| 词汇 | base-form |
| 释义 | base form noun[ C ] language specializeduk /ˈbeɪs ˌfɔːm/ us /ˈbeɪs ˌfɔːrm/ in grammar, the simplest form of a verb, without a special ending: 词根;词干 The base form of "calling" is "call".calling 的词干是 call。 Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs accusative art auxiliary bare infinitive bent continuous copula finite gerund modality non-finite non-progressive passive passivization perfective phrasal verb subjunctive the active voice the past continuous the past tense Examples of base formbase form But while stress is on the penultimate syllable in the baseform, it is not in the corresponding participle, which has final stress. These were forms that speakers could use correctly even if they used the baseform for all verb meanings. The number distinction is expressed in the plural by a vowel suffix on the baseform. In the basic variety, verbs appear in baseform, and the system of temporal expression includes the use of time adverbials. A verb baseform /ka-da/ is inflected to /kal/ to denote a future tense. A good corpus retrieval system will thus have an on-line facility which associates inflectional forms (or even morphological derivatives if required) with the baseform. In discussing the new method, the verb is used twice, one in the baseform and once in the -ing form. Concentrations of pumice clasts towards the baseform trains of clasts that are traceable along the length of outcrops. If the completive is taken as the baseform, the potential always involves a lowering of tone. The evidence is quite compelling : the entire baseform is involved in determining the shape of the denominal verb. Stress is distinctive in most disyllabic verbs, where it distinguishes the baseform from the participle. The vast majority of disyllabic verbs have penultimate stress in the baseform. If it is analysed as a baseform of itself, then it is a known word, and otherwise it is not. Extracting the consonants obscures information about clusters in the baseform, since the result is simply a string of consonants. Thus, word forms with this particular suffix could be considered as "allomorphs," not as inflectional forms that differ in meaning from the baseform. See all examples of base form These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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