fish
noun(plural fish, fishes)
Fish is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can be used to refer to different kinds of fish.Idioms - [countable]
a creature that lives in water, breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming 魚 
They caught several fish. 他們捉到了幾條魚。 In the pool she could see little silvery fish darting around. 在池塘裏，她可以看到銀色的小魚在遊來遊去。 tropical/marine/freshwater fish 熱帶魚；海魚；淡水魚 Herring are relatively oily fish. 鲱魚是比較油的魚。 shoals (= groups) of fish 魚群 There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world. 世界上約有 3 萬種魚。 The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes. 瀕臨滅絕物種的名單中列有將近 600 種魚。 a fish tank/pond 魚缸；魚池 Fish stocks in the Baltic are in decline. 波羅的海的魚類資源逐漸減少。 Fish farming has boomed in the past three decades. 在過去的三十年裏，養魚業蓬勃發展。
Collocations The living worldsee also coarse fish, flatfish, flying fish, game fish, sea fish, shellfish, wet fishThe living world 生物界 Animals 動物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
動物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…爲食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
魚／兩栖動物遊動／産卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鳥飛翔／遷徙／築巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆蟲爬／飛／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆蟲／蜜蜂／蝗蟲成群地飛來飛去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛結網／織網 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蛻皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆蟲的幼蟲生長／發育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小雞出殼；幼蟲孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／選擇配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
産卵；排卵；産生／釋放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
産卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居於森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
標出／進入／保衛領地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／獵殺／捕獲／殺死獵物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
樹木／植物生長／開花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
種子發芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
葉子／花蕾／根莖／幼苗長出來／長大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／綻放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌類生長／擴散／長滿… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
給花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
長出／傳播花粉／種子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
結果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
長出根莖／嫩芽／葉子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／釋放營養物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
進行／增加／減少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 細菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
細菌／微生物／病毒生長／擴散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
細菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生長 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
細菌／微生物／病毒進化／長滿…／引發疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
細菌（將某物）分解／轉化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒進入／侵入某物／身體 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒變異／演化／（自我）複制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接觸到一種新病毒／抗藥性細菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
帶有細菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
殺滅有害的／致命的細菌
Extra ExamplesTopics Fish and shellfisha1He landed a big fish. 他捕到一條大魚。 I cleaned and filleted the fish. 我把魚洗淨並切條。 The fish aren't biting (= taking the bait ) today. 今天魚不咬鈎。 fish farmed in Canada 在加拿大養殖的魚
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- freshwater
- marine
- saltwater
- …
- school
- shoal
- catch
- land
- breed
- …
- swim
- hatch
- bite
- …
- species
- eggs
- bowl
- …
- [uncountable]
the soft part of fish that is eaten as food 魚肉 a regular diet of fresh fish 新鮮魚的常規飲食 fried/grilled/smoked/dried fish 油炸/烤魚/熏魚/魚幹 fish pie/soup 魚餡餅/湯 The chef's fish dishes are his speciality. 廚師的魚菜是他的特色菜。 Fish forms the main part of their diet. 魚是他們飲食的主要部分。
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1Remove the skin and flake the cooked fish. 把煮熟的魚去皮切成薄片。 This fish tastes funny. 這魚的味道有點兒怪。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- fresh
- dried
- frozen
- …
- bit
- piece
- fillet/filet
- …
- eat
- have
- clean
- …
- taste
- bone
- fillet/filet
- dish
- …
- fish and chips
Word OriginOld 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.
Idioms
be like shooting fish in a barrel
a big fish (in a small pond)
an important person (in a small community) （小圈子裏的）大人物
a cold fish
a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions 冷漠無情的人
a different kettle of fish
- (informal)
a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned 另一碼事；截然不同的人
drink like a fish
- (informal)
to drink a lot of alcohol regularly （習慣性）飲酒過度，酗酒，豪飲 Simon was drinking like a fish that evening. 西蒙那天晚上喝了很多酒。
a fish out of water
a person who feels uncomfortable because he or she is in an environment that is not familiar 離水之魚；在陌生環境不得其所的人
have bigger/other fish to fry
to have more important or more interesting things to do 還有更重要的事情要做；另有他圖
neither fish nor fowl
neither one thing nor another 非驢非馬；不倫不類 The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl. 氣墊船一直飽受不倫不類之苦。
an odd/a queer fish
- (old-fashioned, British English)
a person who is slightly strange or crazy 古怪的人；有些荒唐的人
there are plenty more fish in the sea
used to comfort somebody whose romantic relationship has ended by saying that there are many other people with whom they may have a successful relationship in the future 海裏的魚有的是；還有很多一樣好的（人或事物）