英语名词作定语的6种情况及3种形式

英语名词作定语的形式

作定语的名词往往是说明中心名词的材料、用途、时间、地点、内容、类别等。作定语的名词有以下三种形式：

名词作定语的情况 ——往往是说明其名词的材料、用途、时间、地点、内容、类别等。

⒈材料

a diamond necklace / a bamboo pole / paper money / a stone bridge

⒉用途

a meeting room / the telephone poles / the railway staion / trade union / water pipe

⒊时间

a day bed / the dinner party / the Apring and Autum Period / evening suit / midday lunch

⒋地点

London hotels / Beijing University / body temperature / the kitchen window

⒌内容

a story book / piano lessons / the sports meet / oxygen supply / the grammar rules

⒍类别

children education / enemy soldiers / a bus driver

A． 一般用单数形式。如a stone bridge(石桥), a meeting room(会议室), morning exercise(早操), London Airport(伦敦机场), a story book(故事书)，a shoe shop(鞋店)。

B. man, woman要与所修饰的名词的数一致。如a woman teacher(一位女教师), two women teachers(两位女教师)。

C. sports, sales, clothes, goods, arts, customs等只用复数形式。如a sports meet(运动会), a goods train(货车), customs house(海关) a sales manager(营业主任)。如：

考题分析：

He dropped the ________ and broke it. (全国卷)

A. cup of coffee B. coffee’s cup

C. cup for coffee D. coffee cup

【分析】答案选D。coffee是cup的定语，说明cup的类别。coffee cup咖啡杯。