noun
                                        英 [naʊn]
美 [naʊn]
                                        
                                            
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            noun 名词来自古法语non,来自拉丁语nomen,名字,名词,词源同name,nominalize.
 
                                    
            - noun
- noun: [14] Etymologically, a noun is simply a ‘name’. Latin nomen ‘name’ (a relative of English name) was used by classical grammarians for a ‘noun’ – that is, a word that ‘names’ something – and English acquired it via Old French non and Anglo-Norman noun.
 
- noun (n.)
- late 14c., from Anglo-French noun "name, noun," from Old French nom, non (Modern French nom), from Latin nomen "name, noun" (see name (n.)). Old English used name to mean "noun." Related: Nounal.
                 - 1. The noun " mouse " is the singular form of " mice " . 
- 名词mouse是 mice 的单数形式.
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- 2. In " the black cat " the adjective " black " modifies the noun " cat " . 
- 在the black cat这一词组中,形容词 black 修饰名词cat.
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- 3. The word " person " is a countable noun. 
- person 这个词是个可数名词.
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- 4. Attributive adjectives precede the noun. 
- 定语形容词位于名词前.
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- 5. An attributive noun functions as an adjective. 
- 定语性名词起形容词作用.
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