suppletive
adjective /səˈpliːtɪv/
/səˈpliːtɪv/
(linguistics- used to describe a particular form of a verb when it is not related to the main form of the verb, for example ‘went’ as the past tense of ‘go’
不规则词形屈折,异干互补(如 went 作为 go 的过去式) - Some of the verbs have suppletive forms for the past tense.
有些动词有过去时态的补语形式。
- Some of the verbs have suppletive forms for the past tense.