historic present
noun
mass noun
- Grammar the present tense used instead of the past in vivid narrative, especially in titles, such as 'The Empire Strikes Back', and informally in speech, e.g. 'so I say to him'.【语法】历史现在时［在生动的叙述中用来代替过去时的现在时, 尤指在标题中, 例如'The Empire Strikes Back', 以及非正式口语体中, 例如'so I say to him'］。