adjectives
adjectives — 名詞
- adjectivessingular
- adjectivesesplural
1. words that add detail to a naming-word in a sentence — for example, 'red' tells
形容詞
修飾名詞或代名詞的詞類
words that add detail to a naming-word in a sentence — for example, 'red' tells you which bicycle in 'a red bicycle', and 'honest' tells you what kind of answer in 'an honest answer'
In English, adjectives usually go right before the noun they describe.
在英文中，形容詞通常放在所修飾的名詞前面。
word order: adjective + noun
Olivia learned ten new French adjectives to describe people's personalities.
Olivia 學了十個新的法文形容詞來描述人們的性格。
Mr. Tomás asked the class to find all the adjectives in the story.
Tomás 老師要求全班找出故事中的所有形容詞。
Some adjectives, like 'cold' and 'warm', tell you about the temperature of something.
有些形容詞，像是「冷」和「暖」，可以說明某樣東西的溫度。
When you write a description, using a few well-chosen adjectives makes your sentences much clearer.
寫描述文時，用幾個精選的形容詞能讓句子清楚很多。
- modifiers
A broader grammatical term for any word or phrase that limits or describes another; adjectives are one type of modifier.
- descriptors
Less formal and less specific; can refer to any word or label that describes something, not just a part of speech.
文法句型
adjectives + noun
linking verb + adjective
adjective + noun phrase
用法筆記
This is the plural form of 'adjective'. In English, most adjectives have two main positions: (1) before a noun — 'a happy child'; (2) after a linking verb like 'be', 'seem', or 'feel' — 'the child seems happy'. Do not add a plural -s to adjectives even when they describe a plural noun — ❌ 'reds cars' ✅ 'red cars'.