verb

Definitions

verb comes straight from Latin verbum, 'a word.' Grammarians narrowed 'a word' to mean the most important word in a sentence — the one carrying the action. So 'the word' became the action word: the verb.

Common Collocations

• 1.transitive verb及物动词
• 2.intransitive verb不及物动词
• 3.irregular verb不规则动词
• 4.main verb主要动词
• 5.auxiliary verb助动词
• 6.phrasal verb短语动词

Example Sentences

• 1.

  In the sentence 'She runs fast,' the verb is 'runs.'

• 2.

  English verbs change form to show tense, like go and went.

• 3.

  You can verb almost any noun in casual speech, like 'to google something.'