collective noun

collective noun

美 　英

• n.集合名詞（如 committee 或 team，在英式英語中既可用單數也可用復數動詞；在美式英語中必須用單數動詞）
• 網絡集體名詞；作集合名詞；集體農場或農莊

詞形變化

復數：collective nouns  

英漢雙解

英漢解釋

na.	1. 【語】集合名詞

英英解釋

n.	1. a noun that refers to a group of people and is followed by a singular or plural verb, for example “team” or “family”

例句

Collective Noun is the name used for a collection of people, animals or things.

集合名詞是用來形容一群人、動物或一批物品。

In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in.

在美國用法中，集合名詞在指代的集合名詞作為一個整體時，謂語動詞要用單數形式，如在。

While the collective noun used to describe the funds may be relatively new, the funds themselves often are not.

盡管描述這類基金的集合名詞或許還比較新鮮，但這些基金本身往往不是這樣。

Dim-sum or dian xin is a collective noun for all the little snacks and platters.

甜點或點心是對所以小零食和拼盤的統稱。

"People" is a collective noun. It is singular in form, but takes a plural predicate verb.

“People”是一個集合名詞，盡管形式上是單數，它必須與復數的謂語動詞連用。

A: Give an example of a collective noun.

舉個集合名詞的例子。

This noun appears in the plural form only, never in the singular form. This is a collective noun.

這個名詞只以復數形式出現，從來沒有單數形式。

Collective noun; ( grammar)noun that is singular in form but can refer to a number of people or things and agree with a plural verb

集合名詞（形式上為單數而意為復數的名詞，要求與復數動詞一致）