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单词 proper noun
释义
proper noun
noun[C]
languagespecialized
uk
/ˈprɒp.ə ˌnaʊn/us
/ˈprɑː.pɚ ˌnaʊn/
B2
thenameof aparticularperson,place, orobjectthat isspelledwith acapitalletter:
专有名词
Examples ofpropernounsinEnglishare Joseph, Vienna, and theWhiteHouse.英语中专有名词的例子有约瑟夫、维也纳和白宫。
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  • Propernounsbeginwithcapitalletters.
  • Pick any word you like, but notpropernouns.
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(Definition ofproper nounfrom theCambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus© Cambridge University Press)

proper noun| American Dictionary

proper noun
noun[C]
us
/ˈprɑp·ər ˈnoʊn/
grammar
(ingrammar) thenameof aparticularperson,place, or thing that isspelledwith abeginningcapitalletter:
"SanFrancisco" and "WhiteHouse" are proper nouns.
(Definition ofproper nounfrom theCambridge Academic Content Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofproper noun

proper noun
In other early cases, thepropernounwas converted into an adjective, sometimes losing its initial capital.
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The former variant is encoded as apropernounand the latter as a mass noun.
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Of these, about 85% have at least one capitalized letter, which seems to suggest the presence of apropernoun.
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Generally,propernounphrases are preferred as answer phrases over descriptors, although this is not always the case.
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If this procedure fails, the sequence of syllables is checked to see whether it might be apropernounor not.
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The external evidence that is represented by the word context in which thepropernounoccurs.
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Occasionally the word order of thepropernoun(or noun phrase) corresponds to the original language.
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Currently, if a word does not exist in the dictionary, our morphological analyzer tries to judge whether it is apropernounor a transliterated foreign word.
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What matters is to be able to acquire enough examples of usage for each category, in order to reliably assign a semantic tag to a newly encounteredpropernoun.
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In four cases, irregular apocopes have left a velar in word-final position, and the fifth involves a borrowedpropernounwhich may be quite ancient (p. 16).
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Each phrase in structured text is very simple-such as apropernoun, a date, or a number with unit of measure, or a word or phrase from a prescribed lexicon.
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It is apropernoun.
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However, many times these redundancies are necessary especially when the foreign words make up apropernounas opposed to a common one.
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However, poquoson has survived through the centuries and has become apropernounused to designate the present city.
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The name of a specific entity is sometimes called a proper name (although that term has a philosophical meaning also) and is apropernoun.
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