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fish1/fiʃ/ n. & v.●n. (pl. same 单复同 or fishes) 1 a vertebrate cold-blooded animal with gills and fins living wholly in water 鱼 2 an invertebrate animal living wholly in water, e.g. cuttlefish, shellfish, jellyfish 水生动物(如墨鱼、水生贝壳类动物、水母) 3 the flesh of fish as food 鱼肉 4 colloq. a person remarkable in some way (usu. unfavourable) [口]在某方面(通常指不好的方面)异常的人，家伙 an odd fish 怪人 5 (作 the Fish or Fishes) the zodiacal sign or constellation Pisces 双鱼座；双鱼宫 6 Naut. slang a torpedo; a submarine 【海】[俚语]鱼雷；潜艇 ●v. 1 intr. try to catch fish, esp. with a line or net (尤指用鱼线或鱼网)捕鱼，钓鱼 2 tr. fish for (a certain kind of fish) or in (a certain stretch of water) 捕(或钓) (某种鱼)；在(某水域)捕鱼 3 intr. (foll. by 后跟 for)a search for in water or a concealed place (在水中或隐藏处)寻找 b seek by indirect means (用间接手段)探求，获取 fishing for compliments 拐弯抹角博取恭维 4 tr. (foll. by 后跟 up, out, etc.) retrieve with careful or awkward searching (经仔细或笨拙的搜寻)找回 □ drink like a fish drink excessively 过度饮用；大喝，牛饮 □ fish out of water a person in an unsuitable or unwelcome environment or situation 离水之鱼(指处在不合适或不受欢迎的环境或处境中的人)，不得其所的人 □ other fish to fry other matters to attend to 其他要料理的事 □ fishlike adj.[Old English fisc, fiscian, from Germanic]■ Usage 用法说明 The collective plural fish is now usual, but the older form fishes is still used, especially in technical writing, when referring to different kinds of fish (e.g. the freshwater fishes of Europe), and in Biblical allusions etc. (e.g. five loaves and two small fishes). 该词的复数形式现在通常为 fish (集合复数名词)，但其较陈旧的复数形式 fishes 目前仍然使用，尤其在科技著作中(此时 fishes 指不同种类的鱼，如 the freshwater fishes of Europe 欧洲的淡水鱼种)及《圣经》典故中(如 five loaves and two small fishes 五个面包和两条小鱼)。 |