1.名词
（1）.表示食物、菜肴、物质的鱼，以区别于肉、牛、羊、鸡、鸭等是不可数名词。
Fish is inexpensive, easy to cook and very digestible.
鱼价格便宜，容易烹调，且味美可口。
Fish was a major source of protein for the working man.
鱼肉曾是劳动者的主要蛋白质来源。
Fish is a rich source of protein. 鱼肉富含蛋白质。
Use a proper fish knife and fork if possible as they are designed to cut through the flesh but not the bones.
如果可能的话，选用正规的吃鱼刀叉，因为它们是专门设计来切开鱼肉而又不会切断鱼骨的。《柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典》
(鱼肉，fish, flesh,不常用meat)
After the kill the men and old women collect in an open space and eat a meal of whale meat.
捕杀过后，男人们和老年妇女们聚集到一片空地上吃了一顿鲸鱼肉。
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Eat plenty of fish and poultry. 要多吃鱼和禽肉。
Eating fish is a good way to reach health .
食用鱼肉是帮助你达到健康很好的途径。
Meat and fish are relatively expensive.肉和鱼相对较贵。
I don't like fish. 我不喜欢鱼。
Fish and shellfish are the specialties.鱼和甲壳类水生动物是特产
We hardly ever eat fish.我们几乎从不吃鱼。
Does dry white wine go best with fish?
吃鱼时喝干白葡萄酒是最佳选择吗？
Ann forked some fish into her mouth.
安用叉子叉了点儿鱼肉放进嘴里。
Three portions of fish and chips, please.
请来三份炸鱼薯条。
I've never been a great one for fish and chips.
我从来不是个好吃炸鱼薯条的人。（fish and chip可视为一个整体，是一种食物即一种地方小吃；名词用法）
The wine makes a good accompaniment to fish dishes.
这种葡萄酒很适合作鱼菜的佐餐酒。
We loved the food so much, especially the fish dishes.
我们很喜欢这些食物，尤其是鱼。
（2）.一条一条的鱼，是可数名词，复数形式是fish.
Where did you catch the fish?你在哪儿捕到了这条鱼？
I was chatting to an islander who had just caught a fish.
我正在跟一个刚刚抓到一条鱼的岛民聊天。
He and I had two fish apiece.我和他每人有两条鱼。
Fish are abundant in the lake.湖里鱼很多。
Fish are plentiful in the lake.这个湖里鱼很多。
The pond was well stocked with fish.池塘里养了许多鱼。
A shoal of fish swam past. 一群鱼游了过去。
There's a mess of fish down there, so get your lines in the water.
那底下有很多鱼，快下钩吧。
The fish took the bait.鱼咬了钓饵。
The fish slipped out of my hand.鱼从我手里溜掉了。
I slowly reeled the fish in. 我慢慢地收卷鱼线，将鱼拉过来。
How many fish did you catch?你捕到几条鱼？
The fish were unwholesome and old.这些鱼已经不新鲜了。
They caught several fish.他们捉到了几条鱼。
This fish has gone off.这条鱼已变质了。
The baby fish are easy prey for birds.这些小鱼很容易被鸟类捕食。
I think he thought of himself as a country gentleman and was like a fish out of water in Birmingham.
我想他认为自己是一名乡绅，在伯明翰就如离水之鱼一般浑身不自在。
There are plenty more fish in the sea.
海里的鱼有的是；还有很多一样好的（人或事物）。
可译为:天涯何处无芳草。
（3）指一种一种的鱼，是可数名词；复数为fish或fishes。fish是通常的复数形式，较古老的形式fishes可用于表示不同种类的鱼。
The eyes of some fish have a greater sensitivity to light than ours do.
有些鱼的眼睛对光比我们敏感。
These fish are very aggressive.这些鱼十分好斗。
These fish are often eaten raw. 这些鱼常常生吃。
These fish are found in shallow waters around the coast.
这些鱼生长在海边浅水水域。
In the wild, this fish can reach a weight of 5lbs.
这种鱼在自然生存环境中可以长到5磅重。
The fish lay thousands of eggs at one time.
这种鱼一次产卵数千个。
The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed.
这种鱼长成以后回到河中产卵。
This fish has a lot of bones in it.
这种鱼多刺。
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。
There are about 30 000 species of fish in the world.
世界上约有3万种鱼。(借助量词也可以表达鱼的种类)
2.动词，钓鱼；捕鱼；摸找
They fished the loch for salmon.
他们在狭长海湾里钓鲑鱼。
Brian remembers learning to fish in the River Cam.
布赖恩记得曾在剑河学过钓鱼。
You need a licence to fish in this river.
你在这条河里钓鱼要有许可证。
On Saturday we fished the River Arno.
