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单词 past participle
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past participle


noun Grammar.

a participle with past, perfect, or passive meaning, as fallen, sung, defeated; perfect participle: used in English and other languages in forming the present perfect, pluperfect, and passive and as an adjective.

Origin of past participle

First recorded in 1790–1800

Words nearby past participle

pastoral theology, pastorate, pastorium, pastorship, pastose, past participle, past perfect, past progressive, pastrami, pastry, pastry blender
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Example sentences from the Web for past participle

  • The past-participle is invariably te hard, and is not varied as in Irish.

    Dean of Lismore's Book|Various

British Dictionary definitions for past participle

past participle

noun

a participial form of verbs used to modify a noun that is logically the object of a verb, also used in certain compound tenses and passive forms of the verb in English and other languages
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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