新月零犬去世:新概念英语第二册语法精粹九:复合名词复数形式

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  1.中间没有连字符的合成名词在词尾变复数:

  bookshelf→bookshelves handful→handfuls

  2.man和 woman构成的复合名词,二者均变为复数。

  man servant→men servants

  woman teacher→women teachers

  3.中间有连字符的合成次,在主体词(中心意义的词)末尾变复数:

  sister-in-law→sisters-in-law

  looker-on→lookers-on

  editor-in-chief→editors-in-chief

  4.下列合成名词在后一个词上变化:

  sit-in→sit-ins, grown-up→grown-ups

  stand-by→stand-bys touch-me-not→touch-me-nots

  go-between→go-betweens