周六我们在阿尔诺河钓鱼。
You can fish for trout in this stream.
你可以在这条小溪钓鳟鱼。
In the ocean, we fished for top predators such as cod on an industrial scale, while on land, we killed off large predators such as wolves ．
在海洋中,我们以工业规模捕捞鳕鱼等顶级捕食者,而在陆地上,我们捕杀狼等大型捕食者。
They'd gone out to fish for mackerel.
他们已经出海去捕鲭鱼。
We enjoyed a day's fishing by the river.
我们在河边享受了一天垂钓之乐。
The trawler was fishing off the coast of Iceland.
拖网渔船在冰岛沿海捕鱼。
Let's go fishing this weekend.
咱们这个周末去钓鱼吧。
It is like fishing for a needle in the ocean.
这就像大海捞针。
Looking for them now is like fishing for a needle in a haystack!
这回要在庄稼地里搜捕，那不是海底捞针！
She fished around in her bag for her keys.
她在口袋里摸找钥匙。
fish for sth
旁敲侧击地打听；转弯抹角地谋取
to fish for compliments/information
转弯抹角地谋取恭维 / 打听情况
She may be fishing for a compliment and welcome your reassurance
她也许是在拐弯抹角地想获得称赞，希望得到你的肯定。
He didn't want to create the impression that he was fishing for information.
他不想让人觉得自己是在套话。
fish sth/sb↔out (of sth)
（从…中）取出，拿出，拖出
They fished a dead body out of the river.
他们从河里捞起了一具尸体。
She fished a piece of paper out of the pile on her desk.
她从桌上一大堆纸中抽出了一张。
Kelly fished out another beer from his cooler.
凯莉从他的冷藏箱里又拿出一瓶啤酒。
She fished out a pair of David's socks for her cold feet.
她找出一双戴维的袜子穿在了冰冷的脚上。
He fished out a cigarette and lit up.
他摸出一支烟来点着了。
The gliders and their pilots splashed into the lake and had to be fished out.
滑翔机连同驾驶员都扑通一声栽进了湖里，只能被捞出来。
Some of the landowners were a law unto themselves. There was nobody to check their excesses and they exploited the people.
某些土地所有者目无法纪。他们横行霸道，鱼肉乡民。
有关谚语和俚语：
The best fish swim near the bottom. 好鱼常在水底游。
Never offer to teach fish to swim. 不要班门弄斧。
Fish begins to stink at the head. 上梁不正下梁歪。
There’s as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it. 失去一个机会不要紧。
海里的好鱼多的是。
If water is noisy, there are no fish in it. 咆哮的水中无鱼。
It is a silly fish that is caught twice with the same bait. 智者不上两次当。
a fish story夸张的、不真实的叙述,荒诞的话
Your story sounds to me just like a fish story.
你讲的故事在我听来十分荒诞。
Nobody could believe the politician's fish story.
没有人相信政客的连篇鬼话。
His talk sounds like a fish story.
他的故事听起来荒唐至极。
John's tale sounded to me exactly like a fish story.
我认为约翰的故事荒唐无比。
cold fish态度冷冰冰的人不热情的人；冷酷无情的人；冷血动物
The old man's a real cold fish. I've never seen him laugh.
这老头真是个冷冰冰的人，我从来没见他笑过。
He never help the others, he is a cold fish.
他从来不帮助别人，他是一个冷酷无情的人。
My new neighbor is a cold fish.
我们那新搬来的邻居真是个冷血动物。
a poor fish(可怜虫)
a strange fish(奇人、怪人)
a cool fish 无耻之徒
a dull fish 钝汉,
a loose fish 放荡鬼。
a queer fish 怪人，莫明其妙的家伙。
A fish out of water 离水的鱼，不得其所的人。
All is fish that comes to his net.到手的都要，便宜事来者不拒。
as dumb [mute] as a fish 默不作声
big fish in a little pond 矮子里头的高个子
catch fish with a silver hook 钓不到鱼之后花钱买鱼(冒充是自己钓的)。
cry stinking fish 拆自己的台。
drink like a fish 牛饮
drunk as a fish 大醉
feed the fishes 晕船;葬身鱼腹
have other fish to fry 别有要事。
hook [land] one's fish 如愿以偿
make fish of one and flesh [fowl] of another 厚此薄彼
neither fish ,flesh, nor fowl [nor good red herring 非驴非马,不伦不类,
A pretty [nice] kettle of fish 混乱;乱七八糟。
There's as good fish in the sea as ever came out of it.有水何患无鱼。
Venture a small fish to catch a great one.虾子钓鲤鱼，吃小亏占大便宜。
fish in the air 缘木求鱼,
fish in troubled waters 混水摸鱼，趁火打劫。
fish or cut bait 要就大干要就不干
