雙語有聲閱讀 | Scissors沒有單數(shù)形式

“Scissors”這個詞是個有瑕疵的名詞

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In English, there are a few nouns that only have a plural form.

在英語中，有一些名詞只有復(fù)數(shù)形式。

The word “scissors” is one example.

“剪刀”一詞就是一個例子。

There is no singular form of this word and it requires plural agreement.

這個單詞并沒有單數(shù)形式，主謂一致時是復(fù)數(shù)的一致。

For example: The scissors are on the table. To make this tool singular, you have to use “a pair of scissors”.

例如：剪刀(scissors are)在桌子上。要使用這個單詞的單數(shù)形式，您必須使用“a pair of scissors”。

Other words that don’t have a singular form are “pants”, “shorts”, “glasses (eyeglasses)”, “goggles”, “panties” and “boxers”.

其他沒有單數(shù)形式的詞是“褲子”，“短褲”，“眼鏡(護(hù)目鏡)”，“護(hù)目鏡”，“內(nèi)褲”和“平角褲”。

The Latin word for this concept is “plurale tantum”, which means plural only. Some wordsmiths prefer the term “defective nouns”.

這個概念的拉丁詞源是plurale tantum，意思是只有復(fù)數(shù)。有些作家更喜歡使用有缺陷的名詞。