prepositionKK [ˈpripəˌzɪʃən] ｜ /ˈpripəˌzɪʃən/
GEPT 中高級
A1noun
a type of word that typically comes before a noun, pronoun, or noun phrase and expresses a relationship to another word or element in the clause, such as ’in,’ ’on,’ ’under,’ ’over,’ or ’with’
She put the keys on the table.
介系詞；前置詞
A1noun
(linguistics) the positioning of a linguistic unit before another, such as an adjective before a noun or a prefix before a root word
In the sentence ’The book is on the table’, the word ’on’ is a preposition that shows the position of the book relative to the table.
前置（語法）