陳思's 心英文法---英文心法

(i) 轉作複合形容詞的名詞(複數亦不加s)：

an eight-year-old little girl ---------------------------一位八歲的小女孩

a five-story building ----------------------------------一棟五層樓的建築

a ten-gallon hat -----------------------------------------------一頂牛仔帽

a million-dollar contract --------------------------------一份百萬的合約

a suspender belt ------------------------------------------------一條吊褲帶

(j) 數詞本為形容詞，轉做為名詞時，前有數字或形容詞many, several不加s，some例外，做為名詞加s後必與of連用

dozen打 score二十 hundred百 thousand 千 million百萬 billion 十億 trillion兆

one hundred people
many hundred people
hundreds of people
 

ten thousand books
many thousand books
thousands of books
 

twenty million dollars
many million dollars
millions of dollars

some hundreds
some thousands
some dozens

a dozen eggs = a dozen of eggs

two dozen apples(兩打蘋果)… 作形容詞

two dozen of these apples(兩打的這種蘋果)…作名詞

some dozens of eggs(幾打的雞蛋)…作名詞

some dozen eggs = about a dozen (of) eggs (大約一打的雞蛋)

重要片語
in dozens = by the dozen (成打的…)
baker’s(devil’s, long, printer’s) dozen = thirteen
fortnight = fourteen days = two weeks
talk nineteen to the dozen 口若懸河，說個沒完沒了