“鱼”语多多

• 作 者: 兰冰
• 机 构: 云南广播电视大学科技处,
• 出 处: 科技英语学习
• 发表日期: 2009年10期
• 关键词: 不可数名词 复数形式 汉语成语 catch 英语习语 yourself teach getting hook 象鱼

提起“鱼”的英译,人们的第一反应便是“fish”,实际上fish的用法并不简单。fish用作可数名词时,单、复数形式相同,而在指“鱼的种类”时,则有复数形式(fishes),two fishes为“两种鱼”。fish用作不可数名词时无复数形式,作“鱼肉”解,如Help yourself to somefish.随便吃点鱼

Mention the English translation of “fish”, people’s first reaction is “fish”, in fact, the usage of fish is not simple. When fish is used as a countable noun, the singular and plural forms are the same, while in the case of “fish species,” there are plural forms (fishes) and two fishes (“two species of fish”). Fish used as uncountable nouns without the plural form, as “fish” solution, such as Help yourself to somefish.