transitive
adjective /ˈtrænzətɪv/
/ˈtrænzətɪv/
(grammar- (of verbs
) used with a direct object动词 及物的 - In ‘She wrote a letter’, the verb ‘wrote’ is transitive and the word ‘letter’ is the direct object.
在 She wrote a letter 一句中,动词 wrote 是及物动词,letter 一词是直接宾语。
Collocations DictionaryTransitive is used with these nouns:- verb
词源mid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘transitory’): from late Latin transitivus, from transit- ‘gone across’, from transire ‘go across’. - In ‘She wrote a letter’, the verb ‘wrote’ is transitive and the word ‘letter’ is the direct object.