a colony of bats
说“一群蝙蝠”常用 a colony of bats。
蝙蝠
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蝙蝠
a flying mammal active at night that uses echolocation
Bats come out at night to hunt for insects.
蝙蝠在夜间出来捕食昆虫。
用法提示:bats 是名词 bat 的复数形式,在本句中指蝙蝠,作主语。
We saw several bats hanging upside down in the cave.
我们看到几只蝙蝠倒挂在洞穴里。
用法提示:bats 是名词 bat 的复数形式,在本句中指蝙蝠,作 saw 的宾语。
Some bats use echolocation to find their way in the dark.
有些蝙蝠利用回声定位在黑暗中辨路。
用法提示:bats 是名词 bat 的复数形式,在本句中指蝙蝠,作主语。
说“一群蝙蝠”常用 a colony of bats。
A colony of bats hung from the roof of the cave.
一群蝙蝠倒挂在洞顶。
see 后接 bats 加现在分词,表示看见蝙蝠正在飞。
We saw bats flying over the river at dusk.
黄昏时我们看见蝙蝠在河面上飞。
指棒球或板球中挥棒,常与 swing 连用。
She swung the bat and sent the ball over the fence.
她挥动球棒,把球打过了围栏。
grammar · medium
易错句子I saw a bats in the cave.
正确表达I saw a bat in the cave.
bats 是可数名词复数,不能与不定冠词 a 连用;表示“一只蝙蝠”须用单数 a bat,表示多只用 bats 或 some bats。
grammar · medium
易错句子Bats is active at night.
正确表达Bats are active at night.
bats 作主语是复数,一般现在时的 be 动词要用 are;is 只用于第三人称单数主语,所以应改为 Bats are active at night。
grammar · medium
易错句子He bought two new baseball sticks.
正确表达He bought two new baseball bats.
表示“棒球棒”时英语固定说 baseball bat,不说 baseball stick;stick 通常指细长棍状物,不能替代 bat。
拼写只多一个 th,读音也不同:baths 的结尾是 /ðz/ 或 /θs/,bats 的结尾则是 /ts/。表示“洗澡、浴缸”时只能用 baths;表示“蝙蝠、球棒”时只能用 bats。
元音不同:bets 读 /e/,bats 读 /æ/,因此听上去接近,词义却完全不同——一个指打赌或赌注,一个指蝙蝠或球棒。
两者只差开头的辅音:pats 以清辅音 /p/ 开头,bats 以浊辅音 /b/ 开头;在汉语中,这两个音都容易听混或读混,但意思分别是“轻拍”和“蝙蝠/球棒”。
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