English可以当“英国人”讲吗?该单词什么时候是可数的,什么时候是不可数的?

English可以当“英国人”讲吗?该单词什么时候是可数的,什么时候是不可数的?
English可以当“英国人”讲吗?该单词什么时候是可数的,什么时候是不可数的?

English可以当“英国人”讲吗?该单词什么时候是可数的,什么时候是不可数的?
形容词 a.
1.英格兰的;英国的
Jane is English.
简是英国人.
2.英格兰人的;英国人的
3.英语的
He does not speak English, but he knows quite a few English words.
他不会说英语,但他认识好多英文字.
名词 n.
1.英语[U]
She speaks English.
她讲英语.
2.(学科之一的)英文[U]
3.(总称)英国人;英格兰人[the S][K]
He likes the English.
他喜欢英国人.

可以啊，当英国人讲时，是集合名词复数不用加s。当英语讲时不可数

English
/ ˈɪŋglɪʃ; ˋɪŋɡlɪʃ/ n
[U] the language of England, used in Britain, most countries in the British Commonwealth, the USA and some other ...

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English
/ ˈɪŋglɪʃ; ˋɪŋɡlɪʃ/ n
[U] the language of England, used in Britain, most countries in the British Commonwealth, the USA and some other countries 英语; 英文: He speaks excellent English. 他英语说得好极了. * I must work to improve my English. 我必须努力提高英语水平.
the English [pl v] the people of England (sometimes wrongly used to mean the British, ie to include the Scots, the Welsh and the Irish) 英格兰人（有时误用以指英国人, 即除英格兰人外还包括苏格兰人、 威尔士人、 爱尔兰人）.
(idm 习语) in plain English => plain. the King's/Queen's `English good, correct standard English 纯正标准的英语: She speaks a dialect, not the Queen's English. 她说一口方言, 不是标准英语.
> English adj
1 of England or its people 英格兰的; 英格兰人的; 英国的; 英国人的: the English countryside 英国乡村 * English characteristics 英国人的特性 * He is very English in his attitudes. 他的态度英国味十足.
2 [attrib 作定语] of, written in, or spoken in the English language 英语的; 用英语写的; 用英语说的: He's studying English literature. 他在研究英国文学.
# ,English `breakfast breakfast usu consisting of cereals, cooked bacon and eggs, toast and marmalade, and tea or coffee 英国式早餐（通常包括麦片类、 熏猪肉片、 鸡蛋、 烤面包片、 果酱及茶或咖啡）. Cf 参看 continental breakfast (continent1).
the English `Channel (also the Channel) the area of the sea between England and France 英吉利海峡.
Englishman / -mən; -mən/ (pl -men), Englishwoman (pl -women) ns 1 person born in England or one whose parents are English or one who has become an English citizen 英格兰人; 英国人. 2 (idm 习语) an ,Englishman's ,home is his `castle (saying 谚) an English person's home is a place where he may be private and safe and do as he wishes 英国人的家就是城堡（为私人随心所欲的安全天地）.
以上源自牛津
english在做英语讲时不可数；做英国人讲时，可数，单复同型

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