/'pɑ:tɪsɪpl; `pɑrtə,sɪpl/
n (grammar) word formed from a verb, ending in -ing (present participle) or -ed, -en, etc (past participle) and used in verb phrases (eg She is going or She has gone) or as an adjective (eg a fascinating story) 分词
*`Hurrying' and `hurried' are the present and past participles of `hurry'. hurrying 和 hurried 是 hurry 的现在分词和过去分词.

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[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Old French;Origin:Latin participium, from particeps ( PARTICIPATE); because it takes the part of both verb and adjective]
technical one of the forms of a verb that are used to make tenses. In English, present participles end in -ing and past participles usually end in -ed or -en.