a word or group of words that expresses an action (such as eat), an event (such as happen) or a state (such as exist) 动词 regular/irregular verbs 规则/不规则动词 transitive/intransitive verbs 及物/不及物动词
Extra ExamplesTopics Languagea1‘Government’ can take a singular or plural verb. government 可以用单数或复数动词。 Add an ending to make the verb agree with the subject. 加上一个词尾使动词与主语保持一致。 Adverbs modify verbs. 副词修饰动词。 Do you know how to conjugate the verb ‘seek’? 你知道动词seek 应该如何变化吗? In this essay he has used the same verbs over and over again. 他在这篇文章中多次重复使用这几个动词。 The subject doesn't agree with the verb. 主语和动词不一致。 Transitive verbs take a direct object. 及物动词可带直接宾语。 What's the main verb of the sentence? 这个句子的主要动词是什么?
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- plural
- singular
- intransitive
- …
- use
- take
- agree with
- …
- take something
- agree with something
- inflect
- …
- ending
- form
- tense
- …
Word Originlate Middle English: from Old French verbe or Latin verbum ‘word, verb’.