英语名词形式的用法总结：英语名词作定语的6种情况及3种形式
英语名词形式的用法总结：英语名词作定语的6种情况及3种形式a day bed / the dinner party / the Apring and Autum Period / evening suit / midday lunch⒊时间a diamond necklace / a bamboo pole / paper money / a stone bridge⒉用途a meeting room / the telephone poles / the railway staion / trade union / water pipe
英语名词作定语的形式
作定语的名词往往是说明中心名词的材料、用途、时间、地点、内容、类别等。作定语的名词有以下三种形式：
名词作定语的情况 ——往往是说明其名词的材料、用途、时间、地点、内容、类别等。
⒈材料
a diamond necklace / a bamboo pole / paper money / a stone bridge
⒉用途
a meeting room / the telephone poles / the railway staion / trade union / water pipe
⒊时间
a day bed / the dinner party / the Apring and Autum Period / evening suit / midday lunch
⒋地点
London hotels / Beijing University / body temperature / the kitchen window
⒌内容
a story book / piano lessons / the sports meet / oxygen supply / the grammar rules
⒍类别
children education / enemy soldiers / a bus driver
A． 一般用单数形式。如a stone bridge(石桥) a meeting room(会议室) morning exercise(早操) London Airport(伦敦机场) a story book(故事书)，a shoe shop(鞋店)。
B. man woman要与所修饰的名词的数一致。如a woman teacher(一位女教师) two women teachers(两位女教师)。
C. sports sales clothes goods arts customs等只用复数形式。如a sports meet(运动会) a goods train(货车) customs house(海关) a sales manager(营业主任)。如：
考题分析：
He dropped the ________ and broke it. (全国卷)
A. cup of coffee B. coffee’s cup
C. cup for coffee D. coffee cup
【分析】答案选D。coffee是cup的定语，说明cup的类别。coffee cup咖啡杯。
