1. clothes, cloth, clothing
clothes 统指各种衣服,谓语动词永远是复数,cloth 指布,为不可数名词 clothing 服装的总称,指一件衣服用 a piece of, an article of
2. incident, accident
incident 指小事件, accident 指不幸的事故 He was killed in the accident.
3. amount, number
amount 后接不可数名词,number 后接可数名词 a number of students
4. family, house, home
home 家,包括住处和家人,house 房子,住宅,family 家庭成员。
My family is a happy one.
5. sound, voice, noise
sound 自然界各种各样的声音,voice 人的嗓音,noise 噪音 I hate the loud noise outside.
6. photo, picture, drawing
photo 用照相机拍摄的照片,picture 可指相片,图片,电影片,drawing 画的画
Let's go and see a good picture.
7. vocabulary, word
vocabulary 词汇,一个人拥有的单词量,word 具体的单词 He has a large vocabulary.
8. population, people
population 人口,人数,people 具体的人 China has a large population.
9. weather, climate
weather 一天内具体的天气状况,climate 长期的气候状况
The climate here is not good for you.
10. road, street, path, way
road 具体的公路,马路,street 街道,path 小路,小径,way 道路,途径
take this road; in the street, Show me the way to the museum.
11. course, subject
course 课程(可包括多门科目),subject 科目(具体的学科)a summer course
12. custom, habit
custom 传统风俗,习俗,也可指生活习惯,后接 to do,habit 生活习惯,习惯成自然,后接of doing.
I've got the habit of drinking a lot.
13. cause, reason
cause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因,后接 of sth./doing sth,reason 用来解释某种现象或结果的理由,后接 for sth./doing sth. the reason for being late
14. exercise, exercises, practice
exercise 运动,锻炼(不可数),exercises 练习(可数),practice(反复做的)练习。
Practice makes perfect.
15. class, lesson
作“课”解时,两者可以替换。指课文用 lesson. 指班级或全体学生用 class. Lesson 6; Class 5
16. speech, talk, lecture
speech 指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说,talk 日常生活中的一般的谈话,讲话,lecture学术性的演讲,讲课 a series of lecture on …
17. officer, official
officer 部队的军官,official
初中英语易错词汇详细辨析