hair還是hairs

先來看一道題

a. He must be very old. Look, he has grey ________.

b. He found some ________ in his soup.

A. hair, hair    B. hairs, hairs   C. hair, hairs   D. hairs, hair

【分析】此題應選 C, 容易誤選 A, 誤認為hair永遠不可數。其實hair這個詞既可以是可數的, 也可以是不可數, 只是含義稍有變化

1. 作為可數名詞, 是指一根一根的“頭發(fā)”或“毛發(fā)”：

Look at this, a hair in my soup. 你瞧, 我的湯里有根頭發(fā)。

The cat has left her loose hairs all over my clothes. 貓掉的毛弄得我衣服上到處都是。

My father has quite a few gray hairs. 我父親已有不少白發(fā)。

There is not a gray hair on his head. 他頭上沒有一根白頭發(fā)。

2. 作為不可數名詞“頭發(fā)”的總稱, 是集合名詞

I‘ll have my hair cut. 我要去理發(fā)。

He has blond hair. 他有一頭金發(fā)。

She has a beautiful head of hair. 她有一頭漂亮的頭發(fā)。

The woman likes to do her hair in foreign style. 這個女人喜歡把頭發(fā)梳成外國式。

試比較以下句子

He has grey hair. 他滿頭白發(fā)。

He has grey hairs. 他有些白發(fā)了。