 544
- elastic 579
- Phone 181
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- intentional 482
- Centre 131
- pertinacious 59
- distribution 496
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- marketing 179
- Something that you are discussing 46
- skim 581
- demoralized 72
- max 59
- Arouse 268
- canary yellow 72
- synergy 60
- Colours 81
- amble 239
- common land 124
- printable 50
- right 404
- Smashing 8
- shakespearean 38
- reskill 39
- To become more definite, or to make something more definite 22
- strain 568
- develop 271
- dictation 458
- dearer 61
- mincing 40
- regard 645
- waving 67
- Opulent 140
- variation 564
- parachutist 65
- reiterate 230
- less 487
- Food 182
- Instrument 232
- Should 135
- Restriction 287
- legitimacy 158
- easily 469
- plentifully 69
- Chunky 269
- Intention 109
- ajar 140
- inexorable 81
- Evolve 199
- giant 570
- eyewash 87
- mark 627
- Morale 72
- Involvement 161
- a sea of something 57
- Pearl 101
- TIp 174
- belorussian 60
- Verse 76
- sortie 49
- limber 60
- discharge 539
- watch out 86
- polytheism 49
- Elect 251
- splendid 515
- VICARIOUS 86
- Entertaining 190
- what's 57
- Oyster 96
- Matter 311
- aborted 42
- Suffering from a specific illness 54
- corer 69
- Wool 196
- mnemonic 57
- break free 62
- busser 74
- whig 60
- have your cake and eat it too 39
- prolongation 38
- Revert 6
- self important 82
- lay 585
- poverty 566
- fiendish 94
- probability 469
- parties 43
- Grade 225
- holdall 56
- inoperative 81
- Before a time or event 52
- diaphanous 85
- assess 535
- pound cake 55
- Get it 60
- ocean 592
- overemphasis 56
- mobilisation 66
- kirsch 61
- damage 1084
- Incursion 62
- scratch 573
- delay 693
- prefigure 213
- breed 552
- wealthy 612
- Number 313
- Circumstance 198
- Drown 79
- bogof 81
- square up to 52
- Spin 198
- unplanned 55
- hurt 509
- olde 56
- croquette 108
- strut 104
- new 317
- goalkeeper 126
- mysticism 57
- score 536
- Overlook 113
- Payment 157
- Chairman 202
- armagnac 63
- Gothic 75
- worship 535
- baksheesh 66
- Intoxication 3
- swat 82
- measure up 74
- rust 594
- billy 111
- Downward 64
- residency 198
- Del. 37
- prank 118
- worrying 295
- pest 226
- belligerency 46
- wrongly 138
- forged 51
- wit 557
- nurturant 33
- DUTY 64
- Wild 298
- blub 85
- capital 553
- cosily 146
- uncharacteristic 113
- bite 547
- daiquiri 95
- Cereal 97
- enrichment 134
- take place 89
- pushcart 55
- naked 531
- Importance - thesaurus 62
- criterion 252
- leading 493
- premiere 119
- Suffice 84
- flue 95
- strawberry 506
- dart 211
- the Supreme Court 57
- recidivist 69
- bobbed 103
- unvoiced 50
- pecuniary 52
- in the course of time 76
- fist 574
- extend 570
- Turning point 88
- former 566
- canoodle 92
- ethnocentric 110
- divorced 229
- birdsong 82
- matter 508
- be married to something 39
- Attractive 274
- artificial 560
- dole 168
- obstreperous 75
- about 321
- Aegis 44
- culture 603
- suit 556
- ice water 50
- devil's advocate 103
- toll 335
- sago 81
- remote 525
- Posture 80
- castle 597
- juju 49
- imputation 63
- memorandum 180
- secrecy 123
- entitlement 207
- Problems with machines 30
- after hours 102
- disturb 590
- bid-price 40
- moaning 47
- Drunken 137
- Mediterranean 410
- pileless 27
- output 542
- Excuse 207
- memento 77
- get-into 48
- pay day 69
- blender 129
- Generations - thesaurus 56
- shipwreck 246
- snap 523
- sandblast 54
- stack 557
- mural 71
- diffusivity 44
- plectrum 45
- turn over a new leaf 4
- slimline 69
- neonatal 72
- rehear 41
- shtick 51
- Possession 233
- Exhibit 136
- bring 259
- act 554
- Inexorable 33
- governess 115
- conclusively 59
- Grocery 159
- tyrant 79
- Notorious 113
- speaker 570
- Since 184
- gentle 572
- stockroom 47
- entrance 588
- duffel 75
- tin-pot 41
- solemn 587
- grudgingly 76
- civil-rights 50
- hold forth 62
- hit 677
- Ennui 18
- kidnap 135
- biting 104
- Befuddle 31
- Death 91
- sleepiest 29
- kidnapper 77
- Liquid 185
- Badly 50
- diadem 107
- blue 252
- stein 50
- electrocute 95
- undercut 102
- sweetness 63
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accusative
noun [singular] linguistics 
/əˈkjuːzətɪv/
/əˈkjuːzətɪv/ in some languages, the form of a noun or pronoun that shows that it is the direct object of a verb 宾格
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adjunct
noun [C] /ˈædʒʌŋkt/
/ˈædʒʌŋkt/ 2
linguistics the part of a clause that shows when, where, how, or in what circumstances something happens. An adjunct usually consists of an adverb or adverb group, or a prepositional phrase, for example 'moreover', 'quite happily', and 'in the near future'. 修饰成分 Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence: accusative, adjunct, allomorph...
