Question

works 到底可不可数

Answer 1

嘛，查下词典不就知道。U代表不可数，p代表复数，s代表单数。
http://dict.baidu.com/s?wd=work&tn=dict
要单说works可不可数，那应该是可数的

Answer 2

名词 works :
1. buildings for carrying on industrial labor

同义词: plant, industrial plant

2. everything available; usually preceded by `the'

同义词: whole shebang, whole kit and caboodle, kit and caboodle, whole kit and boodle, kit and boodle, whole kit, whole caboodle, whole works, full treatment

3. performance of moral or religious acts

同义词: deeds

4. the internal mechanism of a device

同义词: workings

名词 work :
1. activity directed toward making or doing something

2. a product produced or accomplished through the effort or activity or agency of a person or thing

同义词: piece of work

3. the occupation for which you are paid

同义词: employment

4. applying the mind to learning and understanding a subject (especially by reading)

同义词: study

5. (physics) a manifestation of energy; the transfer of energy from one physical system to another expressed as the product of a force and the distance through which it moves a body in the direction of that force

6. a place where work is done

同义词: workplace

7. the total output of a writer or artist (or a substantial part of it)

同义词: oeuvre, body of work

动词 work :
1. exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity

2. be employed

同义词: do work

3. have an effect or outcome; often the one desired or expected

同义词: act

4. perform as expected when applied

同义词: function, operate, go, run

5. shape, form, or improve a material

同义词: work on, process

6. give a workout to

同义词: exercise, work out

7. proceed along a path

同义词: make

8. operate in a certain place, area, or specialty

9. proceed towards a goal or along a path or through an activity

10. move in an agitated manner

11. cause to happen or to occur as a consequence

同义词: bring, play, wreak, make for

12. cause to work

同义词: put to work

13. prepare for crops

同义词: cultivate, crop

14. behave in a certain way when handled

15. have and exert influence or effect

同义词: influence, act upon

16. operate in or through

17. cause to operate or function

18. provoke or excite

19. gratify and charm, usually in order to influence

20. make something, usually for a specific function

同义词: shape, form, mold, mould, forge

21. move into or onto

22. make uniform

同义词: knead

23. use or manipulate to one's advantage

同义词: exploit

24. find the solution to (a problem or question) or understand the meaning of

同义词: solve, work out, figure out, puzzle out, lick

25. cause to undergo fermentation

同义词: ferment

26. go sour or spoil

同义词: sour, turn, ferment

27. arrive at a certain condition through repeated motion

Answer 3

work
可数时候：作品。
不可数时候：工作。