若要表示“量”,可用much, little, a little, a lot of, lots of等修飾,但不能用many, few, a few等修飾。
1、furniture是可數(shù)名詞嗎 furniture是不可數(shù)名詞。
一、含義
n. 家具;設(shè)備,裝置;床罩;必要的附屬品;
【會(huì)計(jì)】家俬。
二、用法
furniture是“家具”的總稱,指室內(nèi)的可移動(dòng)的大件物品。
是不可數(shù)名詞,沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式。
1520年進(jìn)入英語(yǔ),直接源自古法語(yǔ)的furnir,意為設(shè)備。
We will buy some furniture for our new house.
我們得給我們的新房子買些家具。
This old table is a valuable piece of furniture.
這張舊桌子是一件很珍貴的家具。
2、furniture可以用many修飾嗎
1. furniture屬表總稱的物質(zhì)名詞(也有的書(shū)稱之為集合名詞),沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式,也不能與不定冠詞連用,含義上永遠(yuǎn)是單數(shù)。
如: She furnished the apartment with modern furniture.
她給那套公寓裝配了現(xiàn)代家具。
Many things, such as toys, furniture, and computers, are made of plastic.
許多東西如玩具、家具和電腦都是塑料做的。
即使其前受到all, some等的修飾,也不能用復(fù)數(shù)。
如: I’ve just bought some new furniture.
我剛買了一些新家具。
All the furniture was covered with dust.
所有家具都落滿了灰塵。
2. 若要表示“量”,可用much, little, a little, a lot of, lots of等修飾,但不能用many, few, a few等修飾。
如: The room had little furniture in it.
室內(nèi)沒(méi)什么家具。
There is a lot of furniture in his living-room.
他的客廳里有很多家具。
The room was small and contained far too much furniture.
房間很小而家具實(shí)在太多。
若要表示“數(shù)”可用a piece of (article, item) of等修飾。
如: A desk is an article of furniture. 書(shū)桌是一件家具。
Most people look on a television set as an essential piece of furniture.
多數(shù)人都把電視機(jī)看成是必不可少的家具。
3. 若要表示“一套家具”,可用a suite of修飾。
如: That’s a nice suite of furniture.
那是一套漂亮的家具
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