mass noun

noun

1. 不可数名词
   an uncountable noun
2. 物质名词（表示不同种类时可加复数词尾-s，例如 The shop sells several different breads中的 bread）
   a noun that is usually uncountable but can be made plural or used with a or an when you are talking about different types of sth. For example, bread is used as a mass noun in the shop sells several different breads .

1. 物质名词（通常不可数，但在表示物质种类或类型时可与不定冠词连用，亦可用复数形式）
   A mass noun is a noun such as 'wine' which is usually uncount but is used with 'a' or 'an' or used in the plural when it refers to types of that substance, as in 'a range of Australian wines'.
2. (在某些语法描述文字中)同 uncount noun
   In some descriptions of grammar, a mass noun is the same as an uncount noun .

1. Used before a mass noun to indicate a single type or example.
   用于物质名词前表示单一种类或事例。
2. If they are common noun with life 、 mass noun 、 abstract noun or time noun, it is the Attributive Compound if N1 equals N2 in semantic, it is the co-ordinate structure if N1 is not equal N2 in semantic.
   N为有生普通名词、物质名词、抽象名词或时间名词，则看N1、N2的语义特征，若语义特征相同，则为并列结构，反之则为偏正结构。
3. The Problems of the Philosophy of Language in Ancient China's Philosophy& A Discussion on the Mass Noun Theory
   中国哲学中的语言哲学问题&物质名词理论的商榷
4. Firstly, different from other universal quantifier such as all/ suo you, both every and mei cannot be followed by arguments such as mass noun or bare plural nouns directly.
   首先，every和每不同于其它全称量词如all/所有，后面不能直接接论元如不可数名词或光杆复数名词。

noun

1. a noun that does not form plurals