uncountable

a. 无数的, 不可数的

发音

其它 /ʌnˈkaʊntəbl̩/

词形变化

uncountables 复数 uncountables

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A noun that is uncountable.

    语言学 不可数
adj.
  1. 1.

    So many as to be incapable of being counted.

    不可数

    The reasons for our failure were as uncountable as the grains of sand on a beach.

  2. 2.

    Incapable of being put into one-to-one correspondence with the natural numbers or any subset thereof.

    数学 不可数

    Cantor’s “diagonal proof” shows that the set of real numbers is uncountable.

  3. 3.

    That cannot be used freely with numbers or the indefinite article, and therefore usually takes no plural form. Example: information.

    不可数

    语言学 不可数

    Many languages do not distinguish countable nouns from uncountable nouns.

    One meaning in law of the usually uncountable noun "information" is used in the plural and is countable.

相关短语

uncountable set 不可数集 uncountable sets uncountable noun uncountable nouns

词源

From un- + countable.

来源：wiktionary