英语名词复数.doc

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1、英语不规则复数以f或fe结尾大多数以f或fe结尾的名词的复数形式时将其转为ves，如：calf→calveself→elveshalf→halveshoof→hoovesknife→knivesleaf→leaveslife→livesloaf→loavesscarf→scarfs/scarvesself→selvessheaf→sheavesshelf→shelvesthief→thieveswife→wiveswolf→wolves元音有些名称的复数形式是改变它们的元音声：fireman→f

2、iremenfoot→feetgoose→geeselouse→liceman→menmouse→micetooth→teethwoman→women古代英语有些是沿用古代英语：child→childrenox→oxen以o结尾有的以o结尾的单词加“s”：auto→autoskangaroo→kangarooskilo→kilosmemo→memosphoto→photospiano→pianospimento→pimentospro→prossolo→solossoprano→sopranos

3、studio→studiostattoo→tattoosvideo→videoszoo→zoos有的则加“es”：echo→echoesembargo→embargoeshero→heroespotato→potatoestomato→tomatoestorpedo→torpedoesveto→vetoes有的两种都可以：buffalo→buffalos/buffaloescargo→cargos/cargoeshalo→halos/haloesmosquito→mosquitos/mosqui

4、toesmotto→mottos/mottoesno→nos/noestornado→tornados/tornadoesvolcano→volcanos/volcanoeszero→zeros/zeroes不变有的则不变：cod→cod*deer→deerfish→fish*offspring→offspringperch→perch*sheep→sheeptrout→trout*注：带“*”号的都是鱼类，很多鱼类的复数形式都是不变的，但有例外下面这些都是固有复数，即使单数也是像复数形式：ba

5、rracks→barrackscrossroads→crossroadsdice/die→dicegallows→gallowsheadquarters→headquartersmeans→meansseries→seriesspecies→species借用单词英语中有些单词是借用其他语言的。部分借用单词的复数跟随外语形式，下面每行的第二个单词都是外语形式，第三个为现时英语使用：alga→algaeamoeba→amoebae→amoebasantenna→antennae→antennasf

6、ormula→formulae→formulaslarva→larvae→nebula→nebulae→nebulasvertebra→vertebrae以“us”结尾的转为“a”（适用于专业术语）：corpus→corporagenus→genera以“us”结尾的转为“i”：alumnus→alumnibacillus→bacillicactus→cacti→cactusesfocus→focifungus→fungi→fungusesnucleus→nucleioctopus→octopi

7、→octopusesradius→radiistimulus→stimulisyllabus→syllabi→syllabusesterminus→termini以“um”结尾的转为“a”：addendum→addendabacterium→bacteriacurriculum→curricula→curriculumsdatum→dataerratum→erratamedium→mediamemorandum→memoranda→memorandumsovum→ovastratum→strat

8、asymposium→symposia→symposiums以“ex”或“ix”结尾的转为“ices”：apex→apices→apexesappendix→appendices→appendixescervix→cervices→cervixesindex→indices→indexesmatrix→matrices→matrixesvortex→vortices以“is”结尾的转为“es”：analysis→analysesaxis→axesbasis→basescrisis→crisesd