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英语名词单复数用法大全
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规则名词的复数形式:名词的复数形式,一般在单数形式后面加-s或-es。现将构成
方法与读音规则列表如下:
1、一般情况在词尾加-s:
map-maps, sea-seas, girl-girls, day-days
2、以 s, x, ch, sh结尾的名词后加-es: class-classes, box-boxes, watch-watches, dish-dishes
3、以-f或-fe结尾的词变-f和-fe为 v再加-es:leaf-leaves, thief-thieves, knife-knives, l
2、oaf-
loaves, wife-wives;加-s: belief-beliefs, chief-chiefs, proof-proofs, roof-roofs, gulf-gulfs
4、以辅音字母加 y结尾的名词,变 y为 i加-es:party-parties, family-families, story-stories,
city-cities
5、以音辅字母加 y结尾的名词,或专有名词以 y结尾的,加-s toy-toys, boy-boys, day-
days, ray-rays, Henry-Henrys
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、以辅音字母加-o结尾的名
3、词一般加-es:hero-heroes, Negro-Negroes, potato-potatoes,
tomato-tomatoes;不少外来词加-s: piano-pianos, photo-photos, auto-autos, kilo-kilos, solo-
solos
两者皆可:zero-zeros/zeroes, volcano-volcanoes/ volcanos
7、以元音字母加-o结尾的名词加-s:radio-radios, bamboo-bamboos, zoo-zoos
8、以-th结尾的名词加-s:truth-truths, mouth-m
4、ouths, month-months, path-paths
二、不规则名词复数:
英语里有些名词的复数形式是不规则的,现归纳如下:
1、改变名词中的元音字母或其他形式:man-men, woman-women, foot-feet, goose-geese,
mouse-mice
2、单复数相同:sheep, deer, series, means, works, fish, species li, yuan, jin,
3、只有复数形式:ashes, trousers, clothes, thanks, goods, glasses, compasses, contents
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4、一些集体名词总是用作复数:people, police, cattle, staff
5、部分集体名词既可以作单数(整体)也可以作复数(成员):
audience, class, family,
crowd, couple, group, committee, government, population, crew, team, public, enemy, party
6、复数形式表示特别含义:customs(海关), forces(军队), times(时代), spirits(情绪), drinks(饮
料), sands(沙滩), papers(文件报纸), mann
6、ers(礼貌), looks(外表), brains(头脑智力), greens(青菜),
ruins(废墟)
7、表示“某国人”加-s:Americans, Australians, Germans, Greeks, Swedes, Europeans;单复
数同形 Swiss, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese;以-man或-woman结尾的改为 men,-
women,Englishmen, Frenchwomen
8、合成名词将主体名词变为复数:sons-in-law, lookers-on, passers-by, story-tellers, boy
friends;
无主体名词时将最后一部分变为复数:grown-ups, housewives, stopwatches;将两部分变为
复数:women singers, men servants