24 不可数名词的度量
(1)不可数名词注意事项:
1)它们的前面不能加a/an:
不能说:a bread* an advice* a nice weather* a furniture*
2)它们没有复数形式,不能和数词连用:
不能说:two breads* ten advices* five furnitures*
(2)不可数名词与量词
虽然我们不能用具体数字(比如one,two,three,four等)来表示不可数名词的数量,但我们可以借用量词来表示其量的概念。不同类型的不可数名词所使用的量词也不一样,一般规则如下:
1)常用piece修饰以下抽象名词和物质名词
advice bread baggage chalk equipment furniture
information jewelry luggage music news
例如:
a piece of news two pieces of news
several pieces of furniture three pieces of luggage
2)用bottle,cup,drop,glass修饰液态物质:
beer blood coffee milk tea water wine
例如:
several drops of blood a glass of milk two cups of coffee
3)其他的量词:
a loaf of bread a tube of toothpaste a slice of meat