allomorph
noun [C] linguistics /ˈæləmɔː(r)f/
/ˈæləmɔː(r)f/ one of the forms that a morpheme can have. For example, the plural ending ‘-s' has three allomorphs: /s/, /z/, and /iz/, as in the words ‘trucks', ‘cars', and ‘buses'.
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allophone
noun [C] /ˈæləˌfəʊn/
/ˈæləˌfəʊn/1
linguistics one of the slightly different ways that a phoneme can be pronounced. For example, the /p/ in the word ‘pill' is slightly different from the /p/ in the word ‘spill'. Synonyms and related words
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antecedent
noun /ˌæntɪˈsiːd(ə)nt/
/ˌæntɪˈsiːd(ə)nt/ 3
[C] linguistics the antecedent of a word is the noun or phrase nearer the beginning of the sentence that it refers to. In the sentence ‘I threw the keys to him and he caught them', ‘keys' is the antecedent of ‘them'. 先行词，前述词（在句子I threw the keys to him and he caught them 中，keys 是them 的先行词） Synonyms and related words
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article
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noun /ˈɑː(r)tɪk(ə)l/
/ˈɑː(r)tɪk(ə)l/ 4
[C] linguistics a type of determiner (=word used before a noun) that shows whether you are referring to a particular thing or to a general example of something. The indefinite article is ‘a' or ‘an' and the definite article is ‘the'. 冠词 Synonyms and related words
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case
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noun /keɪs/
/keɪs/ 7
[C/U] linguistics a form of a noun, adjective, or pronoun in some languages that shows its relationship in grammar to other words in a sentence 格（一些语言中名词、形容词或代词等的一种形式，表明其与句中其他词的关系） Synonyms and related words
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clause
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noun [C] /klɔːz/
/klɔːz/ 2
linguistics a group of words that contains a verb and often a subject, object, complement and adjunct. A sentence consists of one or more clauses. For example the sentence ‘If you can help, please get in touch' has two clauses. 从句；分句；小句 Synonyms and related words
Types and forms of word, clause or sentence: accusative, adjunct, allomorph...
cleft sentence
noun [C] linguistics
a way of emphasizing a word or words by re-ordering the information in a sentence. A cleft sentence consists of impersonal ‘it', the verb ‘be', the important word or words, and a clause. For example the sentences ‘It is the answers that matter' and ‘It was the money he wanted' are cleft sentences. The non-emphatic alternatives would be ‘The answers matter' and ‘He wanted the money'.
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collocate
noun [C] linguistics /ˈkɒləkət/
/ˈkɒləkət/ a word that is often used with another word 搭配词
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collocation
noun linguistics /ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/
/ˌkɒləˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ 2
[C] a collocate, or a particular combination of collocates Chapter three deals with collocations such as 'heavy rain' and 'bitterly disappointed'.
