praegnans constructio

短语

发音

UK /ˈpʰɹeɪɡ.nænz‿kɒnˈstɹʊk.tiː.oʊ/

别名

constructio praegnans constructio praegans praegans constructio

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A construction commonly found in Greek and Hebrew in which either a verb of motion is paired with a locative prepositional phrase or a static verb is paired with an allative preposition phrase.

    不可数

    "I attacked the dog into the fire" employs a rough form of praegnans constructio.

词源

From Latin cōnstructiō (“a grammatical construction”) and Latin praegnāns (“pregnant”).

来源：wiktionary