plural是什麼意思 plural的用法 plural怎麼讀

plural

英 ['plʊər(ə)l]美 ['plʊrəl]

adj. 複數的

n. 複數

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中文詞源

plural 複數的，多元的

來自拉丁語plus的所有格形式pluris,更多的，詞源同plus,full.引申詞義複數的，多元的。

英語詞源

plural

plural: [14] Plural is one of a range of English words that go back ultimately to Latin plūs ‘More’, a descendant (like English full and Greek pólus ‘much’, source of the English prefix poly-) of the Indo-European base *plē- ‘full’. This was borrowed into English directly as plus [17], in the sense ‘with the addition of’. Plural comes via Old French plurel from the Latin derivative plūrālis ‘more than one’.

Other related words in English include nonplus [16] (etymologically ‘put in a position where “no more” – Latin nōn plūs – can be done’); pluperfect [16] (a lexicalization of the Latin phrase plūs quam perfectum ‘more than perfect’); and surplus.

=> nonplus, pluperfect, plus, surplus

plural (adj.)

late 14c., from Old French plurel "more than one" (12c., Modern French pluriel), from Latin pluralis "of or belonging to more than one," from plus (genitive pluris) "more" (see plus). The noun meaning "a plural number" is from late 14c.

權威例句

1. What is the plural of "person"?

person的複數形式是什麼？

2. "Data" is the Latin plural form of "datum".

data在拉丁文中是datum的複數形式。

3. The word "you" can be singular or plural.

單詞you可以是單數也可以是複數。

4. The verb should be in the plural, e . g . " have " in " they have " .

這個動詞應用複數形式, 如theyhave中的 have.

5. A plural marriage is forbidden by many countries.

一夫多妻,一妻多夫制被許多國家禁止.

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