[名詞用法]hair與hairs

hair與hairs

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

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)名詞，也可以是不可數(shù)名詞，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。