newspaper的用法
1. 表示“报纸”,可视为 news(消息)和paper(纸)组合而成,但两者均为不可数名词,而 newspaper作为供人阅读或传递信息的一种东西——报纸,它是可数的。如:
我进来时他在读报纸。
误:When I entered he was reading a piece of newspaper.
正:When I entered he was reading a newspaper.
比较:a piece of news (paper) 一条新闻(一张纸)
但是值得注意的是:若不是将 newspaper当作是供阅读或传递信息的一种东西,而是把它仅仅当成一种“纸”来看待,则也可用作不可数名词。如:
Wrap it in (a sheet of) newspaper. 用(张)报纸把它包起来。
2. 其前用介词 in 和 on, 含义有差别:
Look, there is a photo in the newspaper. 瞧,报上登有一张照片。
Look, there is a photo on the newspaper. 瞧,报上放有一张照片。