verbal
英 ['v??b(?)l]
美['v?bl]
- adj. 口頭的；言語的；動詞的；照字面的
- n. 動詞的非謂語形式
英英釋意
- 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
