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 & ?7 M, ]" 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。# x1 J% ]3 ]% u t6 ~* u
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 d: C4 ~+ J6 Y+ m* m4 k
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。 - f* D- b; ]* H% J; G9 U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/ v, N; w/ V3 B- ?: 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 6 L1 J/ W" c, G& d9 A 4 A0 d/ r3 z: @0 K6 U9 O2013-2-19。- m3 x+ @) v4 m) s4 f
本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 4 G) {& z; L4 ^1 t3 |9 T 5 i j* p8 z% i( yAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. : O! J+ B: F7 \9 ^) r9 L0 E1 e3 {: U* Z
We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. 3 M2 o- l% p6 H5 W3 F8 V3 V
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Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.