初識動物集合名詞
Collective Nouns for Animal Groups
記得初學英語的時候,我有點瞧不起英語,因為它沒有幾個量詞,頂多就是a piece of paper、a loaf of bread、a pair of glasses等,哪像漢語啊,一頭牛、一條魚、一張紙、一根香腸、一支筆、一輛車,等等??墒菨u漸地,我明白自己“冤枉”英語了,它也有豐富的量詞,一點兒也不比漢語遜色。這次,我們先來看看如何表達一群動物吧。
a sloth/sleuth of bears(熊)
a train/caravan/flock of camels(駱駝)
a clowder/glaring of cats(貓)
a herd of cattle(牛)
a coalition of cheetahs(非洲獵豹)
a herd of deer(鹿)
a pack of dogs(狗)
a herd of elephants(大象)
a leash/skulk/troop of foxes(狐貍)
a herd/corps/tower of giraffes(長頸鹿)
a flock/herd/tribe/trip of goats(山羊)
a down/husk of hares(野兔)
a bloat of hippos(河馬)
a herd/band of horses(馬)
a mob/herd/troop of kangaroos(袋鼠)
a pride of lions(獅子)
a nest of mice(老鼠)
a troop of monkeys(猴子)
a team/yoke/drove of oxen(牛)
a herd/sounder of pigs(豬)
a nest/warren of rabbits(兔子)
a crash of rhinoceroses/rhinoceros(犀牛)
a pod/herd/colony of seals(海豹)
a flock/fold of sheep(綿羊)
a dray/scurry of squirrels(松鼠)
an ambush/a streak of tigers(老虎)
a pod/school/mod of whales(鯨魚)
a pack/rout of wolves(狼)
a herd/zeal/cohort of zebras(斑馬)
a bask/float of crocodiles(鱷魚)a lounge of lizards(蜥蜴)
a rhumba of rattlesnakes(響尾蛇)a bed/knot/den/nest of snakes(蛇)a bale/turn of turtles(龜)
a brood/peep of chickens(雞)
a murder of crows(烏鴉)
an arc/a flight of doves(鴿子)
a padding/flock/raft of ducks(鴨)
a convocation/an aerie of eagles(鷹)
a stand/flamboyance of flamingos(火烈鳥)
a gaggle/skein of geese(鵝)
a boil/cost/kettle of hawks(鷹)
an exaltation of larks(云雀)
a tiding of magpies(喜鵲)
a parliament of owls(貓頭鷹)
a company/pandemonium of parrots(鸚鵡)
a pride/muster of peacocks(孔雀)
a rookery/colony of penguins(企鵝)
a host/ubiquity of sparrows(麻雀)
a mustering of storks(鸛)
a flight/gulp of swallows(燕子)
a herd/bank of swans(天鵝)
a rafter/dole/flock of turkeys(火雞)
a descent of woodpeckers(啄木鳥)
a nest/swam/an army of ants(螞蟻)
a swarm/nest/hive of bees(蜜蜂)
a flutter of butterflies(蝴蝶)
an army of caterpillars(毛蟲)
an intrusion of cockroaches(蟑螂)
a swarm/cloud/business of flies(蒼蠅)
a cloud of grasshoppers(蝗蟲)
a bed/swarm of eels(鱔魚)
a school/shoal of fish(魚)
a troubling of goldfish(金魚)
a school/shoal/shiver of sharks(鯊魚)
a hover of trout(鱒魚)
an army of frogs(青蛙)
a smack/brood of jellyfish(水母)
a bed of oysters(牡蠣)
a clutter of spiders(蜘蛛)
a nest/knot of toads(蟾蜍)
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第63頁答案
1. A; 2. A; 3. D; 4. A; 5. D; 6. A; 7. B; 8. C; 9. A/B; 10. D; 11. C; 12. A/C; 13. B; 14. D; 15. C