Vocative

['vɒkətɪv] or ['vɑkətɪv]

解释:

(noun.) the case (in some inflected languages) used when the referent of the noun is being addressed.

(adj.) relating to a case used in some languages; 'vocative verb endings' .

录入:米歇尔--From WordNet

解释:

(a.) Of or pertaining to calling; used in calling; specifically (Gram.), used in address; appellative; -- said of that case or form of the noun, pronoun, or adjective, in which a person or thing is addressed; as, Domine, O Lord.

(n.) The vocative case.

整理:鲁道夫

解释:

adj. pertaining to the act of calling applied to the grammatical case used in personal address.—n. the case of a word when a person or thing is addressed.

校对:奥利弗