1、英语名词单复数用法大全一、 规则名词的复数形式:名词的复数形式,一般在单数形式后面加-s 或-es 。现将构成方法与读音规则列表如下:1 、一般情况在词尾加-s: map-maps, sea-seas, girl-girls, day-days2 、以 s, x, ch, sh 结尾的名词后加-es: class-classes, box-boxes, watch-watches, dish-dishes3 、以-f 或-fe 结尾的词 变-f 和-fe 为 v 再加-es: leaf-leaves, thief-thieves, knife-knives, loaf-loaves, wife
2、-wives;加-s: belief-beliefs, chief-chiefs, proof-proofs, roof-roofs, gulf-gulfs4 、以辅音字母加 y 结尾的名词,变 y 为 i 加-es :party-parties, family-families, story-stories, city-cities5 、以音辅字母加 y 结尾的名词,或专有名词以 y 结尾的,加-s toy-toys, boy-boys, day-days, ray-rays, Henry-Henrys6 、以辅音字母加-o 结尾的名词一般加 -es:hero-heroes, Negro-N
3、egroes, potato-potatoes, tomato-tomatoes;不少外来词加-s: piano-pianos, photo-photos, auto-autos, kilo-kilos, solo-solos两者皆可:zero-zeros/zeroes, volcano-volcanoes/ volcanos7 、以元音字母加-o 结尾的名词加 -s:radio-radios, bamboo-bamboos, zoo-zoos8 、以-th 结尾的名词加-s:truth-truths, mouth-mouths, month-months, path-paths二、不规则名词
4、复数:英语里有些名词的复数形式是不规则的,现归纳如下:1、改变名词中的元音字母或其他形式:man-men, woman-women, foot-feet, goose-geese, mouse-mice 2、单复数相同:sheep, deer, series, means, works, fish, species li, yuan, jin, 3、只有复数形式:ashes, trousers, clothes, thanks, goods, glasses, compasses, contents4、一些集体名词总是用作复数:people, police, cattle, staff5、部分
5、集体名词既可以作单数(整体)也可以作复数(成员): audience, class, family, crowd, couple, group, committee, government, population, crew, team, public, enemy, party6、复数形式表示特别含义:customs(海关), forces(军队), times(时代), spirits(情绪), drinks(饮料), sands(沙滩 ), papers(文件报纸 ), manners(礼貌), looks(外表), brains( 头脑智力), greens(青菜),ruins(废墟)
6、7、表示“某国人”加-s:Americans, Australians, Germans, Greeks, Swedes, Europeans;单复数同形 Swiss, Portuguese, Chinese, Japanese;以-man 或-woman 结尾的改为 men,-women,Englishmen, Frenchwomen8、合成名词将主体名词变为复数:sons-in-law, lookers-on, passers-by, story-tellers, boy friends;无主体名词时将最后一部分变为复数:grown-ups, housewives, stopwatches;将两部分变为复数:women singers, men servants