作定語的名詞往往是說明中心名詞的材料、用途、時(shí)間、地點(diǎn)、內(nèi)容、類別等。作定語的名詞有以下三種形式:

A. 一般用單數(shù)形式。如a stone bridge(石橋), a meeting room(會(huì)議室), morning exercise(早操), London Airport(倫敦機(jī)場(chǎng)), a story book(故事書),a shoe shop(鞋店)。

B. man, woman要與所修飾的名詞的數(shù)一致。如a woman teacher(一位女教師), two women teachers(兩位女教師)。

C. sports, sales, clothes, goods, arts, customs等只用復(fù)數(shù)形式。如a sports meet(運(yùn)動(dòng)會(huì)), a goods train(貨車), customs house(海關(guān)) a sales manager(營業(yè)主任)。如:

考題分析:

He dropped the ________ and broke it. (全國卷)

A. cup of coffee????????????????????????? B. coffee’s cup

C. cup for coffee???????????????????????? D. coffee cup

【分析】答案選D。coffee是cup的定語,說明cup的類別。coffee cup咖啡杯。

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