单词 | historical present |
释义 | historical presentnoun Grammar.the present tense used in narrating a past event as if happening at the time of narration. Origin of historical presentFirst recorded in 1960–65 Words nearby historical presenthistorical geology, historical linguistics, historical materialism, historical method, historical novel, historical present, historical school, historical sociology, historic episcopate, historicism, historicity Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for historical presenthistorical present nounthe present tense used to narrate past events, usually employed in English for special effect or in informal use, as in a week ago I'm walking down the street and I see this accident Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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