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初识动物集合名词

2017-06-24如爱

疯狂英语·新悦读 2017年6期
关键词:鳟鱼初识鳝鱼

初识动物集合名词

Collective Nouns for Animal Groups

记得初学英语的时候,我有点瞧不起英语,因为它没有几个量词,顶多就是a piece of paper、a loaf of bread、a pair of glasses等,哪像汉语啊,一头牛、一条鱼、一张纸、一根香肠、一支笔、一辆车,等等。可是渐渐地,我明白自己“冤枉”英语了,它也有丰富的量词,一点儿也不比汉语逊色。这次,我们先来看看如何表达一群动物吧。

哺乳动物

a sloth/sleuth of bears(熊)

a train/caravan/flock of camels(骆驼)

a clowder/glaring of cats(猫)

a herd of cattle(牛)

a coalition of cheetahs(非洲猎豹)

a herd of deer(鹿)

a pack of dogs(狗)

a herd of elephants(大象)

a leash/skulk/troop of foxes(狐狸)

a herd/corps/tower of giraffes(长颈鹿)

a flock/herd/tribe/trip of goats(山羊)

a down/husk of hares(野兔)

a bloat of hippos(河马)

a herd/band of horses(马)

a mob/herd/troop of kangaroos(袋鼠)

a pride of lions(狮子)

a nest of mice(老鼠)

a troop of monkeys(猴子)

a team/yoke/drove of oxen(牛)

a herd/sounder of pigs(猪)

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(绵羊)

a dray/scurry of squirrels(松鼠)

an ambush/a streak of tigers(老虎)

a pod/school/mod of whales(鲸鱼)

a pack/rout of wolves(狼)

a herd/zeal/cohort of zebras(斑马)

爬行动物

a bask/float of crocodiles(鳄鱼)a lounge of lizards(蜥蜴)

a rhumba of rattlesnakes(响尾蛇)a bed/knot/den/nest of snakes(蛇)a bale/turn of turtles(龟)

a brood/peep of chickens(鸡)

a murder of crows(乌鸦)

an arc/a flight of doves(鸽子)

a padding/flock/raft of ducks(鸭)

a convocation/an aerie of eagles(鹰)

a stand/flamboyance of flamingos(火烈鸟)

a gaggle/skein of geese(鹅)

a boil/cost/kettle of hawks(鹰)

an exaltation of larks(云雀)

a tiding of magpies(喜鹊)

a parliament of owls(猫头鹰)

a company/pandemonium of parrots(鹦鹉)

a pride/muster of peacocks(孔雀)

a rookery/colony of penguins(企鹅)

a host/ubiquity of sparrows(麻雀)

a mustering of storks(鹳)

a flight/gulp of swallows(燕子)

a herd/bank of swans(天鹅)

a rafter/dole/flock of turkeys(火鸡)

a descent of woodpeckers(啄木鸟)

昆虫

a nest/swam/an army of ants(蚂蚁)

a swarm/nest/hive of bees(蜜蜂)

a flutter of butterflies(蝴蝶)

an army of caterpillars(毛虫)

an intrusion of cockroaches(蟑螂)

a swarm/cloud/business of flies(苍蝇)

a cloud of grasshoppers(蝗虫)

a bed/swarm of eels(鳝鱼)

a school/shoal of fish(鱼)

a troubling of goldfish(金鱼)

a school/shoal/shiver of sharks(鲨鱼)

a hover of trout(鳟鱼)

其他

an army of frogs(青蛙)

a smack/brood of jellyfish(水母)

a bed of oysters(牡蛎)

a clutter of spiders(蜘蛛)

a nest/knot of toads(蟾蜍)

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第63页答案

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

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