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combining form
noun [C] linguistics /kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ˌfɔː(r)m/
/kəmˈbaɪnɪŋ ˌfɔː(r)m/ a form of a word that has its own meaning but is used only in combination with other words to make new words, for example -footed in ‘a four-footed animal' 组合语素（如four-footed 中的-footed）
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complement
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noun [C] /ˈkɒmplɪmənt/
/ˈkɒmplɪmənt/ 4
linguistics in active clauses, the part of a clause that comes after a linking verb such as ‘be', ‘seem', or ‘appear' and identifies or describes the subject. A complement is usually a noun or adjective. For example in the sentences ‘Parking is always a problem in city-centres' and ‘Sometimes the future seems very uncertain', the complements are ‘a problem' and ‘very uncertain'. 补（足）语 Synonyms and related words
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concessive clause
noun [C] linguistics /kənˌsesɪv ˈklɔːz/
/kənˌsesɪv ˈklɔːz/ a subordinate clause that begins with a conjunction such as ‘although', 'while', or ‘whereas', and makes a statement that is unexpected in some way, or contrasts with information in another clause. For example in the sentence ‘I've never met my neighbours, although I've lived here for five years', the information after ‘although' seems unexpected. In the sentence ‘Men have to wear business suits to the office, whereas women can wear what they like' there is a contrast between the two clauses. 让步从句（指以although,while或whereas等开始的从句，里面包含出乎意料或与其他子句信息冲突的事实或观点）
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coordinate clause
noun [C] linguistics
an independent clause that is connected to another one of equal importance, often with a conjunction such as ‘and', ‘but', or ‘or'. For example in the sentence ‘He died and she married again' there are two coordinate clauses.
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dative
noun [singular] linguistics /ˈdeɪtɪv/
/ˈdeɪtɪv/ the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective that you use in some languages when it is the indirect object of a verb 与格（指某些语言中名词、代词或形容词作为动词间接宾语的形式）
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declension
noun linguistics /dɪˈklenʃ(ə)n/
/dɪˈklenʃ(ə)n/ 2
[C] a group of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns in some languages that all change their form in the same way depending on their relationship to other words in a sentence 词形变化相同的一组词 Synonyms and related words
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definite article
noun [C] [usually singular] linguistics
the word ‘the' in English, or a similar type of word in another language （英语或其他语言中的）定冠词
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deixis
noun [U] linguistics /ˈdaɪksɪs/
/ˈdaɪksɪs/ the use of words or phrases such as ‘you', ‘there', or ‘last month' whose meaning depends on the situation in which they are used
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descriptor
noun [C] /dɪˈskrɪptə(r)/
/dɪˈskrɪptə(r)/2
linguistics a word or expression that is used to describe something Synonyms and related words
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direct question
noun [C] linguistics /dɪˌrekt ˈkwestʃ(ə)n/
/dɪˌrekt ˈkwestʃ(ə)n/ a question that is asked directly, for example 'What's your name?' or 'Did they come by train?'
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direct speech
noun [U] linguistics British
the exact words that someone has said. In writing, they are shown inside quotation marks. 直接引语
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discourse marker
noun [C] linguistics
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words such as ‘however' or ‘furthermore' that provide a connection between ideas in written language 语篇衔接语 Synonyms and related words
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display question
noun [C] education /dɪˈspleɪ ˌkwestʃ(ə)n/
/dɪˈspleɪ ˌkwestʃ(ə)n/ a question asked by a teacher that allows students to display their knowledge
Display questions stimulate students, especially beginners, to join in interaction and generate language.
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hypothetical meaning
noun [C/U] linguistics /haɪpəˌθetɪk(ə)l ˈmiːnɪŋ/
/haɪpəˌθetɪk(ə)l ˈmiːnɪŋ/ a meaning that refers to situations which are unlikely or impossible. Hypothetical meaning is frequently expressed by conditional constructions.
