Verbal noun
相同于gerund
📖 牛津释义
verbal noun
(also gerund), noun derived from a verb, eg swimming in the sentence Swimming is a good form of exercise 动名词（如在 Swimming is a good form of exercise 句中的 swimming）.
🧩 词语组成解析
noun
[naun]
n. 名词;名词性单词;名词词性;
🗣️ 情景例句
It's about the size of the United States, but it has a population of only 16.5 million.
它和美国一般大，但人口却只有一千六百五十万。
It seems as if it's going to rain.
看起来天好像要下雨。
It was so heavy that a crane had to be used to remove it from the lorry.
饼干份量太重了，用了一台起重机才把它从卡车上卸下。