| 单词 | gerund |
| 释义 | gerund (once / 31269 pages) n In English grammar, a gerund is a word based on a verb that functions as a noun in the sentence. For example, if you say "Sleeping is my favorite thing to do," "sleeping" is a gerund. Gerund comes from the Latin word gerundus, which means to carry on. In English, gerunds can be the subject of the sentence, the direct object, or the indirect object, and they always end in "ing." They are verbs that are acting as nouns. In the sentence, "You may like writing, but it's clear you don't like grammar," the word "writing" is a gerund. WORD FAMILYgerund: gerundial, gerunds USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, Wilson and Nabokov clashed over a gerund. Slate(Dec 20, 2016) Long after I attached Gs to my gerunds and bleached out the local color from my language, I stumbled over the word “on”. The Guardian(Sep 06, 2016) He pumped the beat, a Ugandan jive, and after shouting the gerund a few more times, he finally came to its object: “Rep-re-sen-ting UUUUUUUUUU-gan-da!” The Guardian(May 18, 2016) n a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun) Hyper deverbal noun, verbal noun a noun that is derived from a verb |
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