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 / P! O, ^! X! [6 x# TFish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。 $ I: p+ b4 t0 P) Q% G" _/ CFish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), 3 a9 ^, x* H) o$ M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。 : q1 Y- n; Q3 C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。! n- a/ l4 H9 y0 n: z {4 z) y
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 1 f) Y y9 Q( F% x0 O8 Y# q6 f
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8 [* b; X$ R$ g; h8 E8 `" OAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. 6 b; p) ]1 O4 V 2 S0 D8 S9 a8 |We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. * r- }( c$ i" V7 H) q: d5 |; @8 e* j- z* ?
Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.