| 单词 | mass noun |
| 释义 | mass noun[ mas-noun ] / ˈmæs ˈnaʊn / noun Grammar.a noun, as sunshine,electricity, or happiness, that typically refers to an indefinitely divisible substance or an abstract notion, and that in English cannot be used, in such a sense, with the indefinite article or in the plural. Also called non·count noun [non-kount-noun], /nɒnˈkaʊnt ˈnaʊn/, un·count·a·ble noun [uhn-koun-tuh-buhl noun], /ʌnˈkaʊn tə bəl ˈnaʊn/, un·count noun [uhn-kount-noun] /ʌnˈkaʊnt ˈnaʊn/ . Compare count noun. Origin of mass nounFirst recorded in 1930–35 Words nearby mass nounmass medium, mass meeting, mass merchandiser, mass movement, mass murder, mass noun, mass number, mass observation, Masson disk, Massorete, massotherapy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for mass nounmass noun nouna noun that refers to an extended substance rather than to each of a set of isolable objects, as, for example, water as opposed to lake. In English when used indefinitely they are characteristically preceded by some rather than a or an; they do not have normal plural formsCompare count noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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