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be a noun
用于表示某词属于名词词性。
The word 'cat' is a noun.
单词'cat'是一个名词。
名词
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
名词
a word that names a person, place, thing, quality, or action
The word 'cat' is a noun.
单词'cat'是一个名词。
作为特定对象或对象集合名称的词,如人、动物、地点、词、事物、现象、物质、质量或思想；许多语言(包括英语)的基本词类之一
A word that functions as the name of a specific object or set of objects, such as person, animal, place, word, thing, phenomenon, substance, quality, or idea: one of the basic parts of speech in many languages, including English.
用户界面中应用某种动作或转换(即动词)的对象
An object within a user interface to which a certain action or transformation (i.e., verb) is applied.
In grammar class, the teacher asked us to identify every noun in the paragraph.
在语法课上，老师要求我们找出段落中的每一个名词。
Proper nouns like 'London' and 'Mary' are always capitalized.
像'London'和'Mary'这样的专有名词总是大写。
She struggled to distinguish between concrete nouns and abstract nouns.
她很难区分具体名词和抽象名词。
用于表示某词属于名词词性。
The word 'cat' is a noun.
单词'cat'是一个名词。
常用于描述动词的-ing形式作名词使用。
In 'running is fun', 'running' functions as a noun.
在'跑步很有趣'中，'running'充当名词。
表示将某词用作名词，常涉及词性转换。
You can use 'love' as a noun.
你可以把'love'用作名词。
Not this
What is your noun?
Use this
What is your name?
学习者混淆了'noun'（名词）和'name'（名字）。在中文中，'名词'和'名字'发音相似但意义不同。'name'指人的名字，而'noun'是语法术语。
Not this
I noun the book.
Use this
I name the book.
学习者错误地将'noun'用作动词，意为'命名'。实际上，'noun'是名词，动词形式应为'name'。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
可数名词
In English, 'book' is a count noun.
在英语中，'book' 是一个可数名词。
不可数名词
Water is a mass noun because you can't count it.
水是不可数名词，因为你不能数它。
专有名词
London is a proper noun.
London 是一个专有名词。
抽象名词
Love is an abstract noun.
爱是一个抽象名词。
名词短语
The big red car is a noun phrase.
The big red car 是一个名词短语。
你是一个名词！
In grammar, a noun is a person, place, or thing.
在语法中，名词表示人、地方或事物。
名词？我都不认识她！
The word 'apple' is a noun.
单词'apple'是一个名词。
Use noun naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
发音“naun”像“那嗯”，联想“那是什么？嗯，是一个名词”。
名词（noun）是语法术语，在正式与非正式场合均可使用，但更多出现在语言学习或语法讨论中。
All listed words rhyme with 'noun' (they share the /aʊn/ sound). There are no common words that look like 'noun' but sound different, so no false friends to warn about.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.