n.
- 魚[M][C]；魚類[C]
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They have a large collection of
fishes.
他們收集了大量的各種魚類。
Fish are cold-blooded.
魚是冷血動物。
- 魚肉[U]
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We'll have
fish for dinner.
我們晚餐吃魚。
- 【口】人，傢伙[C]
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He is a queer
fish.
他是一個怪人。
vi.
- 捕魚；釣魚
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- 【口】搜尋；尋找；攫取；探聽[（+for）]
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She is
fishing for information.
她是在探聽消息。
vt.
- 捕魚；釣魚
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We are going to
fish salmon.
我們去捕鮭魚。
- 在……中捕魚
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He
fished the stream for trout.
他在這河裡捕鱒魚。
片語
a big fish in a little pond
- 小塘中的大魚
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Tom is the best player in our class, but compared to those players in the school team, he's just
a big fish in a little pond.
在我們班湯姆球打得最好，可是跟校隊隊員相比，他不過是矮個中的高個。
drink like a fish
- 大喝
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The man
drinks like a fish.
那人狂喝濫飲。
have other fish to fry
- 另有他圖；另有更重要的事情要做
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I'm not going with you, I
have other fish to fry.
我不和你一起去，我還有別的事。
like a fish out of water
- 感到生疏
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I felt
like a fish out of water at the party because I knew no one.
在這個聚會上我感到渾身不自在，因為我一個人也不認識。
fish ... out
- 經搜尋後拖出或拉出……
辨析
fish1
n.
(pl. same or fishes)
- a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins, living wholly in water.
▸the flesh of fish as food.
- used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. shellfish, jellyfish.
- informal a person who is strange in a specified way:
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he's a cold fish.
v.
- catch fish with a net or hook and line.
▸fish in (a body of water).
-
(fish something out)
pull or take something out of water or a receptacle.
- grope or feel for something concealed.
- try subtly to obtain a response or information:
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I was not fishing for compliments.
Phrase
- big fish
an important person. - a big fish in a small pond
a person who is important only within a limited sphere. - a fish out of water
a person who feels out of place in their surroundings. - have other
(or bigger)
fish to fry
have more important matters to attend to.
Derivative
Usage
The normal plural of fish is fish (a shoal of fish; he caught two huge fish). The older form fishes is still used when referring to different kinds of fish (freshwater fishes of the British Isles).
Etymology
OE fisc (as a noun denoting any animal living exclusively in water), fiscian (v.), of Gmc origin.
fish2
n.
- a flat plate fixed on a beam or across a joint to give additional strength.
- a long curved piece of wood lashed to a ship's damaged mast or spar as a temporary repair.
v.
- strengthen or mend with a fish.
- join (rails) with a fishplate.
Etymology
C16: prob. from Fr. fiche, from ficher ‘to fix’, based on L. figere.
