collective noun

noun

1. 集合名词（如committee或team，在英国英语中既可用单数也可用复数动词；在美国英语中必须用单数动词）
   a singular noun, such as committee or team , that refers to a group of people, animals or things and, in British English, can be used with either a singular or a plural verb. In American English it must be used with a singular verb.

1. 集合名词
   A collective noun is a noun such as 'family' or 'team' that refers to a group of people or things.

1. The term internet is a collective noun for thousands of smaller networks, run by corporations, governments, universities and private business, all stitched together to form one ( mostly) seamless, global, internetworked whole.
   术语互联网是一个集合名词，包括数以千计由公司、政府、大学和私营企业运作的子网络，所有这些交织在一起形成一个（基本上）无缝对接、全球互联运作的网络整体。
2. This is a collective noun, singular in form but plural in meaning.
   这是一个集合名词，单数的形式但是表示复数意义。
3. While the collective noun used to describe the funds may be relatively new, the funds themselves often are not.
   尽管描述这类基金的集合名词或许还比较新鲜，但这些基金本身往往不是这样。
4. Collective Noun is the name used for a collection of people, animals or things.
   集合名词是用来形容一群人、动物或一批物品。
5. This is a collective noun. Though it appears in the singular form, it takes a plural predicate verb.
   它是一个集合名词。虽然形式上是单数，它必须跟复数的谓语动词。
6. In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in The family was united on this question.
   在美国用法中，集合名词在指代的集合名词作为一个整体时，谓语动词要用单数形式，如在全家在这个问题上达成一致。
7. The personal pronoun+ proper noun is different from the associations of general pronoun+ noun and the personal pronoun+ collective noun.
   人称代词+专有名词不同于一般代词+名词、人称代词+集合名词的组合。

noun

1. a noun that is singular in form but refers to a group of people or things