fish复数

英语名词复数

英语不规则复数

以f或fe结尾

大多数以f或fe结尾的名词的复数形式

时将其转为ves，如：

calf→calves

elf→elves

half→halves

hoof→hooves

knife→knives

leaf→leaves

life→lives

loaf→loaves

scarf→scarfs/scarves

lf→lves

sheaf→sheaves

shelf→shelves

thief→thieves

wife→wives

wolf→wolves

元音

有些名称的复数形式是改变它们的元音

声：

fireman→firemen

foot→feet

goo→gee

lou→lice

man→men

mou→mice

tooth→teeth

woman→women

古代英语

有些是沿用古代英语：

child→children

ox→oxen

以o结尾

有的以o结尾的单词加“s”：

auto→autos

kangaroo→kangaroos

kilo→kilos

memo→memos

photo→photos

piano→pianos

pimento→pimentos

pro→pros

solo→solos

soprano→sopranos

studio→studios

tattoo→tattoos

video→videos

zoo→zoos

有的则加“es”：

echo→echoes

embargo→embargoes

hero→heroes

potato→potatoes

tomato→tomatoes

torpedo→torpedoes

veto→vetoes

有的两种都可以：

buffalo→buffalos/buffaloes

cargo→cargos/cargoes

halo→halos/haloes

mosquito→mosquitos/mosquitoes

motto→mottos/mottoes

no→nos/noes

tornado→tornados/tornadoes

volcano→volcanos/volcanoes

zero→zeros/zeroes

不变

有的则不变：

cod→cod*

deer→deer

fish→fish*

offspring→offspring

perch→perch*

sheep→sheep

trout→trout*

注：带“*”号的都是鱼类，很多鱼类的

复数形式都是不变的，但有例外

下面这些都是固有复数，即使单数也是

像复数形式：

barracks→barracks

crossroads→crossroads

dice/die→dice

gallows→gallows

headquarters→headquarters

means→means

ries→ries

species→species

借用单词

英语中有些单词是借用其他语言的。部

分借用单词的复数跟随外语形式，下面

每行的第二个单词都是外语形式，第三

个为现时英语使用：

alga→algae

amoeba→amoebae→amoebas

antenna→antennae→antennas

formula→formulae→formulas

larva→larvae→

nebula→nebulae→nebulas

vertebra→vertebrae

以“us”结尾的转为“a”（适用于专业

术语）：

corpus→corpora

genus→genera

以“us”结尾的转为“i”：

alumnus→alumni

bacillus→bacilli

cactus→cacti→cactus

focus→foci

fungus→fungi→fungus

nucleus→nuclei

octopus→octopi→octopus

radius→radii

stimulus→stimuli

syllabus→syllabi→syllabus

terminus→termini

以“um”结尾的转为“a”：

addendum→addenda

bacterium→bacteria

curriculum→curricula→

curriculums

datum→data

erratum→errata

medium→media

memorandum→memoranda→

memorandums

ovum→ova

stratum→strata

symposium→symposia→

symposiums

以“ex”或“ix”结尾的转为“ices”：

apex→apices→apexes

appendix→appendices→

appendixes

cervix→cervices→cervixes

index→indices→indexes

matrix→matrices→matrixes

vortex→vortices

以“is”结尾的转为“es”：

analysis→analys

axis→axes

basis→bas

crisis→cris

diagnosis→diagnos

emphasis→emphas

hypothesis→hypothes

neurosis→neuros

oasis→oas

parenthesis→parenthes

synopsis→synops

thesis→thes

以“on”结尾的转为“a”：

criterion→criteria

phenomenon→phenomena

automaton→automata

英语中沿用其他语言的规则：

意大利语

libretto→libretti

tempo→tempi

virtuoso→virtuosi

希伯来语

cherub→cherubim

raph→raphim

希腊语

schema→schemata

不规则复数列表

A

addendum→addenda

alga→algae

L

leaf→leaves

life→lives

alumna→alumnae

alumnus→alumni

analysis→analys

antenna→

antennas,antennae

apparatus→

apparatus

appendix→

appendices,appendix

es

axis→axes

B

bacillus→bacilli

bacterium→

bacteria

basis→bas

beau→beaux

bison→bison

loaf→loaves

lou→lice

M

man→men

matrix→

matrices

means→means

medium→media

memorandum→

memoranda

millennium

→

millenniums,mi

lennia

moo→moo

mosquito→

mosquitoes

mou→mice

buffalo→

buffalos,buffaloes

bureau→bureaus

bus→buss,bus

C

cactus→

cactus,cacti

calf→calves

child→children

corps→corps

corpus→

corpora,corpus

crisis→cris

criterion→

criteria

curriculum→

curricula

D

N

nebula→

nebulae,nebula

s

neurosis→

neuros

nucleus→

nuclei

O

oasis→oas

octopus→

octopi,octopus

es

ovum→ova

ox→oxen

P

paralysis→

paralys

datum→data

deer→deer

die→dice

dwarf→

dwarfs,dwarves

diagnosis→

diagnos

E

echo→echoes

elf→elves

ellipsis→ellips

embargo→embargoes

emphasis→emphas

erratum→errata

F

fireman→firemen

fish→fish,fishes

focus→focus

parenthesis→

parenthes

person→

people

phenomenon→

phenomena

potato→

potatoes

R

radius→

radii,radius

S

scarf→

scarfs,scarves

lf→lves

ries→

ries

sheep→sheep

foot→feet

formula→formulas

fungus→

fungi,fungus

G

genus→genera

goo→gee

H

half→halves

hero→heroes

hippopotamus

→

hippopotami,hippopo

tamus

hoof→hoofs,hooves

hypothesis→

hypothes

I

shelf→

shelves

scissors→

scissors

species→

species

stimulus→

stimuli

stratum→

strata

syllabus→

syllabi,syllab

us

symposium→

symposia,sympo

siums

synthesis→

synthes

index→

indices,indexes

K

knife→knives

synopsis→

synops

T

tableau→

tableaux

that→tho

thesis→

thes

thief→

thieves

this→the

tomato→

tomatoes

tooth→teeth

torpedo→

torpedoes

V

vertebra→

vertebrae

veto→vetoes

vita→vitae

W

watch→

watches

wife→wives

wolf→wolves

woman→women

Z

zero→

zeros,zeroes