n. 【语言学】异干互补,替补(作用)。 〔例: went 原先是 wend 的过去式,现在是 go 的过去式的替补形式〕。 adj. -tive
In linguistics and etymology, suppletion is traditionally understood as the use of one word as the inflected form of another word when the two words are not cognate. For those learning a language, suppletive forms will be seen as "irregular" or even "highly irregular".