Related topics: Grammar
par·ti·tive /ˈpɑːtətɪv $ ˈpɑːr-/ noun [countableC] technical SLGa word which comes before a noun and shows that only part of something is being described, for example the word ‘some’ in the phrase ‘some of the cake’ 部分量词〔表示部分的词,如短语some of the cake中的some〕
—partitive adjectiveadj