This word is a collective noun .

这个词是个集体名词。

This is a collective noun.

它是一个集合名词。

Swarm 'is the collective noun for bees.

是蜜蜂的集合名词。

Collective Noun is the name used for a collection of people, animals or things.

集合名词是用来形容一群人、动物或一批物品。

This noun appears in the plural form only, never in the singular form. This is a collective noun.

这个名词只以复数形式出现，从来没有单数形式。

This is a collective noun. Though it appears in the singular form, it takes a plural predicate verb.

但当不可数名词前有表示数量的复数名词时，谓语动词用复数形式。

In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in.

在美国用法中，集合名词在指代的集合名词作为一个整体时，谓语动词要用单数形式，如在。

There is also a kind of collective noun which can be used either in the singular or in the plural sense. eg: team, a team, three teams.

另外，这些集体名词还可以用于用于单数意义把集体视为一个整体，用于复数意义指构成构成集体的一个个成员。

In American usage, a collective noun takes a singular verb when it refers to the collection considered as a whole, as in the family was united on this question.

在美国用法中，集合名词在指代的集合名词作为一个整体时，谓语动词要用单数形式，如在全家在这个问题上达成一致。