| 单词 | common noun |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon noun common noun n. Grammar a noun that designates any of an indefinite class of entities rather than one specific entity; cf. common name n. 1, proper noun n. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > linguistics > study of grammar > a part of speech > noun > [noun] > common noun nameOE common name?a1425 common noun1561 appellative1591 commonization1973 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. iv. f. 28v Whether they can decline a common nowne [L. vulgare aliquod nomen], yt they shall light vpon in reding, or coniugate a verbe. a1667 G. Hughes Analyt. Expos. Bk. Moses (1672) 473/1 Some would have Cezib a common noun, and to note a lye. 1772 A. Crocker Pract. Introd. Eng. Gram. iii. 32 Common Nouns admit articles and adjectives to precede them; as, a good man, a bad pen, &c. 1880 Educ. Times Jan. 13/2 Pray, what is the object for which the common noun ‘rose’ stands? 1934 S. Robertson Devel. Mod. Eng. x. 418 Miscellaneous examples..of the taking over of a surname..and using it as a common noun are boycott,..theremin, and zeppelin. 2004 W. Bisang in B. Kortmann Dialectol. meets Typol. 27 This hierarchy also makes a distinction between pronouns and common nouns. < as lemmas |
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