英文原版中使用manyanacreof而不使用manyacresof?在堂吉诃德的原版英文中,看到有句话是suchapitchdidhiseagernessandinfatuationgothathesoldmanyanacreoftillagelandtobuybooksofchivalrytoread.为什么

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英文原版中使用many an acre of 而不使用many acres of?
在堂吉诃德的原版英文中,看到有句话是
such a pitch did his eagerness and infatuation go that he sold many an acre of tillageland to buy books of chivalry to read.
为什么里面用的是 many an acre of 而不是many acres of

Answer 1

many a +可数名词单数
是固定的用法,相当于many+复数.
高中主谓一致里面应该有讲过吧?
比如many a story=many stories