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① ”人山人海“的英文表达,可以全文搜索下英汉(双解)词典。
《牛津高阶英汉双解词典》(第 8 版)有 3 处。
>**capacity**
They played to a capacity crowd (= one that filled all the space or seats). 他们给人山人海的观众表演。
**million**
There were millions of people there. 那里人山人海。
**zillion**
There were zillions of people there. 那里人山人海。
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② 《张道真实用英语语法(最新版)》(https://www.amazon.cn/dp/B00G1VRNOS/ ) 专门有一节讲量词,具体到个别词,那就只有多查多用了,列出来干巴巴的用法也没人看。
>6.4 量 词
6.4.1 量词范围
量词(Quantifiers)不是一种词类,而是许多与数量有关的词和短语,它们包含:
1) 许多与数量有关的代词和限定词,如some,any,much,many等。
2) 各种数词,如two,half,a third,80%等。
3) 名词和of构成的表数量的短语,如a lot of,plenty of等。
4) 某些与数量有关的形容词,如enough,whole,half等。
5) 某些与数量有关的名词,如feet,miles,years,dozen等。
6) 某些与数量有关的合成词,如a five-dollar bill,a 6-page summary等。
7) 某些与数量有关词组的所有格,如two months' stay,four weeks' notice等。
下面将简要地加以处理。
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③ 具体到 amount of 后面跟可数还是不可数,这又是 descriptive、prescriptive 之争了。
MWALED 的 amount 条 usage 栏目里说得很清楚了 http://www.learnersdictionary.com/definition/amount 。
> Amount is chiefly used with noncount nouns.
» He lost a large amount of money.
» a minimum amount of effort
» They provided only a small amount of information.
It is also sometimes used with plural count nouns, but this use is often criticized as an error.
» There were a large amount of mistakes.
Number is the usual word in such contexts.
» a large number of mistakes
» an increasing number of problems
LDOCE6 http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/carload
> the amount of people or things a car can hold
http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/dregs
>a small amount of a drink, sometimes with bits in, left at the bottom of a cup, glass, or bottle
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LDOCE 里的释义里大量出现了:
the amount of a substance contained in a liquid
the amount of a substance that people eat, drink, smoke etc
a small amount of a substance or of something that is not a physical object
the amount of a substance that is contained in something, especially food or drink
a small amount of a feeling
a small amount of a particular colour
a small amount of a strong alcoholic drink
a very small amount of a quality, emotion, substance etc that is difficult to see or notice
the amount of profits, crops etc that something produces
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我举个句子。
>There is a *water* in “Chopping onions makes my eyes water. ”
这里的 water 不是水,是说 water 这个词、这个概念,所以前面用个 a 是没有问题的。
同样,就算规定 the amount of 后面跟不可数名词。
the amount of a substance (-> the amount of water, water is a substance)
a small amount of a feeling
这种也是可以的。
另外,化学里“物质的量”对应英文是 amount of substance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amount_of_substance )
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