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indefinite article
noun [C] linguistics
the word ‘a' or ‘an' in the English language, or a word in another language that is used in a similar way 不定冠词
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independent clause
noun [C] linguistics
a clause that contains a verb which shows time or tense, and usually a subject. An independent clause can be a sentence on its own, for example ‘Halley's comet is named after the English astronomer' is an independent clause. 独立分句
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indirect discourse
noun [U] linguistics mainly American
indirect speech 间接引语
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indirect question
noun [C] linguistics
the words that you use to report a question that someone else has asked, for example ‘She asked me where I was going.' 间接疑问句
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indirect speech
noun [U] linguistics
the words that you use to report what someone else has said, for example ‘He said we shouldn't leave town.' 间接引语
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inflection
noun /ɪnˈflekʃ(ə)n/
/ɪnˈflekʃ(ə)n/ 1a
[C] the form of a word that is not the basic form 屈折形式
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interjection
noun /ˌɪntə(r)ˈdʒekʃ(ə)n/
/ˌɪntə(r)ˈdʒekʃ(ə)n/ 1
[C] linguistics a word or phrase used for expressing a strong emotion such as surprise or anger. ‘Oh' and ‘ouch' are interjections. 叹词；感叹语 Synonyms and related words
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interrogative
noun [C] linguistics /ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv/
/ˌɪntəˈrɒɡətɪv/ a word or phrase that you use for asking a question, for example ‘what?' or ‘how?' 疑问词；疑问短语
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lexeme
noun [C] linguistics /ˈleksiːm/
/ˈleksiːm/ a word or group of words that has a meaning that cannot be understood from the meaning of the parts of which it consists
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loan translation
noun [C] linguistics
a word or expression used in a language that has been translated from another language
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locative
noun [C/U] linguistics /ˈlɒkətɪv/
/ˈlɒkətɪv/ the form of a noun, pronoun, or adjective that you use in some languages when you are talking about where someone or something is
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locution
noun [C] linguistics /ləʊˈkjuːʃ(ə)n/
/ləʊˈkjuːʃ(ə)n/ a word or phrase, especially one used by people in a particular area or from a particular group （尤指某一地区或群体使用的）惯用语，行话
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masculine
noun [C] linguistics /ˈmæskjʊlɪn/
/ˈmæskjʊlɪn/ a word or form of a word that belongs to the masculine group of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives 阳性词；阳性形式
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minimal pair
noun [C] linguistics
a pair of words that are different from each other in one sound only, for example pan and can
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modifier
noun [C] linguistics /ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪə(r)/
/ˈmɒdɪˌfaɪə(r)/ the part of a noun group, adjective group, or verb group that comes before the most important word (the head), and adds information about it. For example in the noun groups ‘dangerous games', and ‘my maths teacher', ‘dangerous', ‘my' and ‘maths' are all modifiers. In some grammars, ‘modifier' refers to words that come both before and after the head. 修饰语；修饰成分
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morpheme
noun [C] linguistics /ˈmɔː(r)fiːm/
/ˈmɔː(r)fiːm/ the smallest unit of meaning in a language. A morpheme can be a whole word, for example ‘the', or part of a word, for example ‘un' in ‘unable'. 语素，词素（词素可以是一个完整的单词，如the或词的一部分，如unable中的un）
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mot juste
noun [C] /ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/
/ˌməʊ ˈʒuːst/ exactly the right word or phrase
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negative
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noun [C] /ˈneɡətɪv/
/ˈneɡətɪv/ 2
linguistics a word or phrase that means ‘no' or ‘not'. Verb groups with ‘no' or ‘n't' are negatives, for example ‘I don't understand', and ‘I won't comment'. 否定词；否定表达 Synonyms and related words
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noun /ˈnʌmbə(r)/
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[U] linguistics the form of a word that shows whether you are referring to one thing or more than one thing 数 If the subject is plural, the verb has to be in the plural number. 如果主语是复数，动词必须是复数形式。
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noun [C] /ˈɒbdʒekt/
/ˈɒbdʒekt/ 4
linguistics in active clauses, the part of a clause referring to the person or thing that is affected by the action of a verb. In English, the object is usually a noun group or pronoun, and comes after the verb. For example the sentence ‘I've promised the children new bicycles' has two objects: ‘new bicycles' is the direct object, and ‘the children' is the indirect object. 宾语 Synonyms and related words
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paradigm
noun [C] /ˈpærədaɪm/
/ˈpærədaɪm/ 3
linguistics the complete set of the different forms of a word, for example student, student's, students, and students' （单词的）词形变化 Synonyms and related words
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partitive
noun [C] linguistics /ˈpɑː(r)tətɪv/
/ˈpɑː(r)tətɪv/ a word or expression used for showing that only part of something is being referred to, rather than all of it. In the sentence ‘Have a piece of cake', ‘a piece of' is a partitive. 表示部分的词（或表达）（如Have a piece of cake 中的 a piece of）
