attributive
adjective /əˈtrɪbjətɪv/
/əˈtrɪbjətɪv/
(grammar- (of adjectives or nouns
形容词或名词 （用于所修饰的名词前）定语的 - In ‘the blue sky’ and ‘a family business’, ‘blue’ and ‘family’ are attributive.
在 the blue sky 和 a family business 中，blue 和 family 是定语。
Collocations DictionaryAttributive is used with these nouns:- adjective
词源mid 18th cent. (as a noun in the sense ‘a word expressing an attribute’): from French attributif, -ive, from attribut ‘an attribute’, from Latin attribuere ‘add to’, from ad- ‘to’ + tribuere ‘assign’. - In ‘the blue sky’ and ‘a family business’, ‘blue’ and ‘family’ are attributive.