洋葱和卷心菜到底是不是可数名词

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洋葱和卷心菜到底是不是可数名词
就是onion和cabbage.
在什么时候做可数名词,在什么时候做不可数名词

名词 onion
■若当作一种植物看待,为可数名词,指“一根洋葱”“一个洋葱头”等.如:
The onions are beginning to sprout up.洋葱正在抽芽.
There were stings of onions hanging on the wall.墙上挂着一串一串的洋葱.
■若指作为菜吃的“洋葱”“洋葱头”,有时可数,有时不可数.如:
(1) 可数用法:
Chop an onion finely.把洋葱切细.
Onions have a strong odor.洋葱气味刺鼻.
I like liver and onions for dinner.晚餐我喜欢吃肝和洋葱.
Shall I use oil or butter for frying the onions?我用普通油还是黄油来炒洋葱呢?
(2) 不可数用法:
The soup tastes of onion.这汤有洋葱味.
There is too much onion in the salad.色拉里的洋葱太多.
You’ve put too much onion in the salad.你的色拉中洋葱太放多了.
名词cabbage
■作为植物的“卷心菜”,指“一棵洋白菜”“一棵卷心菜”,通常可数.如:
The cabbages germinated within a week.白菜一星期内就发芽了.
He planted a row of cabbages.他种植了一行洋白菜.
The cabbages were stored in the basement.包心菜储藏在地下室里.
The leaves of a cabbage can be green,white or purple.卷心菜的菜叶有绿色、白色或紫色的.
Two cabbages,three pounds of tomatoes and twelve oranges.两棵白菜,3磅西红柿,12个桔子.
Given better attention,the cabbages could grow even faster.白菜如照管得好会生长得更快.
■作为疏菜吃的(尤指切碎的或煮熟的)“卷心菜”“卷心菜叶”,不可数.如:
Mother often makes dumpling filling with cabbage.妈妈常用卷心菜做饺子馅.
Finely chop the cabbage and cook it in boiling salted water.把卷心菜切碎,放进沸腾的盐水中煮.
Coleslaw is a kind of salad made of finely chopped cabbage and mayonnaise.克思罗沙拉是用切碎的圆白菜和蛋黄酱做成的.
【谚语】Some persons like to eat radishes,others prefer cabbages.萝卜白菜各有所爱.