noun n. 1.【语言学】名词。 abstract [material,common,proper,collective,individual] nouns 抽象[物质、普通、专有、集合,个体]名词。 countable [uncountable] 可数[不可数]名词。 a noun of multitude 群体名词〔例:Are your family all well?〕。 a noun of action 动作名词 〔arrival, confession〕。 2.名词代用语。 3.〔古语法〕(有屈折变化的)实词。 a noun adjective 形容词 (=adjective)。 a noun substantive 名词 (=noun)。
In linguistics, an agent noun (in Latin, nomen agentis) is a word that is derived from another word denoting an action, and that identifies an entity that does that action. For example, "driver" is an agent noun formed from the verb "drive".