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noun [C] /freɪz/
/freɪz/ 2
linguistics a word or words that act as a unit in a clause, such as a noun phrase, a verb phrase, or an adjective phrase. For example in the sentence ‘This road can get very busy ', ‘this road' is a noun phrase, ‘can get' is a verb phrase, and ‘very busy' is an adjective phrase. 词组；短语；片语 Synonyms and related words
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the plural
noun linguistics /ˈplʊərəl/
/ˈplʊərəl/ a word or form used for referring to more than one person or thing. For example ‘students' is the plural of ‘student', and ‘mice' is the plural of ‘mouse'. 复数（形式）
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plurality
noun /plʊəˈræləti/
/plʊəˈræləti/ 3
[U] linguistics the state of being plural 复数 Synonyms and related words
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polysemy
noun [U] linguistics /pəˈlɪsɪmi/
/pəˈlɪsɪmi/ the fact of having more than one meaning
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possessive
noun [C] linguistics /pəˈzesɪv/
/pəˈzesɪv/ a possessive word or form of a word 所有格；所有格形式
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predeterminer
noun [C] linguistics /ˌpriːdɪˈtɜː(r)mɪnə(r)/
/ˌpriːdɪˈtɜː(r)mɪnə(r)/ a word that comes before a determiner (a word such as ‘a', ‘the', ‘his', and ‘this') and gives more information about a noun. For example in the noun groups ‘all my fingers' and ‘half a loaf', ‘all' and ‘half' are predeterminers. 前置限定词，前置限定成分（如名词前的a,the, his, 或 this， 以及all my fingers 和half a loaf 中的all 和 half）
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predicate
noun [C] linguistics /ˈpredɪkət/
/ˈpredɪkət/ the part of the sentence that contains the verb and its object or complements and gives more information about the subject, for example ‘was combing her hair' in the sentence ‘Francesca was combing her hair'. 谓语
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prepositional phrase
noun [C] linguistics /ˌprepəzɪʃ(ə)nəl ˈfreɪz/
/ˌprepəzɪʃ(ə)nəl ˈfreɪz/ a prepositional phrase consists of a preposition followed by a noun group, pronoun, or ‘-ing' form. A prepositional phrase is often an adjunct in a clause, for example in the sentences ‘I called about your advert', and ‘I learned a lot from reading crime fiction', ‘about your advert' and ‘from reading crime fiction' are prepositional phrases. 介词短语
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pseudo-cleft sentence
noun [C] linguistics /ˌsjuːdəʊkleft ˈsentəns/
/ˌsjuːdəʊkleft ˈsentəns/ a way of emphasizing part of a sentence by using a ‘what' clause as its subject or complement, with a form of ‘be' as the main verb. The sentences ‘What we should do is tell the truth', and ‘A holiday in the mountains is what I really need' are pseudo-cleft sentences. The non-emphatic alternatives would be ‘We should tell the truth' and ‘I really need a holiday in the mountains'.
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qualifier
noun [C] /ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪə(r)/
/ˈkwɒlɪˌfaɪə(r)/ 2
linguistics the part of a noun group, adjective group, or verb group that comes after the most important word (the head), and adds information about it. For example in the noun group ‘the rules of the game', the prepositional phrase ‘of the game' is a qualifier. Synonyms and related words
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quantifier
noun [C] linguistics /ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪə(r)/
/ˈkwɒntɪˌfaɪə(r)/ a word or phrase such as ‘much' or ‘a few' that is used with another word to show quantity （数）量词
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question tag
noun [C] linguistics
a short clause that you add to a statement to make it a question or to request agreement, for example ‘You called the builder didn't you?', 'He's a fantastic player, isn't he?' and ‘You can't work it out, can you?' When the first clause is affirmative, the tag is usually negative, and when the first clause is negative, the tag is usually affirmative. 疑问尾句；附加疑问句
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referential question
noun [U] education /ˌrefərenʃ(ə)l ˈkwestʃ(ə)n/
/ˌrefərenʃ(ə)l ˈkwestʃ(ə)n/ a question that is designed to find out something the questioner does not already know
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relative clause
noun [C] linguistics
a subordinate clause that follows another clause and usually begins with words such as ‘who', ‘which', or ‘that'. Relative clauses give extra information about a person, thing, or situation in the preceding clause. For example in the sentence ‘From there you can see the whole city, which is beautiful at sunset', ‘which is beautiful at sunset' is a relative clause. 关系从句
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reported speech
noun [U] linguistics /rɪˌpɔː(r)tɪd ˈspiːtʃ/
/rɪˌpɔː(r)tɪd ˈspiːtʃ/ the words that you use to report what someone else has said, for example ‘He said we shouldn't leave town' 间接引语
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restrictive relative clause
noun [C] linguistics /rɪˌstrɪktɪv relətɪv ˈklɔːz/
/rɪˌstrɪktɪv relətɪv ˈklɔːz/ a relative clause that makes clear which particular person or thing you are referring to. For example, in the sentence ‘We need to maximize the amount of waste that is recycled', ‘that is recycled' is a restrictive relative clause. When the relative pronoun would be the object or complement of the relative clause, it is often omitted, for example in the sentence ‘His first movie contains some of the best acting I've ever seen'. 限制性关系从句
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rheme
noun [C] linguistics /riːm/
/riːm/ in discourse analysis, the new information in a clause or sentence. The known information is called the theme.
