1·This word is a collective noun .
这个词是个集体名词。
2·This is a collective noun.
它是一个集合名词。
3·Swarm 'is the collective noun for bees.
是蜜蜂的集合名词。
4·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。
5·This noun appears in the plural form only, never in the singular form. This is a collective noun.
这个名词只以复数形式出现，从来没有单数形式。
6·This is a collective noun. Though it appears in the singular form, it takes a plural predicate verb.
但当不可数名词前有表示数量的复数名词时，谓语动词用复数形式。
7·In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in.
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。
8·There is also a kind of collective noun which can be used either in the singular or in the plural sense. eg: team, a team, three teams.
另外，这些集体名词还可以用于用于单数意义把集体视为一个整体，用于复数意义指构成构成集体的一个个成员。
9·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。