collective noun

英 [kəˌlektɪv ˈnaʊn]

美 [kəˌlektɪv ˈnaʊn]

n.  集合名词(如committee或team，在英国英语中既可用单数也可用复数动词; 在美国英语中必须用单数动词)

牛津词典

noun

• 集合名词（如committee或team，在英国英语中既可用单数也可用复数动词；在美国英语中必须用单数动词）
  a singular noun, such as committee or team , that refers to a group of people, animals or things and, in British English, can be used with either a singular or a plural verb. In American English it must be used with a singular verb.

柯林斯词典

• 集合名词
  Acollective nounis a noun such as 'family' or 'team' that refers to a group of people or things.

英英释义

noun

• a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things

双语例句

• The personal pronoun+ proper noun is different from the associations of general pronoun+ noun and the personal pronoun+ collective noun.
  人称代词+专有名词不同于一般代词+名词、人称代词+集合名词的组合。
• This is a collective noun. Though it appears in the singular form, it takes a plural predicate verb.
  它是一个集合名词。虽然形式上是单数，它必须跟复数的谓语动词。
• In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in The family was united on this question.
  在美国用法中，集合名词在指代的集合名词作为一个整体时，谓语动词要用单数形式，如在全家在这个问题上达成一致。
• This is a collective noun, singular in form but plural in meaning.
  这是一个集合名词，单数的形式但是表示复数意义。
• Collective Noun is the name used for a collection of people, animals or things.
  集合名词是用来形容一群人、动物或一批物品。
• While the collective noun used to describe the funds may be relatively new, the funds themselves often are not.
  尽管描述这类基金的集合名词或许还比较新鲜，但这些基金本身往往不是这样。
• The term internet is a collective noun for thousands of smaller networks, run by corporations, governments, universities and private business, all stitched together to form one ( mostly) seamless, global, internetworked whole.
  术语互联网是一个集合名词，包括数以千计由公司、政府、大学和私营企业运作的子网络，所有这些交织在一起形成一个（基本上）无缝对接、全球互联运作的网络整体。