单词 | count noun |
释义 | count noun[ kount-noun ] / ˈkaʊnt ˌnaʊn / noun Grammar.a noun, as apple,table, or birthday, that typically refers to a countable thing and that in English can be used in both the singular and the plural and can be preceded by the indefinite article a or an or by a number. For example, we can say an apple,four tables, or my 18th birthday. Also called count·a·ble noun [koun-tuh-buhl noun] /ˈkaʊn tə bəl ˌnaʊn/ . Compare mass noun. Origin of count nounFirst recorded in 1950–55 Words nearby count nouncounting house, counting number, counting room, countless, count noses, count noun, count off, count on, count one's chickens before they hatch, count out, count palatine Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for count nouncount noun nounlinguistics logic a noun that can be qualified by the indefinite article, and may be used in the plural, as telephone and thing but not airs and graces or braveryCompare mass noun, sortal Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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