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 鱼 
They caught several fish. 他们捉到了几条鱼。 In the pool she could see little silvery fish darting around. 在池塘里，她可以看到银色的小鱼在游来游去。 tropical/marine/freshwater fish 热带鱼；海鱼；淡水鱼 Herring are relatively oily fish. 鲱鱼是比较油的鱼。 shoals (= groups) of fish 鱼群 There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world. 世界上约有 3 万种鱼。 The list of endangered species includes nearly 600 fishes. 濒临灭绝物种的名单中列有将近 600 种鱼。 a fish tank/pond 鱼缸；鱼池 Fish stocks in the Baltic are in decline. 波罗的海的鱼类资源逐渐减少。 Fish farming has boomed in the past three decades. 在过去的三十年里，养鱼业蓬勃发展。
Collocations The living worldsee also coarse fish, flatfish, flying fish, game fish, sea fish, shellfish, wet fishThe living world 生物界 Animals 动物 - animals mate/breed/reproduce/feed (on something)
动物交配／繁育／繁殖／以…为食 - fish/amphibians swim/spawn (= lay eggs)
鱼／两栖动物游动／产卵 - birds fly/migrate/nest/sing
鸟飞翔／迁徙／筑巢／啼叫 - insects crawl/fly/bite/sting
昆虫爬／飞／咬／叮 - insects/bees/locusts swarm
昆虫／蜜蜂／蝗虫成群地飞来飞去 - bees collect/gather nectar/pollen
蜜蜂采蜜／花粉 - spiders spin/weave a web
蜘蛛结网／织网 - snakes/lizards shed their skins
蛇／蜥蜴蜕皮 - bears/hedgehogs/frogs hibernate
熊／刺猬／青蛙冬眠 - insect larvae grow/develop/pupate
昆虫的幼虫生长／发育／化蛹 - an egg/a chick/a larva hatches
卵孵化；小鸡出壳；幼虫孵出 - attract/find/choose a mate
吸引／找到／选择配偶 - produce/release eggs/sperm
产卵；排卵；产生／释放精子 - lay/fertilize/incubate/hatch eggs
产卵；使卵受精；孵卵 - inhabit a forest/a reef/the coast
栖居于森林／礁石／海岸 - mark/enter/defend (a) territory
标出／进入／保卫领地 - stalk/hunt/capture/catch/kill prey
悄悄接近／猎杀／捕获／杀死猎物
Plants and fungi 植物和真菌 - trees/plants grow/bloom/blossom/flower
树木／植物生长／开花 - a seed germinates/sprouts
种子发芽 - leaves/buds/roots/shoots appear/develop/form
叶子／花蕾／根茎／幼苗长出来／长大／成形 - flower buds swell/open
花蕾含苞欲放／绽放 - a fungus grows/spreads/colonizes something
菌类生长／扩散／长满… - pollinate/fertilize a flower/plant
给花／植物授粉 - produce/release/spread/disperse pollen/seeds/spores
长出／传播花粉／种子／孢子 - produce/bear fruit
结果 - develop/grow/form roots/shoots/leaves
长出根茎／嫩芽／叶子 - provide/supply/absorb/extract/release nutrients
提供／吸收／提取／释放营养物 - perform/increase/reduce photosynthesis
进行／增加／减少光合作用
Bacteria and viruses 细菌和病毒 - bacteria/microbes/viruses grow/spread/multiply
细菌／微生物／病毒生长／扩散／繁殖 - bacteria/microbes live/thrive in/on something
细菌／微生物在…中存活／大量生长 - bacteria/microbes/viruses evolve/colonize something/cause disease
细菌／微生物／病毒进化／长满…／引发疾病 - bacteria break something down/convert something (into something)
细菌（将某物）分解／转化（成某物） - a virus enters/invades something/the body
病毒进入／侵入某物／身体 - a virus mutates/evolves/replicates (itself)
病毒变异／演化／（自我）复制 - be infected with/contaminated with/exposed to a new strain of a virus/drug-resistant bacteria
感染上／接触到一种新病毒／抗药性细菌 - contain/carry/harbour bacteria/a virus
带有细菌／病毒 - kill/destroy/eliminate harmful/deadly bacteria
杀灭有害的／致命的细菌
Extra ExamplesTopics Fish and shellfisha1He landed a big fish. 他捕到一条大鱼。 I cleaned and filleted the fish. 我把鱼洗净并切条。 The fish aren't biting (= taking the bait ) today. 今天鱼不咬钩。 fish farmed in Canada 在加拿大养殖的鱼
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 鱼肉 a regular diet of fresh fish 新鲜鱼的常规饮食 fried/grilled/smoked/dried fish 油炸/烤鱼/熏鱼/鱼干 fish pie/soup 鱼馅饼/汤 The chef's fish dishes are his speciality. 厨师的鱼菜是他的特色菜。 Fish forms the main part of their diet. 鱼是他们饮食的主要部分。
Extra ExamplesTopics Fooda1Remove the skin and flake the cooked fish. 把煮熟的鱼去皮切成薄片。 This fish tastes funny. 这鱼的味道有点儿怪。
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) （小圈子里的）大人物
a cold fish
a person who seems unfriendly and without strong emotions 冷漠无情的人
a different kettle of fish
- (informal)
a completely different situation or person from the one previously mentioned 另一码事；截然不同的人
drink like a fish
- (informal)
to drink a lot of alcohol regularly （习惯性）饮酒过度，酗酒，豪饮 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 离水之鱼；在陌生环境不得其所的人
have bigger/other fish to fry
to have more important or more interesting things to do 还有更重要的事情要做；另有他图
neither fish nor fowl
neither one thing nor another 非驴非马；不伦不类 The hovercraft has always suffered from the fact that it is neither fish nor fowl. 气垫船一直饱受不伦不类之苦。
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 海里的鱼有的是；还有很多一样好的（人或事物）