若你打開英文文法書participle這一課,你會發覺participle,分詞其實也可以用作像形容詞來修飾名詞,如:
不論現在分詞,或過去分詞也可以當作形容詞用
a singing bird, a living creature, a running dog
a broken cup等
其意其實也可以用關係子句(relative claus)表達,如:
a singing bird=a bird which is singing
a broken cup=a cup which is broken
所以,He looked distinctly ruffled,其實只有一個主動詞,looked;而ruffled只是分詞用來作He的補語(complement),全句意思是:他看來明顯生氣