collective noun

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

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。

This word is a collective noun.

这个词是个集体名词.

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。