uncountable
adjective
languagespecializeduk/ʌnˈkaʊn.tə.bəl/us/ʌnˈkaʊn.t̬ə.bəl/B1
An uncountablenounis not used with "a" or "an" and cannot be madeplural:
（名词）不可数的Words like "electricity", "blood", and "happiness" are uncountable.像 electricity，blood，happiness 等词是不可数的。
Compare
countable
- Anexampleof acountablenounis "table', and anexampleof an uncountablenounis 'money'.
- Somenounshave differentsensesdependingon whether they arethoughtof ascountableor uncountable.
Linguistics: grammatical terms
- ablative
- apposition
- appositive
- appositively
- attributively
- concord
- countable
- demonstrative
- feminine
- intensifier
- nominative
- particle
- predicatively
- premodifier
- quantifier
- regularity
- singular
- stative
- syntactic
- syntax
Grammar
Nouns: countable and uncountable
Some nouns refer to things which, in English, are treated as separate items which can be counted. These are called countable nouns. Here are some examples:…Countable nouns
Some nouns refer to things which, in English, are treated as separate items which can be counted. These are called countable nouns. Here are some examples:…Uncountable nouns
In English grammar, some things are seen as a whole or mass. These are called uncountable nouns, because they cannot be separated or counted.…Countable and uncountable nouns with different meanings
Some nouns can be used either countably or uncountably, but with different meanings.…Uncountable nouns used countably
Sometimes uncountable nouns are used countably, to mean ‘a measure of something’ or ‘a type or example of something’:…