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 3 [3 d/ q- b8 ]# m1 HFish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。 " I1 s, g' D( K3 M* Y# L/ jFish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),) z6 ~, C* Y# `7 s4 t4 F3 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。 ) r+ }# b G0 s3 d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。 % R. p9 j# c1 y' M0 U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 , w1 f9 O% Q0 v* a
本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 $ h- q& _3 T' \ " o: n5 @* J/ R& P1 T% l+ l) HAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. 0 o: }4 S9 P ~2 U+ m" |" o: C/ v7 h8 \
We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. # b. O: S- `- c" ^5 \6 \6 d% Z% k9 {' k1 c5 o
Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.