什么时候名词可以修饰名词？比如，science teacher.

women teacher（女教师）

chocolate icecream（巧克力冰淇淋）

basketball player(篮球队员)

当然是在一个词语不能充分表达精确意思，需要再有一个或是更多名词来限定它的范围的时候，名词才可以修饰名词呀。

作定语的名词往往是说明其中名词的材料、用途、时间、地点、内容、类别等。

⒈材料

a diamond necklace

a bamboo pole

paper money

a stone bridge

⒉用途

a meeting room

the telephone poles

the railway staion

trade union

water pipe

welcome speech

eye drops

⒊时间

a day bed

the dinner party

the Apring and Autum Period

evening suit

midday lunch

⒋地点

London hotels

Beijing University

body temperature

the spaceship floor

the kitchen window

⒌内容

a story book

piano lessons

the sports meet

oxygen supply

the air pressure

the grammar rules

⒍类别

children education

enemy soldiers

a bus driver

2、position=Tom's composition

the Carter grin=Carter's grin

二、名词定语与被修饰语之间的语义关系

作定语的名词都是后面一个名词的修饰语，但是它们之间的关系却各有不同。

1．名词定语表示逻辑上的主语，被修饰的词表示宾语。例：

a department decision（a decision which is made by the department）

the volcano eruption（the eruption that is made by the volcano）

有时正好相反，名词定语相当于宾语，而被修饰的部分表示主语：

a drug addict（a person who is addicted to drug）

an animal trainer（a man who trains the animal）

2．名词定语作状语。被修饰语相当于谓语。在这一类结构中，表示谓语的名词常由动名词或动作名词（action noun）来充当。

impulse buying=buying on impulse

instrument flying=flying by means of instrument

3．名词定语表示同位关系。

这种用法可以说明某人的职业、职位。如：

Writer Smith Shephed Matthew Farmer Goodwin

Judge Darling Singer Carpenter Cardinal Nelson

还可以表示特征、身份：

a supplier country= a counrty which is a supplier

a killer shark= a shark who is a killer

her lawyer brother=her brother who is a lawyer

traitor and robber Dickinson=Dickinson， a traitor and a robber

三、与同词根的形容词作定语时的区别

虽然名词可以代替形容词作定语，但并不是所有名词都可以和与它同词根的形容词或分词互相替换。有时二者在意义和功能方面有很大的差别。一般说来，形容词表现的是东西的性能、形状、颜色等等。而名词表现的则是某样东西的质地、来源、目的等。

试比较：

gold mine golden sunset

water supply atery eyes

child star childish voice

admission ticket admissible evidence

obesity specialist obese woman

communication system communicative person

geography department geographical names

fire alarm fireless room

man doctor manly appearance

philosophy teacher philosophical attitute

unemployment situation unemployed talents

beauty contest beautiful weather

从以上例子可以看出形容词着重描写事物的外在表现，而名词则着重表现事物本身的内在含义。

在习惯用法中，有时形容词并不表示性质、状态，而是表示目的和用途。这种用法相当于形容词＋名词所表达的意义。从字面上看这样的修饰逻辑上说不通，但已经形成了它们特有的固定用法。例：

科技英语：

scientific English=English used in scientific readings

但不说 scientific readings English

刑法律师：criminal lawyer=lawyer dealing with criminal cases

不说 criminal cases lawyer

类似的例子还有：

Foreign Office=Foreign Affairs Office

sick room=sick people room

comparative literature=comparative study literature

四、两个以上的名词作定语

常有这样的情况，几个名词放在一起修饰后面那个主导名词。有时几个名词形成一个整体修饰最后一个名词。这样，表达变得非常简洁。例如：

world record holder世界纪录保持者

fire escape ladder太平梯

Christmas morning exchange of presents圣诞早上的礼物交换

mountain village school teacher山村学校教师

house property tax office building房产税务局的大楼

科技英语力求精炼、明了，使用几个名词作定语代替各种后置定语的情况更为突出。例：

rungsten filament lamp 钨丝灯

television transmission satellite 电视转播卫星

air surface vessel radar 飞机对水面舰艇雷达

motor car repair and assembly plant 汽车修配厂

high voltage switch gear factory 高压开关厂

3、/detail/632773347660000000/281589.html(浅析名词作定语

请看一道习题：

Three famous actors,with whom were two____actresses came to our____shop.

