| 单词 | mass noun |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmass noun mass noun n. Grammar a noun denoting something, such as a substance or a quality, which cannot be counted; esp. (in the English language) a noun which lacks a plural in ordinary usage and is not used with the indefinite article (opposed to count noun). ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > uncountable or mass noun material noun1892 mass-word1914 uncountable1924 mass noun1933 singulare tantum1940 quantifiable1957 1933 L. Bloomfield Lang. xii. 205 Mass nouns never take a and have no plural. 1963 Language 39 209 The mass noun blood in the singular takes the and some but not numerical quantifiers. 1992 Canad. Jrnl. Linguistics 37 46 Most nouns in English can be used either as mass nouns (continuate usage) or as count nouns (unit usage). < as lemmas |
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