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9 @6 Z. j+ S1 L# _ @5 V# r
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。% r3 N1 r% J7 P: G! H: E
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), G, A. C: w5 n L n2 z6 ?' O% p8 u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。, b! n7 M3 S: o% X( x: K: P: L$ I
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+ R' Y0 ~9 h5 X8 i: Q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 ]8 @/ I1 B. Q/ ~3 R1 o' e " J# Z @) m$ h8 \! t# Q/ [) O; A2013-2-19。3 R3 A* f# q# A5 T# O+ C2 f0 _, B
本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 0 g+ b8 v+ g- R " f2 S% L% W# H! M9 jAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. ) R6 m2 B/ K( U* ^- `) a" M. A" X2 Q: n( M8 ?; w' H3 w6 n+ f
We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. 4 }5 x& h& W3 w9 e8 O
: _! ^/ b! p: v lFish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.