deponent
deponent
[dɪˈpəʊnənt]
adjective
[dɪˈpəʊnənt]
adjective
- (Grammar)(of a verb, especially in Latin or Greek) passive or middle in form but active in meaning
(语法)（尤指拉丁语和希腊语中的动词）异相的
- (Grammar)a deponent verb
(语法)异相动词 - (Law)a person who makes a deposition or affidavit under oath
(律)立誓词者， 宣誓作证者
- late Middle English: from Latin deponent- 'laying aside, putting down' (in medieval Latin 'testifying'), from the verb deponere, from de- 'down' + ponere 'place'. The use in grammar arose from the notion that the verb had ‘laid aside’ the passive sense (although in fact these verbs were originally reflexive)
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- curve n.弧线，曲线,曲线状物,弯曲物,[棒]曲线板 vt.使弯曲,使成曲线,使成弧形 vi.弯曲,弯成曲线，弯成弧形,沿曲线行进 adj.弯曲的,曲线形的
- curvesome adj.曲线美的，肉体美的
- curvet n.& vi.嬉戏，腾跃
- curvicaudate adj.弯尾的
- curvicostate adj.具曲（叶）脉的
- curvidentate adj.具弯齿的
- curvifoliate adj.具曲叶的
- curviform adj.弯曲的
- curvilineal adj.曲线的，由曲线而成的
- curvilinear adj.曲线的，由曲线而成的
- curving adj.弯曲的 v.（使）弯成弧形( curve的现在分词 )
- curvirostral adj.具曲喙的
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