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相似名词hair与beard的用法比较

2016-07-11来源:和谐英语

相似名词hairbeard的用法比较

1. hair的用法

hair的意思是“头发”“毛发”,它指的是某人的全部头发或某动物的合部毛发,此时为集合名词(不可数)。如:

Her hair waves beautifully. 她的头发呈波浪形很漂亮。

Sheila has changed the colour of her hair. 希拉改变了她头发的颜色。

Most people have lots of hair on their heads. 多数人头上都有很多头发。

In the course of one year her hair turned completely gray. 她的头发在一年之间全变白了。

但是,若指具体的一根或几根头发或毛发,则为个体名词,它是可数的。如:

He had a few grey hairs. 他有几根灰白色的头发。

He found a hair in the soup. 他发现汤里有一根头发。

比较:

He has grey hair. 他满头白发。

He has grey hairs. 他有些白发了。

2. beard的用法

虽然beard与hair一样,都是长在人或动物身上的“毛”,但它们的用法却很不相同——beard用作可数名词时比较特殊,a beard指的是一个人的所有胡须,而不是指一根胡须;同样,复数beards指的是多个人的胡须,而不是指多根胡须。如:

Since when has he had a beard? 他从什么时候开始留胡子的?

He dyed his beard to avoid being recognized. 为了不被认出来,他染了胡子。

He promised to shave off his beard if he lost the bet. 他答应说,假如他赌输了就把胡须刮掉。

He has [grows, wears] a long beard. 他留了长胡须。

Men and goats have beards. 人和山羊都有胡子。