thing: may apply not only to whatever can be known directly through the senses but also to something whose existence may be inferred from its signs and effects; in more restricted use it may refer to an entity existing in space and time as opposed to one existing only in thought: virtue is not a ~ but an attribute of a ~; or to an inanimate entity as opposed to living beings and especially persons: she treasures each ~ she buys.           (attribute属性)


object: stresses existence separate from the observer and typically applies to something that is or can be set before one to be viewed, considered, or contemplated: concentrated on the atom as an ~ of study; or that has body and usually substance and shape: stumbled over some unseen ~ in the dark room.


article: is used chiefly of objects that are thought of as members of a group or class: picked up several ~s of clothing that the boy had dropped.


thing物体: 泛指可感知或可推导其存在的物体，特指在时空而非思想中存在的，或者无生命而非有生命的，特别是不要用于人，object物体: 强调独立于观察者(即客观)，可观察研究的物体，或泛指有实体形状的物体，article物件: 指一组或整套中的一个物体


记忆方法: 1) 首字母TOA联想为An Old Table一张老桌子<==物体

               2) 物体的意思是实际存在的东西mean something considered as having actual, distinct, and demonstrable existence.首字母TOA联想为An Old Table一张老桌子<==物体