1. 定语从句:修饰一个名词或代词的从句称为定语从句,一般紧跟在它所修饰的先行词后面。
2. 先行词:被定语从句修饰的那个名词或代词称为先行词。
3. 关系词:引导定语从句的关联词称为关系词。关系词有关系代词和关系副词。关系代词:who, whom, whose, which, that, as等;关系副词:where, when, why等。关系词常有三个作用:引导定语从句;代替先行词;在定语从句中充当一个成分。
例如:Harry Potter is the most interesting novel that I have read. (that I have read是定语从句;novel是先行词;that 是关系代词,代替先行词novel,在从句中作have read的宾语。)