集体名词

集体名词看作单数，有复数

family

government

class

club

generation

staff

audience

group

crew

jury

army

council

company

college

enemy

board

只有单数

the bourgeoisie

the proletariat

the gentry

the aristocracy

the majority

the minority

the public 

不可数名词

a glass of water

a cup of tea

a sheet of paper

a cake of soap

a loaf of bread

a bottle of milk

a piece of chalk

a slice of meat

a tin of pork

a grain of sand

a strip of cloth

a lump of sugar

a heap of earth 一堆土

a blade of grass

a cloud of dust

a gust of wind 

a ton of coal

a piece of advice 一项忠告

a fit of anger 一阵怒气

a stroke of luck 一次幸运

a burst of applause 一阵掌声

a drink of water 一口水

a game of chess 一盘棋

peals of laughter 阵阵笑声

size, quantity & dimension

shape & features

pyramid--

cube--cubic

crescent月牙

spiral螺旋

cone圆锥-conical

sphere球--spherical

rectangle-rectangular

triangle--triangular

square--square

circle--circular

cylinder圆柱--cylindical

oval椭圆--oval

curve曲线--curved

undulate波动--undulating

flat

wavy波状的

meandering蜿蜒的

opinion, attitude & belief

A lot of people are fanatic about sport in general and football in particular.

obsess

I am obsessing about insomnia, furthermore, i always fall asleep until 2 AM.

convince

I thought it no use trying to convince them .

generalisations & specifics

specific

technicality

peculiar

detail

outline

generalisation

itemise

minutiae

characteristic

accurate

illustrate

gist

exemplify

general

peculiarity

addition, equation & conclusion

addition

also

in addition

furthermore

along with

 as well as

moreover

equation

in the same way

similarly

correspondingly

likewise

conclusion

in brief

thus

to sum up briefly

it can be concluded that

to summarise

therefore