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 / ?# F- T3 ?: JFish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。; S$ ]6 V& N% Y! Q
Fish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), 0 a" D( _! S2 D0 Y0 U9 e S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。 ) A2 F6 {8 w& O9 B) ?( B) t2 J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。 9 C) h; v2 ?1 W$ E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 5 _0 p u/ ~' d, _8 w' u / ?: {$ c5 T0 F2 f+ Z! v4 Q2013-2-19。 $ a/ g9 ?" X/ Q6 h
本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 D; E3 W2 n6 Y- a- V+ h& M7 L % N- x: L$ i/ q- @8 R6 DAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. ' r4 D& ]- j/ m0 r$ w+ e- L0 H( i6 r / ^; r$ O) ~* M+ zWe use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. + A% r/ B6 h' f% ]/ J/ [
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Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.