普通名词（如 table、cat 或 sea）a word such astable ,cat , orsea , that refers to an object or a thing but is not the name of a particular person, place or thing
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〔语〕普通名词
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anounthatisnotthenameofaparticularpersonorthing. Forexample, “dog” and “paper” arecommonnouns, but “Mary” and “NewYork” arepropernouns.