Fishname詞源 1/fɪʃ/

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  A surname.

Fishname詞源 2/fɪʃ/

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  astrologyastronomyhuman-sciencesThe constellation and zodiacal sign Pisces.

  • The Fiſh directeth the feet: and theſe three be the ſigns of Winter.
  • The Fish, His Church in union bound; The Lamb, once slain, but now enthroned; The Bull the victory shall gain; The Twins, Divine and human reign.

fishnoun詞源 1/ˈfɪʃ/

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  A typically cold-blooded vertebrate animal that lives in water, moving with the help of fins and breathing with gills; any vertebrate that is not a tetrapod.

  • Salmon is a fish.
  • The fishmonger sells fishes from all over the world.
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  Any vertebrate, including tetrapods.

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  archaicAny animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

  • The whale, the limpet, the tortoise and the oyster… as men have been willing to give them all the name of fishes, it is wisest for us to conform.
  • Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that the whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.
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  archaicAny animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.

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  Cod; codfish.

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  The flesh of the fish used as food.

  • The seafood pasta had lots of fish but not enough pasta.
  • Though Lena is a vegetarian, she doesn't have any problem with eating fish.
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  CatholicismChristianityRoman-CatholicismAn aquatic or semiaquatic animal suitable for consumption during fasting on Fridays during Lent.

  • Since the semi-aquatic beaver was a skilled swimmer, the Church declared it to be a fish for dietary purposes.
  • Throughout the Catholic Church's long history, archbishops and other prominent church leaders have made numerous declarations about which animals can be considered "fish for the purposes of Lent, even if those animals have virtually no similarities to fish in a scientific sense.
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  A card game in which the object is to obtain cards in pairs or sets of four (depending on the variation), by asking the other players for cards of a particular rank.

fishnoun詞源 2/ˈfɪʃ/

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  A period of time spent fishing.

  • The fish at the lake didn't prove successful.
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  An instance of seeking something.

  • Merely two fishes for information told the whole story.

fishverb詞源 3/ˈfɪʃ/

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  To hunt fish or other aquatic animals in a body of water, or to collect coral or pearls from the bottom of the sea.

  • We went fishing for crabs by the pier.
  • She went to the river to fish for trout.
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  To search (a body of water) for something other than fish.

  • They fished the surrounding lakes for the dead body.
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  fishinghobbieslifestyleTo use as bait when fishing.

  • `What you need are frogs,' said the veteran. `Fish them at night. There's nothing like them on big cork floats.'
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  To (attempt to) find or get hold of an object by searching among other objects.

  • Why are you fishing through my things?
  • He was fishing for the keys in his pocket.
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  To talk to people in an attempt to get them to say something, or seek to obtain something by artifice.

  • The detective visited the local pubs fishing around for more information.
  • The actors loitered at the door, fishing for compliments.
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  ball-gamescricketgamesOf a batsman, to attempt to hit a ball outside off stump and miss it.

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  nauticaltransportTo repair (a spar or mast) by fastening a beam or other long object (often called a fish) over the damaged part (see Noun above).

  • […] the crew were set to replacing and splicing the rigging and fishing the spars.
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  nauticaltransportTo hoist the flukes of.

  • Found that the cause of the ship's having drifted on the night of the 19th, was from the bight of the chain span (used to fish the anchor,) having slipped between the shank and upper fluke, thereby preventing the lower fluke from opening […]

fishnoun詞源 4/ˈfɪʃ/

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  obsoleteA counter, used in various games.

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