participle
noun /pɑːˈtɪsɪpl/
/ˈpɑːrtɪsɪpl/
(grammar- (in English) a word formed from a verb, ending in -ing (= the present participle) or -ed, -en, etc. (= the past participle)
分词(现在分词或过去分词) - The past participle of ‘buy’ is ‘bought’.
“买”的过去分词是“买”。 - The present participle of ‘carry’ is ‘carrying’.
“carry”的现在分词是“carrying”。
词源late Middle English: from Old French, by-form of participe, from Latin participium ‘(verbal form) sharing (the functions of a noun)’, from participare ‘share in’. - The past participle of ‘buy’ is ‘bought’.