1.不規(guī)則形式:
child→children(兒童)
man→men(男人)
woman→women (女人)
an Englishman→two Englishmen(英國(guó)人)
foot→feet(腳)
tooth→teeth(牙)
mouse→mice(老鼠)
ox →oxen(公牛)
goose→geese(鵝)
2.單復(fù)同形:
deer,sheep,fish,Chinese,Japanese, species,means,Swiss
除人民幣,美元、英鎊、法郎等都有復(fù)數(shù)形式。
如:a dollar,two dollars; a meter,twometers
3.集體名詞,以單數(shù)形式出現(xiàn),但實(shí)為復(fù)數(shù):
people police cattle是復(fù)數(shù)
(OK :a person,a policeman,ahead of cattle,the English,the British,the French,the Chinese,the Japanese,the Swiss )
(Error:a people,a police,a cattle )
表示國(guó)民總稱時(shí),作復(fù)數(shù)用。
(The Chinese are industries and brave. 中國(guó)人民是勤勞勇敢的。)
4.以s結(jié)尾,仍為單數(shù)的名詞
maths,politics,physics等學(xué)科名詞,為不可數(shù)名詞,是單數(shù)。
news是不可數(shù)名詞。
5.表示由兩部分構(gòu)成的東西,
glasses(眼鏡) trousers (長(zhǎng)褲) clothes(衣服)
若表達(dá)具體數(shù)目,要借助數(shù)量詞pair(對(duì),雙)a pair of glasses two pairs of trousers suit(套)
6.另外還有一些名詞,其復(fù)數(shù)形式有時(shí)可表示特別意思
goods (貨物) waters (水域) fishes (各種魚)