noun
US
UK noun n: (grammar) (语法)
SC 名词 míng cí
TC 名詞
TC 名詞
A complete sentence has at least one noun or pronoun.
一个完整的句子至少有一个名词或代名词。
abstract noun n: (name for [sth] intangible)
SC 抽象名词
collective noun n: (name for a grouping of [sth])
SC 集合名词
Even though it describes a group of things, a collective noun takes the singular form of a verb.
common noun, common name n: (generic name)
SC 通用名称，普通名称
count noun n: (noun that is countable)
SC 可数名词
keen [+ noun] adj: esp UK (enthusiastic doer of [sth])
SC 热衷的 rè zhōng de
TC 熱衷的
TC 熱衷的
SC 热切的 rè zhōng de ，rè qiè de
TC 熱切的
TC 熱切的
My mother's a keen chess player.
我妈妈热衷于下象棋。
mass noun n: (word indicating [sth] uncountable) (语言学)
SC 物质名词
TC 物質名詞
TC 物質名詞
"Water" is usually a mass noun.
“水”一般是物质名词。
noun clause: (linguistics)
SC 名词性从句
SC 名词从句
noun phrase n: (grammar: phrase that functions as a noun) (语法)
SC 名词短语 míng cí duǎn yǔ
TC 名詞短語
TC 名詞短語
Please mark the noun phrases in your sentence structure diagrams.
proper noun, proper name n: (name)
SC 专有名词 zhuān yǒu míng cí
TC 專有名詞
TC 專有名詞
SC 特有名词 zhuān yǒu míng cí，tè yǒu míng cí
SC 固有名词 zhuān yǒu míng cí，gù yǒu míng cí
In English, common nouns usually begin with a lower-case letter and proper nouns with a capital.