摘要：I found one earring - do you know where the other one is? （我找到了一个耳环，你知道另一个在哪里吗？）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

看到-ing，就想起动词的现在分词和动名词，但earring不是这样子。

earring源自古英语earhring，后者为ear+hring，而hring含义是“环”。

也就是earring=ear+ring, 即“耳环”。

耳环可以左右不一样，甚至可以只带一个，也就是earring不用成对，如

【例句1】He was wearing an earring in his left ear. （他左耳戴着耳环。 ）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句2】I found one earring - do you know where the other one is? （我找到了一个耳环，你知道另一个在哪里吗？）[剑桥高级学者辞典]

所以earring自然是可数的，如

【例句3】She wore two tiny gold earrings. (她戴着两个小小的金耳环。)[柯林斯高级学者辞典]

【例句4】She was wearing a diamond necklace with matching earrings.(她戴着一条钻石项链和相配的耳环。) [剑桥高级学者辞典]

按“副”数耳环，也很流行，如

【例句5】She wore a pair of dangly earrings. (她戴着一对垂坠耳环。)[剑桥高级学者辞典]

【例句6】She was wearing a pair of beautiful diamond earrings. (她戴着一对漂亮的钻石耳环。) [朗文当代英语词典]

来源：晗晗课堂