|
发表于 2016-9-20 12:00:38
|
显示全部楼层
) ^0 }1 R- v4 c: |! O
这是一个有意思的问题,可以写篇(本)博士论文了。, G. I6 q+ j4 A7 A
提供些参考:
9 S9 U, I1 O- ?7 X( I5 p1 o5 `2 Z& B6 R: \
http://www.learnersdictionary.com/qa/nouns-and-pronouns) W( h/ m: _( u
下面引语来自 MWALD 附录。
+ W# X. _1 i+ g, ZNouns, the largest class of words in English (and in most languages), are the names of things, people, animals, places, qualities, actions, and ideas. A noun that refers to one of these is singular; while a noun that refers to more than one of these is plural. A noun is usually a single word, but not always: cake, shoes, school bus, and time and a half are all nouns. , {$ Y; Y( c; f
) b. S7 J1 d) g) Q3 w3 W
OALD http://www.oxfordlearnersdiction ... /english/old-school
- i. ?5 Z! |9 R+ ~( c+ nODE https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/old_school' s- E/ J$ s: u4 ~3 l8 Z. n' n
: E! q+ T- W5 P% W% w
hyphen - 这个东东也很烦人,old school , old-school
; b0 t, Z: L6 u+ O( \https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shorter_Oxford_English_Dictionary
6 U6 K# }4 G2 \9 AOn 21 September 2007, 16,000 words lost their hyphens in a Sixth Edition of the Shorter Oxford English Dictionary. Angus Stevenson, editor of the Shorter OED, stated the reason: "People are not confident about using hyphens anymore, they're not really sure what they are for." Its researchers reviewed 2 billion words (in newspapers, books, web sites and blogs from 2000). Bumble-bee is now bumblebee, ice-cream is ice cream and pot-belly is pot belly, etc. $ f+ O `, M% G
. Z `# P& m5 z4 _3 x1 \% N
|
|