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verbal

英['vɜːb(ə)l] 美['vɝbl]
  • adj. 口头的;言语的;动词的;照字面的
  • n. 动词的非谓语形式

英英释意


1. communicated in the form of words;
"verbal imagery"
"a verbal protest"
2. of or relating to or formed from words in general;
"verbal ability"
3. of or relating to or formed from a verb;
"verbal adjectives like `running' in `hot and cold running water'"
4. relating to or having facility in the use of words;
"a good poet is a verbal artist"
"a merely verbal writer who sacrifices content to sound"
"verbal aptitude"
5. expressed in spoken words;
"a verbal contract"
6. prolix;
"you put me to forget a lady's manners by being so verbal"- Shakespeare