late 14c., as an adjective, "adjectival," in noun adjective, from Old French adjectif (14c.), from Latin adjectivum "that is added to (the noun)," neuter of adjectivus "added," from past participle of adicere "to throw or place (a thing) near," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + comb. form of iacere "to throw" (see jet (v.)). Also as a noun from late 14c. In 19c. Britain, the word itself often was a euphemism for the taboo adjective bloody.
They ... slept until it was cool enough to go out with their 'Towny,' whose vocabulary contained less than six hundred words, and the Adjective. [Kipling, "Soldiers Three," 1888]
雙語例句
1. a morphosyntactic rule of adjective agreement
有關(guān)形容詞一致的形態(tài)句法規(guī)則
來自《權(quán)威詞典》
2. In " the black cat " the adjective " black " modifies the noun " cat " .
在the black cat這一詞組中,形容詞 black 修飾名詞cat.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. 'My'is a possessive adjective.
my 是個所有格形容詞.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
4. An attributive noun functions as an adjective.
定語性名詞起形容詞作用.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
5. Rather wishing his modest adjective away, Mr. Lorry replied,'No, no, no.