collective noun

collective noun

美 　英

• n.集合名词（如 committee 或 team，在英式英语中既可用单数也可用复数动词；在美式英语中必须用单数动词）
• 网络集体名词；作集合名词；集体农场或农庄

词形变化

复数：collective nouns  

英汉双解

英汉解释

na.	1. 【语】集合名词

英英解释

n.	1. a noun that refers to a group of people and is followed by a singular or plural verb, for example “team” or “family”

例句

Collective Noun is the name used for a collection of people, animals or things.

集合名词是用来形容一群人、动物或一批物品。

In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in.

在美国用法中，集合名词在指代的集合名词作为一个整体时，谓语动词要用单数形式，如在。

While the collective noun used to describe the funds may be relatively new, the funds themselves often are not.

尽管描述这类基金的集合名词或许还比较新鲜，但这些基金本身往往不是这样。

Dim-sum or dian xin is a collective noun for all the little snacks and platters.

甜点或点心是对所以小零食和拼盘的统称。

"People" is a collective noun. It is singular in form, but takes a plural predicate verb.

“People”是一个集合名词，尽管形式上是单数，它必须与复数的谓语动词连用。

A: Give an example of a collective noun.

举个集合名词的例子。

This noun appears in the plural form only, never in the singular form. This is a collective noun.

这个名词只以复数形式出现，从来没有单数形式。

Collective noun; ( grammar)noun that is singular in form but can refer to a number of people or things and agree with a plural verb

集合名词（形式上为单数而意为复数的名词，要求与复数动词一致）