浅析名词作定语
请看一道习题：
Three famous actors,with whom were two____actresses came to our____shop.
A.child;shoe B.child's;shoes
C.chil……
作定语用的名词一般没有与之相应的同根形容词。它既可以是有生命的，也可以是无生命的；既可以是可数的，也可以是不可数的。它能表明被修饰的名词的A.地点、B.时间、C.目的或用途、D.种类、E.原料或来源等等。例如：A.city streets城市街道，a corner shop街道拐角的商店，a kitchen table厨房桌子，a roof garden屋顶公园；B.summer holidays暑假，Sunday papers星期日报纸，November fogs十一月的雾季；C.a tennis court网球场，a tennis club网球俱乐部，a peace conference和平会议，milk bottles牛奶瓶；D.a love story爱情故事，a murder story凶杀案故事，traffic lights交通管理用的红绿灯，a train driver火车司机；E.stone walls石墙，straw hats草帽，rubber boots胶鞋，pineapple juice菠萝汁，plant fat植物脂肪。
名词作定语时，一般用单数形式，但在个别情况下也有用复数的。例如：
goods train货车，sports meeting运动会，machines hall展览机器的大厅。
注意：被修饰的名词变复数时，一般情况下，作定语用的名词不需要变为复数形式，但由man或woman作定语修饰的名词变成复数时，两部分皆要变为复数形式。例如：
man doctor—men doctors 男医生
woman singer—women singers 女歌手
有的作定语用的名词有与之相应的同根形容词。一般情况下，名词作定语侧重说明被修饰的名词的内容或性质；同根形容词作定语则常常描写被修饰的名词的特征。例如："bold watch"指手表含有金的性质；而"golden watch"则表示手表是金色的特征，不一定含有金。再举两例：
stone house 石头造的房子
stony heart 铁石般的心肠
peace conference 和平会议
peaceful construction 和平建设
名词作定语与名词所有格作定语有时是有区别的。一般来说，名词作定语通常说明被修饰的词的性质，而名词所有格作定语则强调对被修饰的词的所有（权）关系或表示逻辑上的谓语关系。例如：在“the Party members（党员）”中，名词定语表示members的性质；在“the Party's calls（党的号召）”中，Party具有动作发出者的作用，calls虽然是名词，却具有动作的含义。再举一例：
a student teacher 实习教师
a student's teacher 一位学生的老师
［练习］
1.In Britain,____are all painted red.
A.letter boxes B.letters boxes
C.letter box D.letters box
2.She is the only one among the ____ writers who ____ stories for children.
A.woman;writes B.women;write
C.women;writes D.woman;write
3.—What does Mr Brown do for a living?
—He's one of the most successful ____ in the city.
A.newspaper reporter
B.newspaper's reporters
C.newspaper's reporter
D.newspaper reporters
4.He dropped the ____ and broke it.
A.cup of coffee B.coffee's cup
C.cup for coffee D.coffee cup
5.It's said that two ____ would come to the village.
A.woman-doctors B.women doctor
C.women doctors D.woman doctors
6.—Is it getting dark early tonight?
—I think so.I see ____ is on already.
A.the street light B.the light of the street
C.the street's light D.the light street
7.Each of us supposed to go all out for the team on the ____.
A.sport field B.sports field
C.sport's field D.the field of sports
8.There are only two ____ assistants in that ____ shop.
A.woman;shoe B.women;shoe
C.woman;shoes D.women;shoes
9.Recently,ten ____ have disappeared at least in that country.
A.woman reporter B.woman's reporters
C.women reporter D.women reporters
Keys;1～5 ACDDC;6～9 ABBD
