定义 定义
名词系人、事、地或物的名称。 名词系人、事、地或物的名称。 专有名词(proper nouns)是指特定人、事、地或物的名称,几乎都是大写(Carlos, Queen Marguerite, Middle East, Jerusalem, Malaysia, Presbyterianism, God, Spanish, Buddhism, the Republican Party)。 专有名词(proper nouns)是指特定人、事、地或物的名称,几乎都是大写(Carlos, Queen Marguerite, Middle East, Jerusalem, Malaysia, Presbyterianism, God, Spanish, Buddhism, the Republican Party)。 普通名词(common nouns)则是指其他人、事、地或物的名称,通常不大写。 普通名词(common nouns)则是指其他人、事、地或物的名称,通常不大写。
在一句子中,一组相关字也可以做为类似名词的单一实体。 在一句子中,一组相关字也可以做为类似名词的单一实体。 名词子句包含一个主词和一个动词,具备名词的所有功能: 名词子句包含一个主词和一个动词,具备名词的所有功能:
What he does for this town is a blessing. What he does for this town is a blessing.
名词片语 -- 通常由一个名词及其相关修饰语所构成-- 是一组做为名词的相关字: the oil depletion allowance ; the abnormal, hideously enlarged nose . 名词片语 --通常由一个名词及其相关修饰语所构成--是一组做为名词的相关字: the oil depletion allowance ; the abnormal, hideously enlarged nose .
我们有一页专门讨论复合名词 (如daughter-in-law, half-moon, 和stick-in-the-mud)。 我们有一页专门讨论复合名词 (如daughter-in-law, half-moon,和stick-in-the-mud)。
名词的种类 名词的种类
名词可进一步分类为 可数名词(count nouns) -- four books, two continents, a few dishes, a dozen buildings -- 物质名词(mass nouns)或不可数名词(non-count nouns) -- water, air, energy, blood -- 及集合名词(collective nouns) -- jury, team, class, committee, herd。 名词可进一步分类为 可数名词(count nouns) -- four books, two continents, a few dishes, a dozen buildings -- 物质名词(mass nouns)或不可数名词(non-count nouns) -- water, air , energy, blood --及集合名词(collective nouns) -- jury, team, class, committee, herd。 集合名词是由一个以上的个人或项目所构成,但可视为单数型;更详细地说,当集合名词强调各个体时,动词用复数,而当集合名词做为整体时,动词用单数。 集合名词是由一个以上的个人或项目所构成,但可视为单数型;更详细地说,当集合名词强调各个体时,动词用复数,而当集合名词做为整体时,动词用单数。 我们必须注意有些字既可以做可数名词,也可以做不可数名词,视它们在句子中的用法而定: 我们必须注意有些字既可以做可数名词,也可以做不可数名词,视它们在句子中的用法而定:
He got into trouble . (不可数) He got into trouble . (不可数)
He had many troubles . (可数) He had many troubles . (可数)
Experience (不可数) is the best teacher. Experience (不可数) is the best teacher.
We had many exciting experiences (可数) in college. We had many exciting
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