时间:2019-02-21 作者:英语课 分类:美国文化脱口秀


英语课

   除了many, a few, a lot, 英语里还有好多量词是课本里学不到的。比如美国人特别喜欢用的“dozen”,可以形容鸡蛋,也能形容人!今天,Jenny和Adam就总结一下英语里最常用的量词。快听节目吧!


  关键词:
  中英文量词的区别
  measure word: 量词
  Chinese meansure words are very specific, i.e. many can be only used to describe a certain type of thing: 中文的量词比较特定,不同的量词对应不同的东西
  Measure words in English aren't as specific as Chinese: 英语的量词没有中文那么特定
  But because they're more general, using them appropriately might be challenging: 但是因为比较宽泛,所以要恰当使用也不那么容易
  美国人最爱用的量词:a dozen
  A dozen: 一打
  A dozen means 12:一打表示12个
  Eggs are most commonly bought by the dozen: 最常用来形容鸡蛋
  A dozen eggs: 一盒鸡蛋
  We wouldn't call it a box of eggs: 英语里不会说一盒蛋,而是说一打鸡蛋
  You can also buy half a dozen eggs: 也可以买小盒的,半打
  Half a dozen or a half dozen?
  Both are correct: 两种说法都是正确的
  Dozens can also be used in the plural 1 form: 打还可以变成复数
  Dozens of people: 好多人(几十个)
  Dozens of options: 许多的选择
  Dozens究竟是多少?
  Since English doesn't really have a word for "tens", dozens is used to express the idea:由于英语没有一个词表明“几十”,所以dozens用来形容几十这个数量
  "Dozens" is the next step down from hundreds: “dozens”代表几十个,再上去就是几百个
  最浪漫的量词:a couple
  现在常说的“CP", 就是couple. 不过美国人可不会说“CP", 这是有亚洲特色的英语。
  A couple
  A couple: 两个,也是一对恋人、爱人的意思
  A couple到底是几个?
  Strictly 2 speaking, "a couple" means 2: 严格来说,a couple是两个
  A couple of pens: 两支笔
  A couple of cups: 两个杯子
  But in everyday conversations, it could also mean several, a few: 但是日常口语里,它也能指几个、多个
  Let's get a couple of tomatoes: 我们买几个番茄
  Let's get a couple of apples: 我们买几个苹果
  It really depends on the context 3: 具体的数量,还是要通过语境分析
  A few
  This is a word everyone learns early on: 这个词大家应该是最早学到的
  注意语法
  A few___ 不是 a few of ___
  Most measure words are followed by "of" but "few" is an exception 4: 量词通常都用“of”链接后面的名词,但“a few”是个例外(few同理)
  "a few pens", not "a few of pens": 是 few pens,而不是a few of pens
  但是有例外
  The only time you use "a few of" is when you're not being specific: 当 a few后面跟的不是具体事物时,要加of。比如:
  a few of these
  a few of those
  a few of us
  英语量词你会用吗?
  做菜必备量词: a pinch, a handful
  Measure words used in cooking/recipes 做菜、菜谱常用的量词
  A pinch: 一小撮
  Add a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper: 加一小撮盐、一小撮胡椒
  A handful: 一把
  A handful of nuts: 一把坚果
  More measure words for cooking 更多做菜时常用的量词
  A spoonful: 一勺
  A table spoon of: 一汤匙
  A tea spoon of: 一茶匙
  形容大数量的量词
  A ton of: 美国人最爱用
  Americans love using the word "a ton": 美国人非常爱用“a ton"这个词
  An actual ton is 1000kg: 这个词确切的重量是一吨、1000公斤
  Canadians spell the word as "tonne": 加拿大人的拼法是tonne
  In spoken English, a ton means "a lot": 口语里,a ton的意思是很多、大量的
  A ton of homework": 很多作业
  A ton of work: 很多工作
  Ton in the plural form: ton也能当复数
  Most common use of "tons": tons最常见的用法
  We had tons of fun at the party: 派对真好玩儿
  There are tons of people in Shanghai Disney: 上海迪士尼人爆多
  *Instead of saying "people mountain people sea", you should say "tons of people": 以后别再说“people mountain people sea"这个错误的老梗了,大家跟我说“tons of people"
  Versatile measure words 百搭量词
  A bunch: 一捆、一堆、一群
  A bunch of flowers: 一束花
  A bunch of carrots: 一捆胡萝卜
  A bunch of people: 一群人(几个到十几个的范围,没有几十个那么多)
  A bunch of money: 一些钱 (不是太多、也不是太少)
  A pile:一堆
  A pile of work: 一堆工作,通常形容堆积了很多
  * You can't use pile to describe people: 不能说”a pile of people"
  特定量词一:动物
  There are really specific measure words for animals: 英语里形容动物的量词是最特定的
  A school of fish: 一群鱼
  A flock of birds: 一群鸟
  A pride of lions: 一群狮子
  特定量词二:食物
  Food also has very specific measure words: 食物也有特定对应的量词
  A piece or slice of toast: 一片面包
  A loaf of bread: 一条面包 ,切片面包组成的一长条
  A baguette, not a loaf of baguette: 不过法棍是个例外,直接说a baguette, 不是a loaf of baguette
  A cup of coffee: 一杯咖啡
  A bowl of oatmeal: 一碗麦片
  A box of cereal: 一盒早餐谷物

