一般情况加 -s
book → books
girl → girls
bag → bags
car → cars
以 s, sh, ch, x 等结尾加 -es
bus → buses
watch → watches
box → boxes
brush → brushes
以辅音字母 + y结尾,变 y 为 i 再加 -es
baby → babies
city → cities
country → countries
以 f 或 fe 结尾,多数变 f 或 fe 为 v 再加 -es
wife → wives
knife → knives
half → halves
thief → thieves
以 o 结尾,有些加 -es
Negroes → heroes
tomatoes → potatoes
photos → photos
不规则名词
foot → feet
goose → geese
tooth → teeth
child → children
man → men
woman → women
sheep → sheep
deer → deer
mouse → mice
某些外来词
datum → data
medium → media
bacterium → bacteria
curriculum → curricula
criterion → criteria
phenomenon → phenomena
复合名词
-manservant → menservants
woman student → women students
grown up → grown ups
brother in law → brothers in law
需要注意的是,人名的复数形式并不常见,通常用于表示“若干个叫…的人”或“像…一样的人”。例如:
There are two Marys and three Roberts in his class.
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