资料来源 : pyDict

起初的,发端的,表始的表始状态,表始动词

资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Inchoative \In*cho"a*tive\ (?; 277), a. [L. inchoativus,
   incohativus: cf. F. inchoatif.]
   Expressing or pertaining to a beginning; inceptive; as, an
   inchoative verb. ``Some inchoative or imperfect rays.'' --W.
   Montagu. -- n. An inchoative verb. See {Inceptive}.

资料来源 : WordNet®

inchoative
     adj : beginning to develop; "inchoative stages" [syn: {formative}]