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 : P& ?' |1 G& hFish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。4 S: Y! a9 L; V
Fish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),. R" x; Q$ K- `9 F% ?9 n
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。 ; @( H7 d5 `; X) V0 u$ E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。 1 r9 }, [5 b/ _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 8 s2 v. U- k# O7 N ' H( r- h* J: u( a8 Z4 w! m2013-2-19。 + D$ F k8 t7 x- S9 Z/ i1 @
5 |+ D! P0 z. E% B1 {* wAccording to the Oxford Dictionary, both fish and fishes can be used as the plural form, but fish is more common. 3 a3 l" n/ C+ D$ [ C9 ^
1 R! j. |' m6 S2 I YWe use fishes when talking about different types of fish. For example, I caught five fish today and they were different fishes. 9 v: a" n I$ r
# t' D) v+ ~4 G- O- S3 _+ V7 d' ZFish is uncountable when we talk about the meat of fish. For instance, I want to have fish for supper.