suppletion

n. 补充法

发音

其它 /səˈpliːʃən/

词形变化

suppletions 复数 suppletions

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The supplying of something lacking.

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  2. 2.

    The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.

    异干互补

    异干法

    补充法

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  3. 3.

    More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine, normally referred to as collateral adjectives.

    不可数 语言学

词源

From German Suppletivwesen, from Latin supplēre (“to supply”), perfect stem supplet-, + -ion.

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