Word · Frequency #5901
substantive
名词；名词性词语
a word or group of words functioning as a noun
- 1.
Part of a text that carries the meaning, such as words and their ordering.
文本中承载意义的部分,如词语及其排列顺序。
- 2.
any word or group of words functioning as a noun
充当名词的任何单词或词组
实质内容；语义内容；文本中承载意义的部分,如词语及其排列顺序。；充当名词的任何单词或词组
In use
A substantive usually acts as the subject or object in a sentence.
In the phrase 'the red car,' the substantive is 'car'.
Both 'teacher' and 'happiness' are substantives in English.
a/an + substantive
这里'a substantive'泛指名词类别。
A substantive can be a single word or a phrase.
名词可以是一个单词或一个短语。
the + substantive
这里'the substantive'特指某个具体名词。
The substantive in this sentence is 'freedom'.
这个句子中的名词是'freedom'。
substantive(s) + verb
复数形式与动词搭配。
Connections
Collocations
- substantive clause
- 名词性从句
- A substantive clause functions as a noun in a sentence.名词性从句在句子中充当名词。
- substantive noun
- 名词性成分
- In grammar, a substantive noun can stand alone as a subject.在语法中，名词性成分可以单独作主语。
- substantive phrase
- 名词性短语
- The teacher asked the students to identify the substantive phrase in the sentence.老师要求学生找出句子中的名词性短语。
- substantive verb
- 名词性动词（动名词）
- A gerund is a substantive verb that functions as a noun.动名词是充当名词的名词性动词。
- substantive case
- 名词性格
- In some languages, the substantive case is used for the subject.在某些语言中，名词性格用于主语。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
substance（实质）加tive，实质性的词就是名词，如‘apple’。
Context & Register
正式；语言学、语法学。注：此义项为专业术语，通常用于语法或语言学学术讨论，在日常英语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
The words active, passive, positive, negative, and adjective all rhyme with substantive (ending in /-tɪv/ with stress on the first syllable). Note that alive, though spelled with -ive, does not rhyme because it ends in /-aɪv/.
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.