verb
verb — 名詞
1. a word that tells what someone or something does, what happens to them, or what
動詞
表示動作、狀態或事件的詞類
a word that tells what someone or something does, what happens to them, or what state they are in — for example, 'run,' 'become,' and 'exist' are all verbs.
In the sentence 'Birds fly,' the word 'fly' is a verb.
在「Birds fly」這個句子中，「fly」是一個動詞。
identifying a verb in context
Hyun looked up the verb 'discuss' in his dictionary before the test.
Hyun 在考試前查了字典裡「discuss」這個動詞的意思。
Adaeze noticed that the verb 'be' appears five times in one paragraph of her textbook.
Adaeze 發現她的課本裡有一段文字就出現了五次「be」這個動詞。
The teacher asked the class to underline each verb in the short story.
老師要求全班在短文中標出每一個動詞。
Joon changed the verb 'walk' to 'walked' when telling his class about yesterday's field trip.
Joon 在跟同學講昨天校外教學的事時，把動詞「walk」改成「walked」。
- action word
informal term, often used in primary school teaching
- noun
different word class — nouns name things rather than actions or states
文法句型
verb + be + noun phrase
a/the verb
用法筆記
A sentence normally contains at least one verb. The verb is often called the 'heart' of the sentence because it tells the main action or state.
常見錯誤
verb — 動詞
1. to take a word that normally belongs to another word class, especially a noun, a
動詞化
把名詞等其他詞類當作動詞使用
to take a word that normally belongs to another word class, especially a noun, and use it in the way a verb is used — for example, treating the noun 'email' as a verb in 'She emailed the report to everyone.'
People often verb nouns like 'google' and 'text' in everyday conversation.
人們在日常生活中經常把像「google」和「text」這類名詞當作動詞使用。
noun-to-verb conversion
The word 'access' was originally a noun, but now many speakers verb it.
「access」原本是名詞，但現在許多人都把它動詞化了。
passive: be verbed
Linguists sometimes disagree about which nouns can be verbed without sounding awkward.
語言學家有時對哪些名詞可以轉作動詞而不顯得彆扭，看法並不一致。
Advertisers who verb a common noun like 'gift' may find it wears off quickly.
把「gift」這類常見名詞動詞化的廣告商，很快就會發現這招不再新鮮。
Élise's teacher explained that English speakers have verbed the word 'contact' for decades.
Élise 的老師解釋說，英語使用者把「contact」這個詞動詞化已經有好幾十年了。
- nominalise
to turn a word into a noun instead of a verb
文法句型
verb + noun
be verbed (passive)
用法筆記
This sense is most common in discussions about language change. Some people find new verbed words informal or annoying, but many such words become standard over time.