| 单词 | collective noun |
| 释义 | collective noun (once / 57376 pages) n WORD FAMILY collective noun: collective nouns USAGE EXAMPLESI'm not sure what the collective noun should be - a dagger, a poison pen? BBC(Oct 31, 2016) She arrives at the following collective noun: “a rothschild of rich people.” New York Times(Jul 14, 2015) When the intent is to refer to the collection as a unitary whole, a collective noun takes a singular verb. Washington Post(Apr 22, 2015) n a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things Hyper noun a content word that can be used to refer to a person, place, thing, quality, or action |
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