count noun
noun [ C ] language specialized uk/ˈkaʊnt ˌnaʊn/ us/ˈkaʊnt ˌnaʊn/ (also countable noun)
B1 可数名词
a noun that can be used in the singular and the plural
Count nouns are shown in this dictionary with [C]. 可数名词在本词典中用[C]标示。
- More examples
- You can also call a count noun a 'countable noun', which shows that it's the type of noun that can be counted.
- You can say 'books' when there is more than one, so 'book' is a count noun, unlike 'information' which is uncountable.