英语语法入门：名词修饰语

2012-05-06 00:55:00　

We often use two nouns together to show that one thing is a part of something else:

我们经常用两个名词表示某物的其他部分：

the village church; the car door; the kitchen window; the chair leg;

my coat pocket; London residents

英语语法入门：名词修饰语

We can use noun modifiers to show what something is made of:

我们可以用名词修饰语表示某物的组成部分：

a gold watch; a leather purse; a metal box

We often use noun modifiers with nouns ending in -er and -ing:

我们经常用名词修饰语与以-er或-ing结尾的名词连用：

an office worker; a jewellery maker; a potato peeler; a shopping list; a swimming lesson; a walking holiday.

We use measurements, age or value as noun modifiers:

我们用尺寸、年龄或者价格作为名词修饰语：

a thirty kilogram suitcase; a two minute rest; a five thousand euro platinum watch; a fifty kilometre journey;

We often put two nouns together and readers/listeners have work out what they mean. So:

我们经常将两个名词放在一起，这样说话者或听者能明白他们的意义。所以：

an ice bucket = a bucket to keep ice in

an ice cube = a cube made of ice

an ice breaker = a ship which breaks ice

the ice age = the time when much of the Earth was covered in ice.

Sometimes we find more than two nouns together:

有时候我们能找到两个以上的名词用在一起：

London office workers; grammar practice exercises

Position of noun modifiers

名词修饰语的位置

Noun modifiers come after adjectives:

名词修饰词放在形容词后：

The old newspaper seller

A tiring fifty kilometre journey

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