可数名词变复数规则总结.doc

一、可数名词变复数规则
 
例:friend→friends; cat→cats; style→styles; sport→sports; piece→pieces
、z、x、ch、sh结尾加es
例:bus→buses; quiz→quizzes; fox→foxes; match→matches; flash→flashes
3、以辅音字母+y结尾, 将y改变为i,再加-es
例:candy→candies; lady→ladies; story→stories
4、以-o结尾的名词,如果不是外来词或缩写,就加-es,否则加-s构成复数。
(有生命的加es,无生命的加s)
例:tomato→tomatoes; potato→potatoes; torpedo(鱼雷)→torpedoes;
bingo(彩票式游戏)→bingoes
反例:radio→radios; piano→pianos(外来词); photo→photos; zoo→zoos
以f或fe结尾的将f或fe变为-ves,但有例外
例:knife→knives; life→lives; leaf→leaves; staff(员工)→staves;
scarf(围巾)→scarves
直接加s:roof-roofs, belief-beliefs,gulf(海湾)-gulfs, serf(农奴)-serfs,
safe-safes,chief(负责人)-chiefs
6、不规则名词:
例:man→men; woman→women; child→children; person→people; ox→oxen ;
foot →feet; goose →geese; mouse →mice; tooth →teeth; datum →data数据
analysis→analyses分析; basis→bases基础; datum→data数据;
formula公式→formulae/formulas;louse虱子→lice;
medium→media/mediums媒介; phenomenon→phenomena现象
7、单复数同形
例:Chinese 中国人;Japanese 日本人;deer; fish; cannon(大炮); sheep; 8、一些名词则以复数词出现的机会较多
例:bellows风箱; clothes; police; shorts短裤; scissors剪刀; spectacles眼镜;
shears大剪刀 trousers长裤; wages工资
9、其他复合名词变复数,这类复数词是以主要的名词来表示
例:daughter-in-law→daughters-in-law 媳妇; father-in-law→fathers-in-law岳父;
maid-servant→maid-servants 女仆tep-son→step-sons晚子;
son-in-law→sons-in-law 女婿
10、以man或woman为前缀的名词变复数时,前后两个名词都变成复数。
例:woman doctor→wo