小结英语中五花八门的“一堆”说法
英语课
集合名詞(英语:Collective noun或者nouns of assemblage)是语言学上的一个专有名词,意指一种可用来指称一群对象的字,而这些对象,可以是人、动物、或是一群概念等事物。举例来说,在英语中,“一群狮子”可称为"a pride of lions",此时的"pride"就是一个集合名词。
一群小狗:a litter of puppies
一群牛:a herd 1 of cattle / a yoke 2 of oxen(oxen是ox的复数形式)
一群苍蝇:a swarm 3 of flies
一群兔子:a nest of rabbits
一群狼:a pack of wolves
一群鲸鱼:a school of whales
一群羊:a flock of sheep
一束葡萄:a bunch of grapes
一束花:a bunch of flowers一条珍珠项链:a string of pearls
一堆星星:a cluster of stars
一行阶梯:a flight of steps
一堆箭:a sheaf of arrows
一副扑克:a pack of cards / a batch 4 of cards
一堆汽车:a fleet of cars
一列车队或船队:a fleet of cars / a fleet of ships一套高尔夫球棒:a set of golf clubs(不同打法要用不同的球棒)
一群劳工:a gang of labourers
一群演员:a company of actors / a troupe 5 of actors一群水手:a crew of sailors
一群佣人:a staff of servants
一群士兵:a squadron of soldiers / a troop of soldiers / a squad 6 of soldiers / a detail of soldiers / a party of soldiers (都指一群士兵,要根据兵种及兵团大小来选择不同的量词)
需要注意的一点是,并不是所有的事物都有相应的collective noun或者nouns of assemblage。例如十支笔,英语里就没有“枝”的说法,只说ten pens。又例如十本书,英语里没有“本”,只是ten books,而两所学校也只是two schools。
n.兽群,牧群;vt.使集中,把…赶在一起
- She drove the herd of cattle through the wilderness.她赶着牛群穿过荒野。
- He had no opinions of his own but simply follow the herd.他从无主见,只是人云亦云。
n.轭;支配;v.给...上轭,连接,使成配偶
- An ass and an ox,fastened to the same yoke,were drawing a wagon.驴子和公牛一起套在轭上拉车。
- The defeated army passed under the yoke.败军在轭门下通过。
n.(昆虫)等一大群;vi.成群飞舞;蜂拥而入
- There is a swarm of bees in the tree.这树上有一窝蜜蜂。
- A swarm of ants are moving busily.一群蚂蚁正在忙碌地搬家。
n.一批(组,群);一批生产量
- The first batch of cakes was burnt.第一炉蛋糕烤焦了。
- I have a batch of letters to answer.我有一批信要回复。
n.剧团,戏班;杂技团;马戏团
- The art troupe is always on the move in frontier guards.文工团常年在边防部队流动。
- The troupe produced a new play last night.剧团昨晚上演了一部新剧。
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