1.amount和number的区别
amount通常与不可数名词连用,如:a large/generous amount of money.但与大多数复数名词连用,则用number更为相宜:a large number of mistakes.但当谈到大量货物时,仍应使用amount:The shopkeeper had a large amount of oranges in his storeroom.
2.mountains of =a very large amount of。故与amount用法相同,通常与不可数名词连用。
(详见朗文当代高级英语词典)
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