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单词 participle
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
par•ti•ci•ple /ˈpɑrtəˌsɪpəl, -səpəl/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Grammara verbal form that can function as an adjective or be used with auxiliaries to make compound verb forms, as burning in a burning candle or running in She was running. In English, participles are the -ing or -ed/-en forms of verbs. Compare past participle, present participle.
See -cep-, -par-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
par•ti•ci•ple  (pärtə sip′əl, -sə pəl),USA pronunciation n. 
  • Grammaran adjective or complement to certain auxiliaries that is regularly derived from the verb in many languages and refers to participation in the action or state of the verb;
    a verbal form used as an adjective. It does not specify person or number in English, but may have a subject or object, show tense, etc., as burning, in a burning candle, or devoted in his devoted friend.
    • Latin participium, derivative of particeps taking part, equivalent. to parti- (stem of pars) part + -cep- (combining form of capere to take) + -s nominative singular ending
    • Middle French, variant of participe
    • Middle English 1350–1400
      See dangling participle, misplaced modifier. 

    Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
    participle /ˈpɑːtɪsɪpəl; pɑːˈtɪsɪpəl/ n
    1. a nonfinite form of verbs, in English and other languages, used adjectivally and in the formation of certain compound tenses
      See also present participle, past participle
    Etymology: 14th Century: via Old French from Latin participium, from particeps partaker, from pars part + capere to take

    participial /ˌpɑːtɪˈsɪpɪəl/ adj , n ˌpartiˈcipially adv
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