A.child;shoe B.child's;shoes

C.chil……

作定语用的名词一般没有与之相应的同根形容词。它既可以是有生命的，也可以是无生命的；既可以是可数的，也可以是不可数的。它能表明被修饰的名词的A.地点、B.时间、C.目的或用途、D.种类、E.原料或来源等等。例如：A.city streets城市街道，a corner shop街道拐角的商店，a kitchen table厨房桌子，a roof garden屋顶公园；B.summer holidays暑假，Sunday papers星期日报纸，November fogs十一月的雾季；C.a tennis court网球场，a tennis club网球俱乐部，a peace conference和平会议，milk bottles牛奶瓶；D.a love story爱情故事，a murder story凶杀案故事，traffic lights交通管理用的红绿灯，a train driver火车司机；E.stone walls石墙，straw hats草帽，rubber boots胶鞋，pineapple juice菠萝汁，plant fat植物脂肪。

名词作定语时，一般用单数形式，但在个别情况下也有用复数的。例如：

goods train货车，sports meeting运动会，machines hall展览机器的大厅。

注意：被修饰的名词变复数时，一般情况下，作定语用的名词不需要变为复数形式，但由man或woman作定语修饰的名词变成复数时，两部分皆要变为复数形式。例如：

man doctor—men doctors 男医生

woman singer—women singers 女歌手

有的作定语用的名词有与之相应的同根形容词。一般情况下，名词作定语侧重说明被修饰的名词的内容或性质；同根形容词作定语则常常描写被修饰的名词的特征。例如："bold watch"指手表含有金的性质；而"golden watch"则表示手表是金色的特征，不一定含有金。再举两例：

stone house 石头造的房子

stony heart 铁石般的心肠

peace conference 和平会议

peaceful construction 和平建设

名词作定语与名词所有格作定语有时是有区别的。一般来说，名词作定语通常说明被修饰的词的性质，而名词所有格作定语则强调对被修饰的词的所有（权）关系或表示逻辑上的谓语关系。例如：在“the Party members（党员）”中，名词定语表示members的性质；在“the Party's calls（党的号召）”中，Party具有动作发出者的作用，calls虽然是名词，却具有动作的含义。再举一例：

a student teacher 实习教师

a student's teacher 一位学生的老师

〔练习〕

1.In Britain,____are all painted red.

A.letter boxes B.letters boxes

C.letter box D.letters box

2.She is the only one among the ____ writers who ____ stories for children.

A.woman;writes B.women;write

C.women;writes D.woman;write

3.—What does Mr Brown do for a living?

—He's one of the most successful ____ in the city.

A.newspaper reporter

B.newspaper's reporters

C.newspaper's reporter

D.newspaper reporters

4.He dropped the ____ and broke it.

A.cup of coffee B.coffee's cup

C.cup for coffee D.coffee cup

5.It's said that two ____ would come to the village.

A.woman-doctors B.women doctor

C.women doctors D.woman doctors

6.—Is it getting dark early tonight?

—I think so.I see ____ is on already.

A.the street light B.the light of the street

C.the street's light D.the light street

7.Each of us supposed to go all out for the team on the ____.

A.sport field B.sports field

C.sport's field D.the field of sports

8.There are only two ____ assistants in that ____ shop.

A.woman;shoe B.women;shoe

C.woman;shoes D.women;shoes

9.Recently,ten ____ have disappeared at least in that country.

A.woman reporter B.woman's reporters

C.women reporter D.women reporters

Keys;1～5 ACDDC;6～9 ABBD