Present participle
现在分词
📖 牛津释义
present participle
(grammar) form of the verb that ends in -ing, eg going, having, swimming 现在分词（以-ing结尾的动词形式, 如going、 having、 swimming）.,present `tense (grammar) one of the verb tenses (eg present, present continuous, present perfect) that express an action or state in the present at the time of speaking 现在时态（动词时态之一, 表示说话此时的动作或状态, 如一般现在时态、 现在进行时态、 现在完成时态）
The verb is in the present tense. 这个动词使用的是现在时态. Cf 参看 past1 4.
🧩 词语组成解析
participle
[['pɑ:tisipəl]]
n. 分词
🗣️ 情景例句
We had a summer house on Fire Island.
我们在火岛有一所避暑别墅。
Wit without learning is like a tree without fruit.
仅有机智而无真才实学，犹如一棵大树不结果。
A short time ago, villagers were astonished to learn that the ghost of Endley had died.
不久之前，村民们惊悉恩得利农场的鬼死了。