名词复数的不规则变化:1)child---children foot---feet tooth---teeth mouse---mice man---men woman---women 注意:与 man 和 woman 构成的合成词,其复数形式也是 -men 和-women
如: an Englishman,two Englishmen
但 German 不是合成词,故复数形式为 Germans;Bowman 是姓,其复数是 the Bowmans
2 ) 单 复 同 形 如 : sheep( 绵 羊 ); fish( 但 fishes 表 种 类 ); Chinese( 中 国 人 ); Japanese( 日 本 人 );Swiss( 瑞 士 人 ); li( 里 ); jin( 斤 ); yuan( 元 ); mu( 亩 ); li,jin,yuan,two li,three mu,four jin 但除人民币元、角、格外,美元、英镑、法郎等都有复数形式
如: a dollar, two dollars; a meter, two meters deer(鹿); 1)
Some deer are eating grass at the bottom of the hill
Every possible means has been tried, but none has worked
All possible means have been tried, but none has worked
a dollar, two dollars; a meter, two meters3)集体名词,以单数形式出现,但实为复数
如: people police cattle 等本身就是复数,不能说 a people(人们),a polic