| 单词 | plural |
| 释义 | plural (once / 843 pages) adjn When you talk about a plural, you're talking about more than one. The plural form of the word "goose" is "geese." The word plural comes from the Old French plurel meaning "more than one," which is precisely how you would describe a plural form of something. In grammar, "the plural form" is used to describe more than one person, place or thing. Plurals can be tricky to master for people just learning English. There are the obvious ones where you just need to add an "s." Then, there are others: tooth, teeth; antenna, antennae; mouse, mice. The list goes on. WORD FAMILYplural: pluralise, pluralism, plurality, pluralize, plurally, plurals+/pluralise: pluralisation, pluralising/pluralism: pluralist, pluralistic/pluralist: pluralists/pluralistic: pluralistically/plurality: pluralities/pluralize: pluralization, pluralized, pluralizes, pluralizing USAGE EXAMPLESThe Vatican’s museum is so vast and diverse that it is a plural. The Guardian(Dec 22, 2016) Data from Google Books show the plural word “elites” beginning to be used in about 1940, with the obviously pejorative “elitist” rising from about 1960. Economist(Dec 15, 2016) What might it be like for subjective experience to be plural — “we” and “not-we.” Los Angeles Times(Dec 02, 2016) 1adj grammatical number category referring to two or more items or units Syn|Ant dual a grammatical number category referring to two items or units as opposed to one item (singular) or more than two items (plural) singular grammatical number category referring to a single item or unit 2adj composed of more than one member, set, or kind Ant singular composed of one member, set, or kind 3n the form of a word that is used to denote more than one Syn|Ant|Hyper plural form singular, singular form the form of a word that is used to denote a singleton descriptor, form, signifier, word form the phonological or orthographic sound or appearance of a word that can be used to describe or identify something |
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