单词 | present participle |
释义 | present participle ˌpresent ˈparticiple noun [C] ► F0 a form of a verb that in English ends in '-ing' and comes after another verb to show continuous action. It is used to form the present continuous: » In the sentences 'The children are watching television', 'The weather is getting colder' and 'I heard him singing', 'watching', 'getting' and 'singing' are present participles.Thesaurus+: ↑Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs • • • Extra Examples:» In English, the present continuous tense is formed from the auxiliary 'be' and the present participle.» In the sentence 'Someone is watching you.', 'watching' is the present participle. |
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