1、英语中有些名词单复数同形1. 英语中有些名词单复数同形,主要有以下几类:1、某些动物名词2、某些表示人的名词3、craft及由-craft构成的名词4、某些表示数量的名词5、其他2. 以下这些名词单复数同形:antelope 羚羊,bison 野牛,buffalo 水牛,crab 螃蟹,deer 鹿,fish 鱼,reindeer 驯鹿,sheep 绵羊;Burmese 缅甸人,Cantonese 广东人,Chinese 中国人,counsel 法律顾问,kin 亲属,Japanese 日本人,Swiss瑞士人;aircraft 飞机,craft 飞机,spacecraft 太空船;branc
2、e 双,score 二十;series 系列;species种类;means方法只有复数形式的名词 trousers裤子,pants裤子,shorts短裤 glasses眼镜,compasses圆规,scales天平,pliers钳子,clips剪子。traffic lights交通灯(一般有三盏,这样理解)sports(运动)3. 集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数。people,children,police, cattle是复数 有时family也有此用法(OK :a person,a policeman,a herd of cattle , the English,the Briti
3、sh,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss )(Error: a people,a police,a cattle )表示国民总称时,作复数用。(The Chinese are industrious and brave. 中国人民是勤劳勇敢的。) 英语中有些名词的单复数形式相同,主要有以下几类 1. 表示动物的名词:fish(鱼), bass(鲈鱼), carp(鲤鱼), cod(鳕鱼), crab(螃 蟹), eel(鳗鱼), flounder(比目鱼), herring(鲱鱼), halibut(大比目鱼), hake(狗鳕), ro
4、ach(泥鳅), skate(鳐鱼), sardine(沙丁鱼), salmon(大麻哈鱼), shark(鲨鱼), squid(鱿鱼), trout(鳟鱼), whale(鲸鱼), antelope(羚羊), bison(野牛), buffalo(水牛), deer(鹿), elk(麋鹿), sheep(绵羊), swine(野猪)等。 The fish we caught is still alive. These fish are living deep under the sea. The swine enjoy rooting the earth. 2. 表示人的名词:buttons
5、(侍者), corps(军团), counsel(法律顾问), lazybones(懒汉), help(佣人), offspring (后代), vermin(坏蛋;害虫), Chinese(中国人), Japanese(日本人), Lebanese(黎巴嫩人), Portuguese(葡萄牙人), Vietnamese (越南人)等。 Are counsel ready today? Ten Japanese were killed in the accident. 3.其他常用的单复数同形的名词有:aircraft(飞机), barracks(营房), bob(美圆;先令), brace(
6、双;对), chassis(车架;底架), craft(船;飞行器), head(牛羊等的头数), headquarters(司令部), hovercraft(气垫 船), means(方法;手段), patois(方言), prcis(文章梗概), series(丛 书;系列), species(物种), works(工厂;工事), bellows(风箱)等。 Every possible means has been tried but without luck. There are two series of readers: one for the beginners, the other for advanced students. Two aircraft were destroyed in the fight.