fish
英 [fɪʃ] 美 [fɪʃ]
n.
鱼,鱼肉,鱼类;〈口〉(特殊的)人物,家伙,东西;[建]接合板,夹片,鱼尾板;[航]钓锚器,撑夹桅杆的加固夹箍
vt.& vi.
钓鱼;捕鱼;摸出;掏出
vt.
钓鱼,捕鱼;搜寻;[航]加夹箍夹牢;[工]用接合板连接[加固]
vi.
捕鱼,钓鱼;用钩捞取
第三人称单数: fishes 复数: fishes fish 现在分词: fishing 过去式: fished 过去分词: fished
小小的fish高考、CET4、6和考研等考试中是个极度活跃词语,用法丰富多彩,真掌握好了即使考题中小题没有出现,同学们也可以自己在书面表达作文里随便嘚瑟一句,也是非常非常接地气、提升作文品质的好词汇。请看:
一.名词用法
1.不可数名词,就是各种美食中的“鱼、鱼肉”:
frozen/smoked/fresh fish
冻 / 熏 / 鲜鱼
fish pie
鱼肉馅饼
Does dry white wine go best with fish?
吃鱼时喝干白葡萄酒是最佳选择吗?
The fish has gone bad.
鱼坏了。
Fish and shellfish are the specialities.
鱼和贝类是特色菜。
Meat and fish are relatively expensive.
肉和鱼相对来说比较贵。
Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet
鱼和米是该国的主要食品。
Help yourself to some fish.随便吃些鱼.
We had some fish for dinner.我们晚餐吃了一些鱼。
2.可数名词,指一条条的活鱼,当然,也可以是死鱼,特别注意的就是此时单复数同形:
That fish stinks.
那条鱼臭了。
I was chatting to an islander who had just caught five fish
我正在跟一个刚刚抓到五条鱼的岛民聊天。
He and I had two fish apiece
他和我各有两条鱼。
They caught several fish.
他们捉到了几条鱼。
shoals (= groups) of fish
鱼群
a school of fish 一群鱼
There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world.
世界上约有3万种鱼。
The fish were counted and an average weight recorded.
数了数鱼的数量,并把平均重量记录了下来。
3.可数名词,指鱼类、一(多)类鱼、一(多)种鱼,此时其复数形式为fishes:
The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes.
濒临灭绝物种的名单中列有将近600种鱼。
You’ll see many kinds of fishes in the fish market.
你们可以在鱼市上看见许多种鱼。
There are many kinds of fishes in the river.
这条河里有许多各种各样的鱼。
4.可数名词,延伸意义为:大人物,重要人物,重点目标人物;也指某种特别的人或处在特殊环境里的人等,其复数为单复同形:
a big fish 大人物,重要人物(谍战片里汉语不经常提到“抓到共党的一条大鱼”吗,这也体现了汉英语言是相通的。)
a fish out of water离水之鱼;在陌生环境不得其所的人
an odd/a queer fish 古怪的人;有些荒唐的人
a big fish (in a small pond)(小圈子里的)大人物
a cold fish冷漠无情的人
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
海里的鱼有的是;还有很多一样好的(人或事物) (这句话是拿来劝人的或自我安慰的。)
也可以翻译为:天涯何处无芳草。(何必要在一棵树上吊死呢?)
I think he thought of himself as a country gentleman and was like a fish out of water in Birmingham.
我想他认为自己是一名乡绅,在伯明翰就如离水之鱼一般浑身不自在。
She fished around in her bag for her keys.
她在口袋里摸找钥匙。
She fished out a pair of David's socks for her cold feet.
她找出一双戴维的袜子穿在了冰冷的脚上。
另外这两个习惯用法最好掌握了可以拿去在作文里嘚瑟一下,也是蛮高大上的:
drink like a fish
(习惯性)饮酒过度,酗酒,豪饮
be like shooting fish in a barrel
易如反掌;探囊取物;手到擒来
What do you mean you can't do it? It'll be like shooting fish in a barrel!
你说干不了是什么意思?这不是小事一桩嘛!
二.动词,有“钓鱼,捕鱼;搜寻,摸找,摸出,掏出,捞取,套出”:
Brian remembers learning to fish in the River Cam.
布赖恩记得曾在剑河学过钓鱼。
On Saturday we fished the River Arno.
周六我们在阿尔诺河钓鱼。
fish for sth
旁敲侧击地打听;转弯抹角地谋取
转弯抹角地谋取恭维 / 打听情况
He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information...
他不想让人觉得自己是在套话。
She may be fishing for a compliment and welcome your reassurance
她也许是在拐弯抹角地想获得称赞,希望得到你的肯定。
'Lucinda, you don't have to talk to him!' Mike shouted. 'He's just fishing.'
“露辛达,你没必要跟他说话!”迈克叫道,“他不过是在打探消息。”
fish sth/sb↔out (of sth)
(从…中)取出,拿出,拖出
She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk.
她从桌上一大堆纸中抽出了一张。
They fished a dead body out of the river.
他们从河里捞起了一具尸体。
Kelly fished out another beer from his cooler...
凯莉从他的冷藏箱里又拿出一瓶啤酒。
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