plural fish or fishes
plural fish or fishes
Learner's definition of FISH
1
[count] : a cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes with gills, and usually has fins and scales魚 — see color picture on this page Usage用法 When you are talking about more than one fish, the plural fish is more commonly used than fishes.表示兩條或兩條以上的魚時,複數形式fish比fishes更常用。 When you are talking about more than one kind or species of fish, both fishes and fish are used.表示兩種或兩種以上的魚類時,fishes和fish都可用。 2
[noncount] : the meat of a fish eaten as food魚肉
a big fish in a small pond
(chiefly US) or British a big fish in a little pond
: a person who is very well known or important in a small group of people but who is not known or important outside that group小塘裏的大魚;矮子中的高個兒;小地方的大人物
a fish out of water
: a person who is in a place or situation that seems unnatural or uncomfortable離水之魚;在陌生環境裏不得其所的人
drink like a fish
— see 1drink
fish in the sea
informal
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used to say that there are many more people available for a romantic relationship海裏的魚有的是;可以戀愛的人多的是
fish to fry
informal
: things to do or deal with要做(或處理)的事情
neither fish nor fowl
: a person or thing that does not belong to a particular class or category非魚非禽;非驢非馬;不倫不類
odd/queer fish
British, informal
: a strange or unusual person古怪的人;荒唐的人 — fishless
/ˈfɪʃləs/ adjective — fishlike
/ˈfɪsˌlaɪk/ adjective 2 fish /ˈfɪʃ/ verb
fishes; fished; fishing
fishes; fished; fishing
Learner's definition of FISH
1
a [no object] : to catch or try to catch fish抓魚;釣魚;捕魚 b [+ object] : to catch or try to catch fish in (a river, stream, etc.)(在河裏、溪裏等)捕魚 2
[no object] : to search for something by feeling : to use your hand to try to find something摸索;摸找
fish for
[phrasal verb] fish for (something)
: to ask for or try to get (something, such as praise or attention) in an indirect way轉彎抹角地尋求(表揚或注意)
fish or cut bait
US, informal
: to stop hesitating and choose to do or not do something不再動搖;要麽全力以赴要麽放棄
fish out
[phrasal verb] 1 fish (something) out or fish out (something)
: to pull (something) out of water or some other liquid(從水裏或其他液體裏)撈出,取出 2
: to pull (something) out from a container, bag, etc.(從容器或袋子裏)摸出,掏出