1. 作为划分词类的根据的词的特点。如“一瓶胶”的“胶”可以跟数量词结合,是名词,“胶柱鼓瑟”的“胶”可以带宾语,是动词。@&{英*syntactical functions and morphological features that help to determine a part of speech;*英}
[语] the characteristic or property of a certain word, by which one can determine what part of speech the word belongs to; syntactical functions and morphological features that help to determine a part of speech; part of speech