| [/fɪʃ; fɪʃ/] n (pl unchanged or ~es 复数或不变或作fishes) =>Usage 见所附用法. 用法:
1 [C] cold-blooded animal living in water and breathing through gills, with fins and a tail for swimming 鱼:
They caught several fish. 他们捉到几条鱼. *
fishes, frogs and crabs 鱼、 青蛙和螃蟹 =>illus 见插图. 用法:
2 [U] flesh of fish eaten as food 鱼肉:
frozen, smoked, fresh, etc fish 冻鱼、 熏鱼、 鲜鱼 *
boiled, fried, grilled, etc fish 煮鱼、 炸鱼、 烤鱼 *
Fish was served after the first course. 第一道菜之後就上了鱼. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) a big fish => big. a cold fish => cold1. a different kettle of fish => different. drink like a fish => drink2. a fine, etc kettle of fish => kettle. a ,fish out of `water person who feels uncomfortable or awkward because he is in unfamiliar surroundings 离开水的鱼（因环境不熟悉而感到不舒服或尴尬的人）:
With my working-class background I feel like a fish out of water among these high-society people. 我出身於工人阶级, 在上流社会中感到很不自在. have `bigger/`other fish to fry have more important, interesting, etc things to do 另有要事或有兴趣的事要做. neither fish, flesh nor good red herring (saying 谚) difficult to identify or classify; vague; ambiguous 难以识别或分类的; 非驴非马的; 不伦不类的. an `odd/a `queer fish (infml) eccentric person; person whom others find hard to understand 古怪的人; 难以理解的人:
He's a bit of an odd fish -- he's never been out of his house for years. 他这个人很古怪--多年来深居简出. play a `fish (when fishing with a rod and line) allow a fish to exhaust itself by forcing it to pull against the line （钓鱼时）让鱼拉钓线使之疲乏. there are (plenty of) `other fish in the sea; there are (plenty) `more (good) fish in the sea there are many other people/things that are as good as the one that has proved unsuccessful ?W海里的鱼有的是（这个不成, 好的人[事物]还有很多）. fish 2
NOTE ON USAGE 用法:
1 Fish as a countable noun has two plural forms:
fish and fishes. *fish一词作可数名词时有两个复数形式:
fish和fishes. 1 Fish is the more usual form, used when referring to a mass of them in the water to be caught or seen 较普通的形式是fish, 指水中可捕捉或可看见的鱼:
The number of fish in coastal waters has decreased. 沿海鱼的数量已减少了. *
A lot of fish were caught during the competition. 在比赛中捉到很多鱼. 2 Fishes is used to refer to different species of fish *fishes的形式是用以指鱼的不同品种:
He studies in particular the fishes of the Indian Ocean. 他专门研究印度洋的鱼类. fish 3
[/fɪʃ; fɪʃ/] v 用法:
1 (a) [I, Ipr] ~ (for sth) try to catch fish with hooks, nets, etc （用鱼 、 鱼网等）捕鱼:
I often fish/go fishing at weekends. 我常在周末去钓鱼. *
fishing for salmon 捕大麻哈鱼.
(b) [Tn] try to catch fish in (an area of water) 在（某水域）中捕鱼:
fish a river, lake, etc 在河中、 湖中等捕鱼. 用法:
2 [Ipr] ~ for sth search for sth, esp in an area of water or a hidden place 寻找某物（尤指於某水域或隐蔽处）:
fish for pearls 采集珍珠 *
Fishing (around) in the bag for the keys. 在袋子里摸找钥匙. 用法:
3 (idm 习语) fish in troubled waters try to gain advantages for oneself from a disturbed state of affairs 混水摸鱼. 用法:
4 (phr v) fish for sth try to gain sth by indirect methods 设法用间接手段得到某事物:
fish for compliments, information, praise 拐弯抹角获得恭维、 情报、 赞扬. fish sth out (of sth) take or pull sth out (of sth) esp after searching for it 经搜寻後从（某物）中拖出或拉出某物:
Several old cars are fished out (of the canal) every month. 每月都从运河中打捞出几辆旧汽车来. *
He fished a length of string out of his pocket. 他从口袋里掏出一条绳子. |