common noun

common noun

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• n.普通名词（如 table、cat 或 sea）
• 网络一般名词；常用名词；普遍名词

词形变化

复数：common nouns  

英汉双解

英汉解释

n.	1. 〔语〕普通名词

英英解释

n.	1. a noun that is not the name of a particular person or thing. For example, “dog” and “paper” are common nouns, but “Mary” and “New York” are proper nouns.

例句

in fact, the first recorded use of the name as a common noun in 1838 refers to mules as " Frankensteins . "

实际上此词于1838年第一次用作普通名词，把顽固的人称作“弗兰肯斯坦”。

The most common noun used in the world is the word "friend" , but the most difficult person to get is a friend.

世界上用得最普通的名词是朋友，但是最难得的也是朋友。

contains a common noun identifying some geographical feature contained within a geographic name, such as valley, mount etc.

包含一个普通名词，标志地理名称中的某些地理特征，如流域、山脉等。

divide common noun into common noun with life, mass noun and abstract noun.

将普通名词分为有生普通名词、物质名词、抽象名词。

Notice this is an abstract noun, but it is used as a common noun here.

注意，这是一个抽象名词，但在这里当普通名词用。

"'Time' is the most common noun in the English language, " said Boroditsky. (Followed by "person, " "year, " "way, " and "day. " )

Boroditsky说：“时间是英语中最常见的一个名词（后面可以跟“人”，“年”，“方法”和“天”等）”。