1、八年级英语上册近义名词1.clothes, cloth, clothingclothes 统指各种衣服，谓语动词永远是复数；cloth 指布，为不可数名词，clothing是服装的总称。2.incident, accidentincident 指小事件,；（关注微信公众号：初二数学语文英语）accident 指不幸的事故。例He was killed in the accident.3.amount, numberamount of 后接不可数名词；a number of 后接可数名词例amount of money；a number of students4.family, house, h
2、omehome指家，包括住处和家人，house 房子，住宅，family 家庭成员。例My family is a happy one.5.sound, voice, noisesound 自然界各种各样的声音，（关注微信公众号：初二数学语文英语）voice 指人的嗓音，noise指噪音 。例I hate the loud noise outside.6.photo, picture, drawingphoto 用照相机拍摄的照片；picture 可指相片，图片，影片；drawing指画的画，主要是素描。例Lets go and see a good picture.7.vocabulary,
3、 wordvocabulary 指词汇，一个人拥有的单词量；word 指具体的单词。例He has a large vocabulary.8.population, peoplepopulation 指人口，（关注微信公众号：初二数学语文英语）人数；people 指具体的人。例China has a large population.9.weather, climateweather指一天内具体的天气状况；climate指长期的气候状况。例The climate here is not good for you.10.road, street, path, wayroad指具体的公路，马路；s
4、treet指街道；path指小路，小径；way 指道路，途径例take this road; in the streetShow me the way to the museum.11.course, subjectcourse 课程(可包括多门科目)，subject 科目(具体的学科)例a summer course12.custom, habitcustom指传统风俗，习俗，（关注微信公众号：初二数学语文英语）也可指生活习惯，后接 to do；habit指生活习惯，后接 of doing.例Ive got the habit of drinking a lot.13.cause, reas
5、oncause 指造成某一事实或现象的直接原因，后接 of sth./doing sth；reason 用来解释某种现象或结果的理由，后接 for sth./doing sth.例the reason for being late14.exercise, exercises, practiceexercise 运动，锻炼(不可数)；exercises 练习，操类运动(可数)；practice(反复做的)练习。例Practice makes perfect.15.class, lesson作“课”解时，两者可以替换。指课文用 lesson，指班级或全体学生用 class.16.speech, t
6、alk, lecturespeech 指在公共场所所做的经过准备的较正式的演说；talk指日常生活中的一般的谈话，讲话；lecture指学术性的演讲，讲课。17.officer, officialofficer 部队的军官，official 政府官员例an army officer18.work, job二者均指工作。（关注微信公众号：初二数学语文英语）work指无差别的人类劳动，不可数；job指具体某一项工作， 可数， a good job。19.couple, paircouple 主要指人或动物，pair 多指由两部分组成的东西。例a pair of trousers20.country
7、, nation, state, landcountry 侧重指版图，疆域；nation 指人民，国民，民族；state 侧重指政府，政体；land 国土，国家例The whole nation was sad at the news.21.cook, cookercook 指厨师；cooker 指厨具。例He is a good cook.22.damage, damagedamage 不可数名词，损害，损失; damages 复数形式，赔偿金。例$900 damages23.police, policemanpolice 警察的总称，后接复数谓语动词；policeman 指某个具体的警察。
8、例The police are questioning everyone in the house.24.problem, questionproblem 常和困难联系，前面的动词常为 think about, solve, raise；question 常和疑问联系，多和ask, answer 连用。25.man, a manman 人类；a man 一个男人。例Man will conquer nature.26.chick, chicken二者均可指小鸡，chicken 还可以当鸡肉讲。例The chicken is delicious.27.telegram, telegraph当电报
9、解时，telegram 指具体的，telegraph 指抽象的。例a telegram, by telegraph28.trip, journey, travel, voyagetravel 是最常用的，指旅行或普通出行；trip 指短期的具有特定目的的旅行；journey 指稍长的旅途；voyage 指海上航行。29.sport, gamesport 多指户外的游戏或娱乐活动，如打球，游泳，打猎，赛马等 ; game 指决定胜负的游戏，通常有一套规则。例His favorite sport is swimming.30.price, prizeprice 价格；prize 奖，奖品，奖金。例win the first prizeThe price is high/low.2
