【countable】在多语言下的意思、翻译、词源、用法、例句
英语(English)
词源(Etymology)
From Middle English countable, equivalent to count (“to enumerate”) + -able.
发音(Pronunciation)
形容词(Adjective)
countable (not comparable)
- Capable of being counted; having a quantity.
- Antonym: uncountable
- (mathematics, of a set) Finite or countably infinite; having a one-to-one correspondence (bijection) with a subset of the natural numbers.
- (mathematics, of a set) Countably infinite; having a bijection with the natural numbers.
- Synonym: denumerable
- (grammar, of a noun) Freely usable with the indefinite article and with numbers, and therefore having a plural form.
- 2014, James Lambert, “Diachronic stability in Indian English lexis”, in World Englishes, page 112:
- In these extracts the word abuse is used in the sense of ‘an individual piece of invective’ or ‘an abusive comment’ and is clearly a countable noun.
- Antonym: uncountable
用法注意(Usage notes)
The mathematics sense by which finite sets are countable is more common than the sense by which finite sets are not countable.
反义词(Antonyms)
Hypernyms
- (countably infinite): infinite
下义词(Hyponyms)
- (having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers): finite, countably infinite
衍生词(Derived terms)
关联词(Related terms)
翻译(Translations)
capable of being counted, having a quantity
math: having a bijection with a subset of the natural numbers
math: having a bijection with the natural numbers
grammar: freely used with numbers and the definite article