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 & S% X2 s a4 k, O( o: t" a9 x" {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。 ! i6 E; L% `( X s2 R: eFish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),- P2 U% i& X" p0 O2 ~9 ~
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。 5 g/ T: B) a1 L3 {; J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。 # x" i7 J# S) p( e: o Z0 D+ h 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 : W( Y3 v) B" t, E j . ]3 k: S. {: n$ c" J p2013-2-19。( f1 o+ _9 S. b2 z6 i V: K
本帖最后由 竹声 于 2013-2-19 21:23 编辑 ( ^# ]8 h q* i: z Q . [ q! @$ l: nAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. 5 |) o2 T1 @0 }% W9 M % n- n# w) d- k; i; n' e. U5 eWe use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. ; j2 _7 V4 @3 Y 4 L0 y- s$ V. wFish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.