a word or phrase such as 'however' or 'what's more' that links what has already been said or written to what follows. Conjuncts are also calledlinkers.
[C]linguisticsa word made by leaving out a letter or letters of a word or words. For example ‘can't' is a contraction of the word ‘cannot'. 缩约词,缩约形式(如can’ 是cannot 的缩约形式)
a word or phrase that is used to indicate that one stage or topic in a conversation has finished and a new one is beginning. For example, ‘OK' , ‘so', ‘right', and ‘anyway' are often used as discourse markers. In the sentence ‘Anyway, let's think about the cost of all this', ‘anyway' signals that one stage of the conversation is over. Discourse markers often indicate a change of speaker. 话语标记(用来表示会话中的一个阶段或主题已经结束,新的阶段或主题马上开始)
a word in a language that has a different meaning from a similar-sounding word in another language, for example the English ‘actual' and the German ‘aktuell'. These similarities can confuse language learners and often cause errors. 假相似词(指与另一种语言中某个词在词形或读音上相似但意义上不同的词,如英语的actual 和德语的aktual)
a word used mainly for expressingrelationships between other words in a sentence, for example a conjunction like ‘but' or a preposition like ‘with' 功能词(主要用来表示句中其他词之间的关系,如连词but 或介词with)
a word or phrase such as 'however' or 'what's more' that links what has already been said or written to what follows. Linkers are also calledconjuncts.
a word or phrase used to refer to something else that it is closely related to. For example, 'Washington' is often used as a metonym for the US government.
one of the main grammaticalgroups that a particular word belongs to according to the way it is used in a sentence, for example noun, verb, adjective, or adverb 词类;词性
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 postmodifier.
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 group ‘the best people', ‘the' and ‘best' are premodifiers.
a word that includes the meaning of more specific words. For example, ‘vehicle' is the superordinate of words such as ‘car' and ‘truck'. 上义词(如vehicle 一词就包含有car和truck的意思)
a word in one language that has a different meaning from a similar-sounding word in another language, for example the English ‘actual' and the German ‘aktuell'. These similarities can confuse language learners and often cause errors. 假相似词(指与另一种语言中某个词在词形或读音上相似但意义上不同的词,如英语的actual 和德语的aktual)