| 单词 | past participle |
| 释义 | past participle (once / 28075 pages) n In grammar, a past participle is the form of a verb you use in the past perfect or passive tense. For example, in the sentence "Have you sung karaoke?" the word sung is a past participle. While past participles come from verbs, and often act as verbs, they can also be used as adjectives. If you say, "The instructions were shouted across the classroom," the word shouted is the past participle. You can also say, "The teacher's shouted instructions echoed through the classroom." And to use that same past participle in a past perfect tense, you could say, "That teacher had shouted for the last time that day; after that, he came down with laryngitis." WORD FAMILYpast participle: past participles 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) “Clad” is a past participle form and is not used as a transitive verb in this sense. New York Times(Dec 23, 2014) This spelling of the past participle is used for “bear” in the sense of “carry” — The feather was borne on the wind. New York Times(Jun 10, 2014) n a participle that expresses completed action Syn|Hyper perfect participle participial, participle a non-finite form of the verb; in English it is used adjectivally and to form compound tenses |
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