labile verb

短语

词形变化

labile verbs 复数 labile verbs

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A transitive verb, such as break, burn, boil, open, start, change, or assimilate, which may be used intransitively with the object of the action as the subject.

    语言学

    The verb 'break' is labile because it can be used both transitively: I broke the window, and intransitively: the window broke, and in either case the object undergoing the action of breakage is the window.