英语名词复数

英语名词复数 英语不规则复数 以f或fe结尾 大多数以f或fe结尾的名词的复数形式时将其转为ves，如: calf ? calves elf ? elves half ? halves hoof ? hooves knife ? knives leaf ? leaves life ? lives loaf ? loaves scarf ? scarfs/scarves self ? selves sheaf ? sheaves shelf ? shelves thief ? thieves wife ? wives wolf ? wolves 元音 有些名称的复数形式是改变它们的元音声: fireman ? firemen foot ? feet goose ? geese louse ? lice man ? men mouse ? mice tooth ? teeth woman ? women 古代英语 有些是沿用古代英语: child ? children ox ? oxen 以o结尾 有的以o结尾的单词加“s”: auto ? autos kangaroo ? kangaroos kilo ? kilos memo ? memos photo ? photos piano ? pianos pimento ? pimentos pro ? pros solo ? solos soprano ? sopranos studio ? studios tattoo ? tattoos video ? videos zoo ? zoos 有的则加“es”: echo ? echoes embargo ? embargoes hero ? heroes potato ? potatoes tomato ? tomatoes torpedo ? torpedoes veto ? vetoes 有的两种都可以: buffalo ? buffalos/buffaloes cargo ? cargos/cargoes halo ? halos/haloes mosquito ? mosquitos/mosquitoes motto ? mottos/mottoes no ? nos/noes tornado ? tornados/tornadoes volcano ? volcanos/volcanoes zero ? zeros/zeroes 不变 有的则不变: cod ? cod * deer ? deer fish ? fish * offspring ? offspring perch ? perch * sheep ? sheep trout ? trout * 注:带“*”号的都是鱼类，很多鱼类的复数形式都是不变的，但有例外 下面这些都是固有复数，即使单数也是像复数形式: barracks ? barracks crossroads ? crossroads dice/die ? dice gallows ? gallows headquarters ? headquarters means ? means series ? series species ? species 借用单词 英语中有些单词是借用其他语言的。部分借用单词的复数跟随外语形式，下 面每行的第二个单词都是外语形式，第三个为现时英语使用: alga ? algae amoeba ? amoebae ? amoebas antenna ? antennae ? antennas formula ? formulae ? formulas larva ? larvae ? nebula ? nebulae ? nebulas vertebra ? vertebrae 以“us”结尾的转为“a”(适用于专业术语): corpus ? corpora genus ? genera 以“us”结尾的转为“i”: alumnus ? alumni bacillus ? bacilli cactus ? cacti ? cactuses focus ? foci fungus ? fungi ? funguses nucleus ? nuclei octopus ? octopi ? octopuses radius ? radii stimulus ? stimuli syllabus ? syllabi ? syllabuses terminus ? termini 以“um”结尾的转为“a”: addendum ? addenda bacterium ? bacteria curriculum ? curricula ? curriculums datum ? data erratum ? errata medium ? media memorandum ? memoranda ? memorandums ovum ? ova stratum ? strata symposium ? symposia ? symposiums 以“ex”或“ix”结尾的转为“ices”: apex ? apices ? apexes appendix ? appendices ? appendixes cervix ? cervices ? cervixes index ? indices ? indexes matrix ? matrices ? matrixes vortex ? vortices 以“is”结尾的转为“es”: analysis ? analyses axis ? axes basis ? bases crisis ? crises diagnosis ? diagnoses emphasis ? emphases hypothesis ? hypotheses neurosis ? neuroses oasis ? oases parenthesis ? parentheses synopsis ? synopses thesis ? theses 以“on”结尾的转为“a”: criterion ? criteria phenomenon ? phenomena automaton ? automata 英语中沿用其他语言的规则: 意大利语 libretto ? libretti tempo ? tempi virtuoso ? virtuosi 希伯来语 cherub ? cherubim seraph ? seraphim 希腊语 schema ? schemata 不规则复数列 A L addendum ? addenda leaf ? leaves alga ? algae life ? lives alumna ? alumnae loaf ? loaves alumnus ? alumni louse ? lice analysis ? analyses M antenna ? antennas,antennae man ? men apparatus ? apparatuses matrix ? matrices appendix ? appendices,appendixes means ? means axis ? axes medium ? media B memorandum ? memoranda bacillus ? bacilli millennium bacterium ? bacteria ? millenniums,milennia basis ? bases moose ? moose beau ? beaux mosquito ? mosquitoes bison ? bison mouse ? mice buffalo ? buffalos,buffaloes N bureau ? bureaus nebula ? nebulae,nebulas bus ? busses,buses neurosis ? neuroses C nucleus ? nuclei cactus ? cactuses,cacti O calf ? calves oasis ? oases child ? children octopus ? octopi,octopuses corps ? corps ovum ? ova corpus ? corpora,corpuses ox ? oxen crisis ? crises P criterion ? criteria paralysis ? paralyses curriculum ? curricula parenthesis ? parentheses D person ? people datum ? data phenomenon ? phenomena deer ? deer potato ? potatoes die ? dice R dwarf ? dwarfs,dwarves radius ? radii,radiuses diagnosis ? diagnoses S E scarf ? scarfs,scarves echo ? echoes self ? selves elf ? elves series ? series ellipsis ? ellipses sheep ? sheep embargo ? embargoes shelf ? shelves emphasis ? emphases scissors ? scissors erratum ? errata species ? species F stimulus ? stimuli fireman ? firemen stratum ? strata fish ? fish,fishes syllabus ? syllabi,syllabuses focus ? focuses symposium ? symposia,symposiums foot ? feet synthesis ? syntheses formula ? formulas synopsis ? synopses fungus ? fungi,funguses T G tableau ? tableaux genus ? genera that ? those goose ? geese thesis ? theses H thief ? thieves half ? halves this ? these hero ? heroes tomato ? tomatoes hippopotamus tooth ? teeth ? hippopotami,hippopotamuses torpedo ? torpedoes hoof ? hoofs,hooves V hypothesis ? hypotheses vertebra ? vertebrae I veto ? vetoes index ? indices,indexes vita ? vitae K W knife ? knives watch ? watches wife ? wives wolf ? wolves woman ? women Z zero ? zeros,zeroes