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run-on sentence
noun [C] linguistics
a sentence in which two main clauses are connected without any conjunctions, or without the correct punctuation
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noun [C] /ˈsentəns/
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a group of words, usually including a subject and a verb, that express a statement, question, or instruction. A written sentence begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop, question mark, or exclamation mark. 句子；句 Synonyms and related words
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the singular
noun linguistics /ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə(r)/
/ˈsɪŋɡjʊlə(r)/ the form of a word that is used for referring to one person or thing （词的）单数形式
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speech act
noun [C] linguistics
an action that people perform when they communicate with others. When for example someone claims, suggests, promises, requests, or refuses something, they are obeying certain rules of communication in order to make their intentions understood.
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speech event
noun [C] linguistics /ˈspiːtʃ ɪˌvent/
/ˈspiːtʃ ɪˌvent/ another name for a speech act
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noun [C] /ˈsʌbdʒɪkt/
/ˈsʌbdʒɪkt/ 3
linguistics in active clauses, the part of a clause referring to the person or thing that does or causes the action of a verb. In English, the subject is usually a noun group or pronoun, and comes before the verb. For example in the sentence ‘Some children enjoy writing stories', the subject is ‘some children'. （英语语法中的）主语 Synonyms and related words
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subordinate clause
noun [C] linguistics
a clause that adds information about an independent clause, but is not considered to be a well-formed sentence on its own. For example in the sentence ‘When you hear the alarm, get out of bed immediately', ‘when you hear the alarm' is a subordinate clause. 从句；从属分句
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noun /tæɡ/
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[C] linguistics a question tag 疑问尾句；附加疑问句 Synonyms and related words
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tag question
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a question tag 疑问尾句；附加疑问句
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noun [C] /θiːm/
/θiːm/ 3
linguistics in discourse analysis, the known information in a clause or sentence. The new information is called the rheme. Synonyms and related words
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topic sentence
noun [C] linguistics /ˈtɒpɪk ˌsentəns/
/ˈtɒpɪk ˌsentəns/ the first sentence in a paragraph, which sets out the topic of the paragraph
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valency
noun [C] /ˈveɪlənsi/
/ˈveɪlənsi/ 2
linguistics all the phrases and clauses that typically follow a verb. For example, the valency of a linking verb like ‘be' typically involves a noun group, an adjective group, or a prepositional phrases such as ‘in a muddle' in the sentence ‘Oh dear, you are in a muddle, aren't you?' （语言）配价；价 Synonyms and related words
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zero article
noun [singular] linguistics /ˌzɪərəʊ ˈɑː(r)tɪk(ə)l/
/ˌzɪərəʊ ˈɑː(r)tɪk(ə)l/ in English, the absence of an article before nouns that refer to something that is indefinite. For example, in the sentence 'She loves cheese but hates eggs' both 'cheese' and 'eggs' have zero article.
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the zero conditional
noun [singular] linguistics /ˌzɪərəʊ kənˈdɪʃ(ə)nəl/
/ˌzɪərəʊ kənˈdɪʃ(ə)nəl/ in English, a type of conditional used in statements of general truths, where both verbs are in the present, for example, 'If you prick me do I not bleed?'
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direct discourse
noun [U] linguistics American
the exact words that someone has said. In writing, they are shown inside quotation marks. 直接引语
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noun /ˈdʒendə(r)/
/ˈdʒendə(r)/ 3
[C/U] linguistics the gender of a word is whether it is masculine, feminine, or neuter. In English, only pronouns like ‘he' and ‘she' and possessive determiners like ‘his' and ‘her' have gender, but in other languages such as French all nouns, pronouns etc have gender. （语法）性（如阳性、阴性或中性。英语中只有代词he和she及物主代词his和her有性的差异。但在法语等其他语言中所有的名词及代词均有阴阳性） Synonyms and related words
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object complement
noun [C] linguistics /ˌɒbdʒekt ˈkɒmplɪment/
a type of grammatical complement that identifies or describes a direct object. An object complement is usually a noun or an adjective. For example, in the sentences ‘Everyone considered the project a success' and ‘The window was left open', the object complements are ‘a success' and ‘open'.
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