单词 | participle |
释义 | participle /pahr"teuh sip'euhl, -seuh peuhl/, n. Gram. an 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. [1350-1400; ME < MF, var. of participe < L participium, deriv. of particeps taking part, equiv. to parti- (s. of pars) PART + -cep- (comb. form of capere to take) + -s nom. sing. ending] Usage. See dangling participle, misplaced modifier. |
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