전치사 of 의 여러 뜻, 영영사전으로 알아보기

of 를 “~의” 로만 알고있다면?! 영어 잘 하려는 생각 버려야 합니다…ㅎㅎㅎ

1 : used to join an amount or a part with the whole which includes it

//most of the children (‘부분 of 전체’)

//the back of the closet

2 : belonging to, relating to, or connected with (‘~에 속한, ~와 관련있는, ~와 연결된’)

//a shirt of his

//the top of the hill

3 : concerning (‘~에 관한’)

//I heard the news of your success.

4 : that is (‘~라는’)

//the city of Busan

5 : made from (‘~로 구성된’)

//a house of bricks

6 : that has : with (‘~를 가진’)

//a man of honesty

//a thing of no importance

7 : used to show what has been taken away (‘~가 없어진’)

//a tree bare of leaves

//cured of disease

8 : used to indicate the reason for (‘~에 기인한’)

//a fear of spiders

9 : living in (‘~에 사는’)

//the people of China

10 : that involves (‘~를 포함하는’)

//a test of Math

11 : used to indicate what an amount or number refers to (‘~만큼의’)

//a lot of land

//a litter of water