travel作名词时可数吗?能不能说a travel?
travel表示“旅行”的时候,不可数;表示“旅游”的时候,可数。
travel /?tr?v?l/ CET4 TEM4 ( traveling, traveled, travels )
1. V-T/V-I If you travel, you go from one place to another, often to a place that is far away. 旅行
例:
You had better travel to Nova Scotia tomorrow.
你最好明天去新斯科舍。
例:
I've been travelling all day.
我一整天都在旅行。
例:
Students often travel hundreds of miles to get here.
学生们常常要旅行数百英里才能到这儿。
2. N-UNCOUNT Travel is the activity of travelling. 旅行
例:
Information on travel in New Zealand is available at the hotel.
新西兰的旅游信息在该酒店可以查到。
例:
He detested air travel.
他厌恶空中旅行。
3. V-T If you travel the world, the country, or the area, you go to many different places in the world or in a particular country or area. 游历
例:
He was a very wealthy man who had traveled the world.
他是个非常富有的人,曾经周游过世界。
4. V-I When light or sound from one place reaches another, you say that it travels to the other place. (光或声音) 传播
例:
When sound travels through water, strange things can happen.
当声音在水中传播时,奇怪的事情会发生。
5. V-I When news becomes known by people in different places, you can say that ittravels to them. (消息) 流传
例:
News of his work traveled all the way to Asia.
有关他工作的消息一直传到了亚洲。
6. N-PLURAL Someone's travels are the trips that they make to places a long way from their home. 旅游
例:
He also collects things for the house on his travels abroad.
他在国外旅游时也为家人收集些东西。
7. PHRASE If you travel light, you travel without taking much luggage. 轻装旅行
例:
It would be good to be able to travel light, but I end up taking too many clothes.
能够轻装旅行再好不过,但我最终还是带了太多衣服。