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1 r, d# D+ M6 D2 Z
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。 ' ~( y* I t Y& w. \5 D/ DFish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), 5 H. W0 [# s& u4 z) c9 t, N" Z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。 0 y ^( [) u! J* q3 H! B. o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 v7 O" q5 h$ Z, G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 : V/ x! Z$ j* U$ L, V( N* ~+ I# M5 x1 `; k( \
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% Y* Z0 ^" O: ^1 @$ F: @1 ]: E3 sAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. * Q. D5 x* S. D/ [7 c: X% T. L( z$ D; G) L- x' Q$ r2 z n
We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. " Y9 Y' A) Z7 K& t) W) x
c* f. p: Z* XFish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.