英语单词

vocative是什么意思

vocative

英 ['vɒkətɪv] 美 ['vɑkətɪv]
  • adj. 呼格的;称呼的
  • n. 呼格

中文词源


vocative 呼格的

来自voc-,声音,呼唤,词源同voice。用做语法呼格的。

英文词源


vocative (adj.)
early 15c., "showing the person or thing spoken to," from Middle French vocatif, from Latin vocativus (casus) "(case of) calling," from vocatus, past participle of vocare "to call" (see voice (n.)). The Latin is a translation of Greek kletike ptosis, from kletikos "related to calling," from kletos "called." As a noun from 1520s.

双语例句


1. The vocative case is used to address someone by name.
呼格用于称呼别人的名字.

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2. In Polish, the vocative is almost always different from the nominative case.
波兰语中, 呼格常常不同于主格.

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