名詞cattle 的用法
1. cattle是cows, bulls, oxen 等的總稱,雖為單數(shù)形式,但總表示復數(shù)意義;若用作主語,謂語要用復數(shù);可受 many 修飾,但不能用 much 修飾。如:
On big farms cattle are usually branded. 大農(nóng)場里的牛通常打有烙印。
Many cattle are suffering from a disease called BSE. 許多牛得了瘋牛病。
2. 要表示“牛”的頭數(shù),可借助 head(單復數(shù)同形)。如:
twelve head of cattle 12 頭牛
56 head of cattle 56 頭牛
當所表示的數(shù)量為十、百、千時,可省略其中的 head of。如:
thirty (head of) cattle 30 頭牛
100 (head of) cattle 100 頭牛
3. a herd of cattle 與 a head of cattle 不同,前者指“一群牛”,后者指“一頭牛”。