| 单词 | participle |
| 释义 | participle (once / 2987 pages) n A participle is a verb that acts like an adjective, like a running leap, scorned lover, or boiled egg. This is a technical word that will come up when you're studying grammar or linguistics. From a Greek root meaning “partaker,” a participle wants to partake of both the verb and adjective worlds. If you said, "I need a running start!" before a race, running is a participle. If you notice a trapped bear, trapped is the participle. This is a word that is a little confusing to understand, even though you use participles all the time. WORD FAMILYparticiple: participial, participles+/participial: participially, participials USAGE EXAMPLESIt was only a singular noun, from a past participle in French, meaning “chosen”; from the same root as “to elect”. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) There isn’t a lot of laboring over this participle or that. Seattle Times(Jun 10, 2016) Dr. Hussein came over to rescue us from white space and dangling participles. Salon(Jul 19, 2015) n a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses Syn|Hypo|Hyper participial present participle a participle expressing present action; in English is formed by adding -ing past participle, perfect participlea participle that expresses completed action verb the word class that serves as the predicate of a sentence |
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