demonstrative
adj
1
(a) (of people) showing the feelings readily (指人)易流露感情的, 喜怒形於色的
Some people are more demonstrative than others. 有些人較愛流露感情.
(b) expressing feelings, esp affection, openly 公開表露感情的(尤指愛慕之情)
He's very demonstrative
he kissed me on both cheeks. 他熱情奔放, 吻了我的雙頰.
2 (grammar) (of a determiner or pronoun) indicating the person or thing referred to (指限定詞或代詞)指示的
In `This is my bike', `this' is a demonstrative pronoun. 在This is my bike一句中, this是指示代詞. > demonstratively adv. demonstrativeness n [U]
embarrassed by demonstrativeness 受公開表露的愛慕之情所窘.
?? 擴展釋義
*[di'm?nstr?tiv]a. 說明的, 指示的
?? 同為「專四」詞匯
vocaladj. 聲音的,嗓音的;由嗓音發出或產生的;有聲音的,能發出聲音或語言的;暢所欲言的;
n. 元音;[音樂]聲樂作品;