gerund
/jer-uhnd/US // ˈdʒɛr ənd //UK // (ˈdʒɛrənd) //
动名词,动名,动词
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n.名词 noun
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Grammar.
- : 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.
- : the English -ing form of a verb when functioning as a noun, as writing in Writing is easy.
- : a form similar to the Latin gerund in meaning or function.
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Examples
Well, if you have, how are you going to spot the gerund and the gerundive?
"Gerund, sir," said the Coffee-colored Angel with more conviction.
She could hardly wait to take off her coat when she reached her room in Mrs. Gerund's lodging-house.
Usually the phrase is used like an adjective; occasionally it is used like a noun (sometimes called the gerund phrase).
The prepositional and infinitive phrases may have all three uses; the participial phrase has two—adjective and noun (gerund).
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