subject complement

短语

词形变化

subject complements 复数 subject complements

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A complement which is coupled to a subject.

    语言学

    In the sentence "That is a flying car!", 'that' is the subject and 'flying car' is the subject complement.

    In the sentence "That house seems haunted!", 'that house' is the subject and 'haunted' is the subject complement (in this case an adjective).

词源

From subject + complement.

来源：wiktionary