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。