请问leaf的复数是什么,leaf的复数形式,为什么是leaves,而不是leaf?不
网友回答
leaves
[英] [li:vz][美] [livz]
n.
叶子; 树叶,花瓣; (leaf的复数); 页( leaf的名词复数 ); 有…状叶的; 金属薄片;
v.
离开( leave的第三人称单数 ); 遗弃; 忘了带; 交托;
[例句]
In the garden, the leaves of the horse chestnut had already fallen
花园里,七叶树已经落叶了。
[原型]leave/ leaf
网友回答
1.一般名词复数是在名词后面加上“s”,如map→maps, bag→bags等;
2.以s, sh, ch, x等结尾的词加“es”,如bus→buses, watch→watches等;
3.以辅音字母+y结尾的词,变y为i加es,如baby→babies等;以元音字母+ y结尾的名词变复数时,直接加s变复数,如monkey→monkeys, holiday→holidays, storey→storeys(楼层);
4.以o 结尾的名词变复数时:
a)加s的名词有:photo→photos ,piano→pianos, radio→radios, zoo→zoos
b)加es的名词有:
potato→potatoes tomato→tomatoes
5.以f或fe结尾的名词变复数时:
a)加s的名词有:
belief→beliefs roof→roofs
safe→safes gulf→gulfs
b)去掉f, fe 加ves的名词有:
half→halves knife→knives
leaf→leaves wolf→wolves
wife→wives life→lives thief→thieves