preposition
英 [,prepə'zɪʃ(ə)n]
美[,prɛpə'zɪʃən]
- n. 介词；前置词
英英释意
- 1. a function word that combines with a noun or pronoun or noun phrase to form a prepositional phrase that can have an adverbial or adjectival relation to some other word
- 2. (linguistics) the placing of one linguistic element before another (as placing a modifier before the word it modifies in a sentence or placing an affix before the base to which it is attached)