cucumber 既可用作可数名词也可用作不可数名词,但用法不同:
▲若是指一根一根的黄瓜,它是可数的。如:
bruised tomatoes and cucumbers 被碰伤的西红柿和黄瓜
Cut the cucumbers and tomatoes into thin slices. 请把这些黄瓜和西红柿切成薄片。
I cut up two cucumbers and added them to the salad. 我切了两根黄瓜加到色拉里。
▲若指作为食物的黄瓜或指切碎的黄瓜,则是不可数的。如:
Have some cucumber. 吃点黄瓜吧。
Bess stabbed a slice of cucumber. 贝丝叉起一片黄瓜。
a salad of tomato, onion and cucumber 西红柿、洋葱和黄瓜拌成的色拉
Cucumber always repeats on me. 我一吃黄瓜,嘴里就老有一股黄瓜味。
但有时也可用作可数名词,如下面两句显然是作为食物的黄瓜或指切碎的黄瓜,但它们用了复数:
Fill the bread with a mixture of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers. 把生菜、西红柿和黄瓜混在一起放在面包里。
I made a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, and cucumbers, with a dressing of oil and vinegar. 我用莴苣、西红柿、黄瓜做色拉,放上油和醋作调味品。