网站首页  词典首页

请输入您要查询的词汇:

 

词汇 definite-article
释义 definite article
noun[ C ]
 language specializeduk /ˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈɑː.tɪ.kəl/ us /ˌdef.ɪ.nət ˈɑːr.t̬ɪ.kəl/
B1
the grammatical name for the word "the" in English, or the words in other languages that have a similar use定冠词
Compare
indefinite articlespecialized
Examples

In French, you must include either the definite article 'le' or 'la', or the indefinite article 'un' or 'une', before a noun.
Remember to use the definite article before 'radio' in sentences like 'I was listening to the radio'.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Linguistics: parts of speech
abstract noun
adj
adjectival
adjectivally
adjunct
adv
adverb
adverbial
article
common noun
concrete noun
conj
conjunction
connective
count noun
countable noun
part of speech
prep
pronoun
relative pronoun
Examples from literature

Al is the Arabic definite article. 
The definite article the belongs to nouns in the singular or plural number. 
The is, therefore, called the definite article. 
The present participle with the definite article the before it, becomes a noun, and must have the preposition of after it. 
There is one definite article, la, invariable. 

definite article | American Dictionary


definite article
noun[ C ]
grammar
the word “the” in English, or the words in other languages that have a similar use

Examples of definite article


definite article
Furthermore, which, what, and whose are formally wh-words, and the definitearticle and the demonstratives are formally characterized by being th-words.
The agreement types de and het (the two forms of the definitearticle) distinguish between neuter and nonneuter nouns.
Future research must establish the plausibility of a developmental difference between singular and plural forms within the definitearticle and direct object clitic systems.
Erroneous use of the nominative forms der, die, das of the definitearticle did not differ in the group of normally-hearing children.
Thus, for the definitearticle paradigm frequency of use in adult speech and error preferences by children corresponded moderately to less well.
It is, therefore, crucial for the purposes of composition that the definitearticle not be assigned the status of a (determiner) head.
I will show that the morpheme ay in the verb functions in the same way as the definitearticle.
We will see, in section 4.3, that the semantics of ay is analogous to the semantics of the definitearticle in language.
The definitearticle therefore becomes unacceptable here not because the referent is not known in an immediate situation but because of cultural practice.
In the other case, a definitearticle was used, rather than indefinite but this could be argued to be a unique mention (the freezer).
The rest of the characters are introduced with a definitearticle.
Furthermore, as can be seen in example (18), she oversupplies the definitearticle in nonspecific indefinite contexts.
For instance, the definitearticle the specifies that the instance it grounds is presumed to be identifiable to the addressee.
This is strong evidence to suggest that a preposed adnominal genitive nominal was in complementary distribution with a demonstrative or 'definitearticle'.
Furthermore, idiomatic usage may distinguish between the zero article and the definitearticle in such contexts.
See all examples of definite article
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.
随便看

 

反思网英语在线翻译词典收录了377474条英语词汇在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用英语词汇的中英文双语翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2005-2024 fscai.com All Rights Reserved 更新时间:2025/2/24 1:16:54