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! }8 r/ |/ m& i
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。( d2 y- w' q4 j) [/ x4 R3 F6 n
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 j, S0 o4 r. E* i8 ~" a
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。 2 U/ X+ g) m& J' @& u6 ^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。 2 I1 P5 J( g) i$ L+ ~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 ' J' e5 q7 `8 [. R& K3 I1 V- U+ U& Y' R1 v
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& w; o% O4 {9 mAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. ! E7 n& }+ d1 V$ g8 M* ?7 Q9 @5 g- I4 V
We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. 8 k( q; q7 ?/ n! f; r
; F8 F$ c) ~. \' H4 D" R" D$ T1 eFish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.