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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary

grammar ['græmər]
  1. 1. noun [u] (rules of language) 语法
  2. 2. noun (use of rules) 语法运用

Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary

grammar [ˈgræmər]
  1. 1. n.[u] 语法学
    Grammar is itself an ambiguous pedagogic concept.
    语法学本身一个模糊的教育学概念
  2. 2. n.[c/u] 语法文法
    Grammar is clearly central to the working of language.
    显然语法语言的核心
  3. 3. n.[u] 语法修养
  4. 4. n.[c] 语法书
    I left the grammar book in my locker at school.
    我把语法书留在学校抽屉里了。

Collins English-English Dictionary

grammar ['græmə]
  1. 1. n the branch of linguistics that deals with syntax and morphology, sometimes also phonology and semantics
  2. 2. n the abstract system of rules in terms of which a person's mastery of his native language can be explained
  3. 3. n a systematic description of the grammatical facts of a language
  4. 4. n a book containing an account of the grammatical facts of a language or recommendations as to rules for the proper use of a language
  5. 5. n the use of language with regard to its correctness or social propriety, esp in syntax
    the teacher told him to watch his grammar
  6. 6. n (as modifier)
    a grammar book
  7. 7. n the elementary principles of a science or art
    the grammar of drawing
  8. 8. n [Etymology] C14: from Old French gramaire, from Latin grammatica, from Greek grammatike (tekhne) the grammatical (art), from grammatikos concerning letters, from gramma letter

Examples

a law of grammar
语法规则
normative grammar
规范语法
Grammar is essential to language.
语法对学习语言至关重要。
Children are bussed to the grammar schools.
孩子们乘公交车去文法学校。
Case grammar is a system of linguistic analysis.
格文法是一种语言分析系统。
I left the grammar book in my locker at school.
我把语法书留在学校的抽屉里了。

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