verbal 音标拼音: [v'ɚbəl]
a . 词语的,言语的,口头的,逐字的,动词的; [英口]
口头供述, 口供; 口角, 争吵;
vt . 使招供
词语的,言语的,口头的,逐字的,动词的; [英口] 口头供述, 口供; 口角, 争吵; 使招供
verbal adj 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 " [
ant :
{
mathematical }, {
numerical }]
5 :
expressed in spoken words ; "
a verbal contract "
6 :
prolix ; "
you put me to forget a lady '
s manners by being so verbal "-
Shakespeare Verbal \
Ver "
bal \,
a . [
F .,
fr .
L .
verbalis .
See {
Verb }.]
1 .
Expressed in words ,
whether spoken or written ,
but commonly in spoken words ;
hence ,
spoken ;
oral ;
not written ;
as ,
a verbal contract ;
verbal testimony .
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Made she no verbal question ? --
Shak .
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We subjoin an engraving . . .
which will give the reader a far better notion of the structure than any verbal description could convey to the mind .
--
Mayhew .
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2 .
Consisting in ,
or having to do with ,
words only ;
dealing with words rather than with the ideas intended to be conveyed ;
as ,
a verbal critic ;
a verbal change .
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And loses ,
though but verbal ,
his reward . --
Milton .
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Mere verbal refinements ,
instead of substantial knowledge . --
Whewell .
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3 .
Having word answering to word ;
word for word ;
literal ;
as ,
a verbal translation .
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4 .
Abounding with words ;
verbose . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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5 . (
Gram .)
Of or pertaining to a verb ;
as ,
a verbal group ;
derived directly from a verb ;
as ,
a verbal noun ;
used in forming verbs ;
as ,
a verbal prefix .
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{
Verbal inspiration }.
See under {
Inspiration }.
{
Verbal noun } (
Gram .),
a noun derived directly from a verb or verb stem ;
a verbal .
The term is specifically applied to infinitives ,
and nouns ending in -
ing ,
esp .
to the latter .
See {
Gerund },
and {-
ing },
2 .
See also , {
Infinitive mood },
under {
Infinitive }.
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Verbal \
Ver "
bal \,
n . (
Gram .)
A noun derived from a verb .
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140 Moby Thesaurus words for "
verbal ":
adjectival ,
adverbial ,
answering ,
articulated ,
attributive ,
authentic ,
bona fide ,
candid ,
card -
carrying ,
colloquial ,
communicating ,
communicational ,
communional ,
conjunctive ,
conversational ,
copulative ,
correct ,
dinkum ,
enunciated ,
expressed ,
following the letter ,
formal ,
functional ,
genuine ,
glossematic ,
good ,
grammatic ,
honest ,
honest -
to -
God ,
iconic ,
inartificial ,
interacting ,
interactional ,
interactive ,
intercommunicational ,
intercommunicative ,
intercommunional ,
interresponsive ,
interrogative ,
interrogatory ,
intransitive ,
lawful ,
legitimate ,
lexemic ,
lexical ,
lifelike ,
lingual ,
linguistic ,
linking ,
literal ,
morphemic ,
natural ,
naturalistic ,
nominal ,
nuncupative ,
oral ,
original ,
parol ,
participial ,
phrasal ,
postpositional ,
prepositional ,
pronominal ,
pronounced ,
pure ,
questioning ,
real ,
realistic ,
responsive ,
rightful ,
said ,
semantic ,
semantological ,
semasiological ,
sememic ,
semiotic ,
simon -
pure ,
simple ,
sincere ,
sounded ,
speech ,
spoken ,
sterling ,
structural ,
substantive ,
sure -
enough ,
symbolic ,
syntactic ,
tagmemic ,
telepathic ,
traditional ,
transitive ,
transmissional ,
true to life ,
true to nature ,
true to reality ,
unadulterated ,
unaffected ,
unassumed ,
unassuming ,
uncolored ,
unconcocted ,
uncopied ,
uncounterfeited ,
undisguised ,
undisguising ,
undistorted ,
unexaggerated ,
unfabricated ,
unfanciful ,
unfeigned ,
unfeigning ,
unfictitious ,
unflattering ,
unimagined ,
unimitated ,
uninvented ,
unpretended ,
unpretending ,
unqualified ,
unromantic ,
unsimulated ,
unspecious ,
unsynthetic ,
unvarnished ,
unwritten ,
uttered ,
verbatim ,
veridical ,
verisimilar ,
viva voce ,
vocabular ,
vocabulary ,
vocal ,
vocalized ,
voiced ,
voiceful ,
word ,
word -
for -
word ,
word -
of -
mouth
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