n.复数;复数形式;adj.复数的
  • Most plural nouns in English end in's '.英语的复数名词多以s结尾。
  • Here you should use plural pronoun.这里你应该用复数代词。
adv.严厉地,严格地;严密地
  • His doctor is dieting him strictly.他的医生严格规定他的饮食。
  • The guests were seated strictly in order of precedence.客人严格按照地位高低就座。
n.背景,环境,上下文,语境
  • You can always tell the meaning of a word from its context.你常可以从上下文中猜出词义来。
  • This sentence does not seem to connect with the context.这个句子似乎与上下文脱节。
n.例外,除外
  • Everyone should keep discipline and you are no exception. 每个人都应该遵守纪律,你也毫无例外。
  • There's an exception to every rule. 每项规则均有例外。
学英语单词
accessory DNA
alcoholizated
alternate optima
ambient-light filter
amplitude contour
analog vtr
antidiabetin
armary
baby-faceds
benign mucosal pemphigoid
blower cutoff
booster voltage
Bucey
cathode ray readout screen
chains
clerambaults
Cogas
company chop
complete conformity
computer operations
containment flooding system
Cordulegasteridae
cotton stripper attachment
crankshaft journal bearing
cumulative note
curve line of surface displacement
dephophorization
direct-reading wavemeter
downward filling method
eaten bread is soon forgotten
Eosotrematorthis
external limit ga(u)ge
Flammulina velutipes
flank of cam
fluid transmission gear
free settling particle
fuel-grade plutonium
generalized exponential valuation
hard plaster
hertzgaard
i like it
infective titration
insidiosity
interincorporation
lake elsinore
lars onsagers
longsleeved
low-volatility
mammillothalamic
Marofandilia
mellow-soil plow
metroxylon sagus
microtechniqu
modified collagen fibre
modulation bandwidth
multi-beam
muscularis mucosae
optimal integer solution
organoarsenic
ovogonium
part lead
pipeline valve
pit gravel
planned capacity
potassium gluconate
power cut-over relay
pre-qualifyings
production sharing contract
Rabi II
Reality-principle
recheck level
red ooze
refined lecithin
rhabdomyosarcomas
rockover table
roof glazing bar
rope meter
rrru
running ability
saridone
schistotrachelus
sequential keyboard encoder
single-vehicle output
songlessly
sphyrapicus varius rubers
stauntonvine
stomatotomy
sucking blood
suffulted
Tiglath-pileser II
tobacco cercospora leaf spot
tokol
told someone off
tour guide
Veracruz, R.
Wadsworth
waltherite
wavelength division demultiplexer
WC (working capital costs)
western ladies' tresses
Wilforzine
zero score