plural
n
(grammar) form of a noun or verb which refers to more than one person or thing(名词的或动词的)复数, 复数形式
The plural of `child' is `children'. child的复数形式是children.
The verb should be in the plural, eg `have' in `they have'. 这个动词应用复数形式(如they have中的have). Cf 参看 singular 1. plural, adj (grammar)
1 of or having this form 复数的; 有复数形式的
Most plural nouns in English end in `s'. 英语的复数名词多以s结尾.
2 of more than one 不止一个的
a plural society, ie one with more than one ethnic group 多元社会(由不止一个种族组成的).
Wait, Shylock. The law of Venice says that if anyone tries to kill or murder any citizen of Venice, everything that he owns shall be taken away from him.
等一等,夏洛克。威尼斯的法律规定任何企图杀害或谋害任何威尼斯公民的人,他所有的一切必须被没收。
Kunta wondered why the white people had done this to him.
孔塔不知道白人为什么要这样对待他。
The sides of the deer were coloured with a reddish-brown paint.