intransitive
a . 不及物的
不及物的
intransitive adj 1 :
designating a verb that does not require or cannot take a direct object [
ant : {
transitive }]
n 1 :
a verb (
or verb construction )
that does not take an object [
synonym : {
intransitive verb }, {
intransitive verb form },
{
intransitive }]
Intransitive \
In *
tran "
si *
tive \,
a . [
L .
intransitivus :
cf .
F .
intransitif .
See {
In -}
not ,
and {
Transitive }.]
1 .
Not passing farther ;
kept ;
detained . [
R .]
[
1913 Webster ]
And then it is for the image '
s sake and so far is intransitive ;
but whatever is paid more to the image is transitive and passes further . --
Jer .
Taylor .
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1913 Webster ]
2 . (
Gram .)
Not transitive ;
not passing over to an object ;
expressing an action or state that is limited to the agent or subject ,
or ,
in other words ,
an action which does not require an object to complete the sense ;
as ,
an intransitive verb ,
e .
g .,
the bird flies ;
the dog runs .
[
1913 Webster ]
Note :
Intransitive verbs have no passive form .
Some verbs which appear at first sight to be intransitive are in reality ,
or were originally ,
transitive verbs with a reflexive or other object omitted ;
as ,
he keeps (
i .
e .,
himself )
aloof from danger .
Intransitive verbs may take a noun of kindred signification for a cognate object ;
as ,
he died the death of a hero ;
he dreamed a dream .
Some intransitive verbs ,
by the addition of a preposition ,
become transitive ,
and so admit of a passive voice ;
as ,
the man laughed at ;
he was laughed at by the man .
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1913 Webster ]
36 Moby Thesaurus words for "
intransitive ":
adjectival ,
adverbial ,
attributive ,
auxiliary ,
auxiliary verb ,
conjunctive ,
copula ,
copulative ,
correct ,
defective verb ,
deponent verb ,
finite verb ,
formal ,
functional ,
glossematic ,
grammatic ,
impersonal verb ,
infinitive ,
intransitive verb ,
linking ,
linking verb ,
modal auxiliary ,
neuter verb ,
nominal ,
participial ,
postpositional ,
prepositional ,
pronominal ,
structural ,
substantive ,
syntactic ,
tagmemic ,
transitive ,
verb ,
verb phrase ,
verbal
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