最近大量成功人士包括妇老幼加入冰钓活动,那就得谈谈fish这个词 % b) M$ ]8 h/ P$ zFish确实是可数名词,又是不可数名词。更特殊的是它的复数形式并非我们认为的那样。 * ^ F1 X7 o6 n5 z7 L' lFish作为食物原料来讲的时候,是不可数名词。我们i说I ate an apple 但是不说 I ate a fish(不知道在猫的语言里是不是这样讲), + N( ^% v: j% S3 A8 u' d7 l0 j! K说I like seafood and I can eat a whole fish for dinner.还差不多, 通常就说 fish。这时候就是不可数的。 ' _+ u1 u" J6 k2 P- q+ X, ?) Q我们去钓鱼的时候,fish就是可数的了,但是记住,你钓了几条?one fish, two fish,都是fish,而不是 two fishes。! p7 I6 M: y. C& I7 m
难道fish的复数就是fish本身吗。也是也不是。同一种Fish的复数就是fish,fishes是用在不同种类的fish时候 7 U8 ^: P U1 t' J" C& M& t' f4 S- ^( i! s. A
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本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 ; {$ z1 b8 e% U6 t& t * {2 h* ? d O; gAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. ! n0 }* f4 m: b8 n4 _) Y
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We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. & I) M$ I& v* f1 p
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Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.