gerund / ˈdʒɛr ənd /

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gerund 的定义

n. 名词 noun

Grammar.

  1. a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī genitive, dicendō dative, ablative, etc., “saying.”See also gerundive.
  2. the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
  3. a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.

gerund 近义词

gerund

等同于 verb

更多gerund例句

  1. Well, if you have, how are you going to spot the gerund and the gerundive?
  2. "Gerund, sir," said the Coffee-colored Angel with more conviction.
  3. She could hardly wait to take off her coat when she reached her room in Mrs. Gerund's lodging-house.
  4. Usually the phrase is used like an adjective; occasionally it is used like a noun (sometimes called the gerund phrase).
  5. The prepositional and infinitive phrases may have all three uses; the participial phrase has two—adjective and noun (gerund).