gerund
['dʒerәnd]
n. 动词

1. In English grammar, the gerund has exactly the same form as the present participle.
   英语语,动词词完形。
2. In english grammar, the gerund have exactly the same form as the present participle.
   英语文，动词词完形。
3. It" acts as antecedent subject or antecedent object. It only helps the formal one( infinitive, gerund, noun clause) be placed behind in order to keep the sentence balance.
   先语先语，助真正语语。（、词、词句）移使句衡。

gerund
[ noun ]
a noun formed from a verb (such as the `-ing' form of an English verb when used as a noun)
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Gerund \Ger"und\, n. [L. gerundium, fr. gerere to bear, carry,
perform. See {Gest} a deed, {Jest}.] (Lat. Gram.)
1. A kind of verbal noun, having only the four oblique cases
of the singular number, and governing cases like a
participle.

2. (AS. Gram.) A verbal noun ending in -e, preceded by to and
usually denoting purpose or end; -- called also the
{dative infinitive}; as, ``Ic h[ae]bbe mete t[^o] etanne''
(I have meat to eat.) In Modern English the name has been
applied to verbal or participal nouns in -ing denoting a
transitive action; e. g., by throwing a stone.