fish

fish1
(复同单，或fishes)
  1. a limbless cold-blooded vertebrate animal with gills and fins living wholly in water
    鱼；鱼类
    the huge lakes are now devoid of fish.
    这些大湖里现在一条鱼也没有。
    ■[mass noun]the flesh of such animals as food
    鱼肉
    ■(the Fish 或 Fishes)the zodiacal sign or constellation Pisces
    双鱼宫；双鱼座
    ■used in names of invertebrate animals living wholly in water, e.g. cuttlefish, shellfish, jellyfish
    ［用于水生无脊椎动物的名称，如cuttlefish，shellfish，jellyfish］
    ■[with adj.](informal)a person who is strange in a specified way
    (非正式)异人，怪人
    he is generally thought to be a bit of a cold fish.
    大家都认为他有点冷若冰霜。
    ■(informal)a torpedo
    (非正式)鱼雷
verb
[no obj.]
  1. catch or try to catch fish, typically by using a net or hook and line
    钓鱼，垂钓；打鱼，网鱼，捕鱼
    he was fishing for bluefish.
    他正在钓蓝鱼。
    I've told the girls we've gone fishing.
    我已经告诉女儿们我们钓鱼去了。
    ■[with obj.]catch or try to catch fish in (a particular body of water)
    在…里钓鱼（或打鱼）
    many of the lochs we used to fish are now affected by forestry.
    许多我们过去钓鱼的湖泊现在都受到了林业的影响。
    ■search, typically by groping or feeling for something concealed
    （摸索着）寻找，搜寻
    he fished for his registration certificate and held it up to the policeman's torch.
    他摸索到自己的注册证书，然后把它拿到警察的手电前。
    ■try subtly or deviously to elicit a response or some information from someone
    （拐弯抹角地）探听答复（或信息）
    I was not fishing for compliments.
    我不是在沽名钓誉。
    ■[with obj.](fish something out)pull or take something out of water or a container or receptacle
    把…拖出水面（或容器）；打捞出
    the body of a woman had been fished out of the river.
    从河里打捞出一具女尸。
常用词组
all's fish that comes to the net
  1. (proverb)you can or should take advantage of anything that comes your way
    (谚)抓到网里便是鱼；来者不拒；不择手段
a big fish
  1. an important or influential person
    大人物，大腕儿
    he became a big fish in the world of politics.
    他成了政界的一个大腕儿。
a big fish in a small (或 little) pond
  1. a person seen as important and influential only within the limited scope of a small organization or group
    小塘里的大鱼；矮子堆里的高个
drink like a fish
  1. drink excessive amounts of alcohol
    过量饮酒；牛饮
a fish out of water
  1. a person in a completely unsuitable environment or situation
    出水之鱼；逆境中人
have other (或 bigger) fish to fry
  1. have other (or more important) matters to attend to
    另有要事；另有他图
like shooting fish in a barrel
  1. used to convey the extreme ease with which something can or has been accomplished
    瓮中捉鳖，易如反掌；举手之劳
    picking cultivated berries is like shooting fish in a barrel.
    采摘种植的浆果易如反掌。
neither fish nor fowl (nor good red herring)
  1. of indefinite character and difficult to identify or classify
    非驴非马，不伦不类
there are plenty more fish in the sea
  1. used to console someone whose romantic relationship has ended by pointing out that there are many other people with whom they may have a successful relationship in the future
    海里好鱼多的是；天涯何处无芳草
派生
fishlike
adjective
语源
  1. Old English fisc (as a noun denoting any animal living exclusively in water), fiscian (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vis, vissen and German Fisch, fischen
用法
  1. The normal plural of fish is fisha shoal of fish; he caught two huge fishThe older form fishes is still used, when referring to different kinds of fishfreshwater fishes of the British Isles
fish2
noun
  1. a flat plate of metal, wood, or another material that is fixed on a beam or across a joint in order to give additional strength
    接合板，鱼尾板
    ■a long, slightly curved piece of wood that is lashed to a ship's damaged mast or spar as a temporary repair
    （撑夹桅杆的）副木
verb
[with obj.]
  1. mend or strengthen (a beam, joint, mast, etc.) with a fish
    （用接合板、副木）修补；加固（接缝、接头、桅杆等）
    ■join (rails in a railway track) with a fishplate
    用鱼尾板接合（铁轨）
语源
  1. early 16th cent.: probably from French fiche, from ficher 'to fix', based on Latin figere
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