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 " s! K2 y( }9 PFish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。 . X* y" P9 v i+ RFish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)," h% v+ w' I, [
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。" `7 d" K+ m# u: c: ~6 P/ X
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。0 @/ _, a& j% I& O
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 0 H9 H+ m$ q1 a$ b7 N" X/ q6 h $ n6 ?/ g% u$ d8 X. I) j3 k2013-2-19。2 q n; u* b% u: A+ a
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According to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. - y Y* Q/ t; R+ J' Z
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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. & L. p) t. V; R' |0 C; ?
& ^9 f' \# }8 J1 _/ V/ g5 [Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.