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; [' ]) J! O+ B' i3 G$ D
Fish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。 , o* w5 G- P0 MFish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),) T1 Z# B3 ^$ D9 o( [( ~/ A) g j2 F# P
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。 / \# e. k. D2 s" E/ e% o* E, g; p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。4 O+ c0 ^5 l) X
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 ; Y/ [8 P' C$ y A+ u0 R( ^" r+ [% i, w) l1 a7 \( {
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" S" v- w6 ~1 {/ L; QAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. % [: p+ T5 k' @
% q3 a. Q8 }& r( \# F5 @$ H' XWe use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. ! U( Y8 S& V4 i. s. T5 K
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Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.