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 ) A& e" @5 _+ V" C. f8 A- H+ R5 BFish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。 6 O8 @# Q% U" C7 C5 y& S8 _: `+ zFish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)," E0 [% \3 j& U+ 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。 0 h& J5 q5 ~3 ~) b" P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。- ]* h# t2 |! [$ k" p
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 . I) V1 ]. x4 P8 E4 z9 m
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本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 1 v. f0 T3 M9 J 6 W; O- ^- C* ]) x# g/ UAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. 9 I* h9 v) W8 E% @5 ?
% _. O6 k0 c3 I. ~We use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. % i4 L% P4 }1 G- a. |1 v9 x! `# f0 {( C2 M
Fish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.