a. He must be very old. Look, he has grey ____.
b. He found some ____ in his soup.
A. hair, hair B. hairs, hairs. C. hair, hairs D. hairs, hair.
【分析】
此題應選 C, 容易誤選 A, 誤認為hair永遠不可數(shù)。其實hair這個詞既可以是可數(shù)的, 也可以是不可數(shù), 只是含義稍有變化:
1. 作為可數(shù)名詞, 是指一根一根的“頭發(fā)”或“毛發(fā)”:
Look at this, a hair in my soup.
你瞧, 我的湯里有根頭發(fā)。
The cat has left her loose hairs all over my clothes.
貓掉的毛弄得我衣服上到處都是。
My father has quite a few gray hairs.
我父親已有不少白發(fā)。
There is not a gray hair on his head.
他頭上沒有一根白頭發(fā)。
2. 作為不可數(shù)名詞“頭發(fā)”的總稱, 是集合名詞:
I'll have my hair cut. 我要去理發(fā)。
He has blond hair. 他有一頭金發(fā)。
She has a beautiful head of hair.
她有一頭漂亮的頭發(fā)。
The woman likes to do her hair in foreign style.
這個女人喜歡把頭發(fā)梳成外國式。
試比較以下句子:
He has grey hair. 他滿頭白發(fā)。
He has grey hairs. 他有些白發(fā)了。