时间:2018-12-17 作者:英语课 分类:趣谈英语


英语课

Pre-Listening Vocabulary


defective 1: doesn’t function normally; imperfect


agreement: when the subject corresponds with the correct version of the verb


panties: female underwear


boxers 2: male underwear that is shaped like shorts


 


wordsmith: a person who is interested in and skilled with words


 


The Word “Scissors” is a Defective Noun


In English, there are a few nouns that only have a plural 3 form. The word “scissors” is one example. There is no singular form of this word and it requires plural agreement. For example: The scissors are on the table. To make this tool singular, you have to use “a pair of scissors”. Other words that don’t have a singular form are “pants”, “shorts”, “glasses (eyeglasses)”, “goggles”, “panties” and “boxers”. The Latin word for this concept is “plurale tantum”, which means plural only. Some wordsmiths prefer the term “defective nouns”.



1 defective
adj.有毛病的,有问题的,有瑕疵的
  • The firm had received bad publicity over a defective product. 该公司因为一件次品而受到媒体攻击。
  • If the goods prove defective, the customer has the right to compensation. 如果货品证明有缺陷, 顾客有权索赔。
2 boxers
n.拳击短裤;(尤指职业)拳击手( boxer的名词复数 );拳师狗
  • The boxers were goaded on by the shrieking crowd. 拳击运动员听见观众的喊叫就来劲儿了。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • The boxers slugged it out to the finish. 两名拳击手最后决出了胜负。 来自《简明英汉词典》
3 plural
n.复数;复数形式;adj.复数的
  • Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
  • Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。
学英语单词
acises
agromanias
arone
aronstam
arrow-grass families
Artfjeld
ATCT
barrack allowance
belandres
bitchless
brunisols
capitals of malawi
cash-flow report
Cerapteryx graminis
Chattahoochee R.
Christian Universalism
circulans
connectings
contact mechanism
convict establishment
data classification
delurked
derived series
dimethoxyquinazoline
Diospyros yunnanensis
Diplococcus pluton
effective heating surface
electroretinographic transducer
elsas
equivalent treatment
Euboic
eurypylorus
exoglucanses
expansion scab
ferment odor
four-centre reaction
fun fair
ground reconnaissance vehicle
gum inhibitor
have a narrow escape
hemiola
high pressure variable vane pump
Hill's stopping
HyperHep
hypericum oil
Ilex asprella
infrared pinhole detector
international law association
kletzky
kosher hide
lamellibranchia
Levospan
linear product
longitudinal delay-line
manuel rodriquez patriotic fronts
mcquarn
Migula's classification
moldavias
Molinos, Miguel de
Morescos
multipole fields
neutron diffusion length
normalized penetration rate method
octal editor
paragroup
parallel conjugation
plastic cushion of tie bar
plastic shrinkage
pre-read disturb pulse
Pritzker family
purification of gas
rate of luggage compensation
reading readiness
rear end-plate
recirculating ball type steering gear
refocillated
reigneth
representation use
reserved symbol
respiratory spasm
scraper conveyer
secondary current-carrying part
siemering
slapt
soft seat
Sphingobacteriaceae
spring separation device
spring tension pawl
Strangelove
Supp. Rev Stat.
tax withholding certifate
tetraacetyl-glucose
tortey
ultraviolet spectroscopy
underendowed
vacuum cup crane
vascular gangrene
voltaic wire
wetting ability
white discharge
whitesmith
zores