Related topics: Linguistics, Grammar
da·tive /ˈdeɪtɪv/ noun [countableC usually singular] SLa particular form of a noun in some languages such as Latin and German, which shows that the noun is the indirect object of a verb 与格〔拉丁语和德语等语言中名词的一种形式,表示这个名词是某个动词的间接宾语〕