Translations for „collective noun“ in the English » Chinese Dictionary

collective noun N LING

collective noun

集合名词 jíhé míngcí

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There are a number of collective nouns for a group of priests.

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Collective nouns are interesting studies, such as the pride of lions and gaggle of geese.

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Obsolete collective nouns for a group of ravens (or at least the common raven) include unkindness and conspiracy.

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That sounded a bit odd, so we started to play around with collective nouns.

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Although many languages treat collective nouns as singular, in others they may be interpreted as plural.

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She added to the language, especially in the matter of collective nouns.

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Many species have multiple collective nouns associated with them.

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What's the collective noun for a brace of restaurant critics in a flop-sweat of reputational panic?

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Collective nouns actually are a great delight to read, especially the ones that are politically incorrect, frank, and perhaps, whimsically accurate in some sense.

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I've always been interested in the way collective nouns have been formed, and are used.

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