5、的单复数而定,如:men workers, women teachers。有个别名词单复数一样,例如:Chinese,Japanese,sheep,deer,fish等。但当fish表示不同种类的鱼时,可以加复数词尾。(8)单数形式但其意为复数的名词有:people, police等。(9)数词+名词作定语时,这个名词一般保留单数形式,中间加连字符。例如:ten-minutes’ walk, an 8-year-old girl, a ten-mile walk。(10)还有些名词仅有复数形式,如:t
6、rousers,clothes,chopsticks,glasses,goods,ashes,scissors,compasses。(11)只用作单数的复数形式的名词有:科学名词:physics, mathematics/maths游戏名称:bowls 专有名词:the United States, Niagara Falls其他名词:news, falls2.不可数名词“量”的表示方法在英语中,不可数名词如果要表示“量”的概念,可以用以下两种方法:(1)用much, a little, a lot
7、of/lots of, some, any等表示多少,例如:The rich man has a lot of money.There is some milk in the bottle.Is there any water in the glass?I don‘t like winter because there’s too much snow and ice.(2)用a piece of 这类定语,例如:a piece of paper a piece of wood a piece of b
8、reada bottle of orange a glass of water(milk) a cup of teaa cup of tea a bag of rice three bags of rice如果要表示“两杯茶”、“四张纸”这类概念时,在容器后加复数,例如:two cups of teafour pieces of paperthree glasses of water不可数名词也可用a lot of, lots of, some, any