A squid is a sea animal with a long soft tube-shaped body, two side fins, large eyes, and ten arms around its mouth — eight shorter arms and two longer ones it shoots out to catch food. It has no bones. It moves by pulling water in and pushing it out hard, so it shoots backwards, and when frightened it releases black ink and disappears into the cloud.

A squid is a sea animal with a long soft tube-shaped bodySquid 是一種海洋動物，有著長長、軟軟、管狀的身體, two side fins, large eyes兩側有鰭、眼睛很大, and ten arms around its mouth嘴巴周圍有十隻腕足 — eight shorter arms and two longer ones it shoots out to catch food八隻比較短的腕足，還有兩隻比較長、會伸出去抓食物的。It has no bones牠沒有骨頭。It moves by pulling water in and pushing it out hard牠靠吸水再用力噴出來移動, so it shoots backwards所以會往後衝, and when frightened it releases black ink受到驚嚇時會噴出黑色墨汁 and disappears into the cloud然後躲進那團墨汁裡消失。

Squid is also the food, and that is how most students meet it: fried squid rings, grilled squid, squid on a stick at a night market. When you talk about the food it is uncountable — we ate squid, not we ate a squid. As an animal it is countable, and here English is strange: the plural is usually squid, the same as the singular (three squid in the tank), though squids exists and is not wrong, especially for different kinds.

Squid is also the foodSquid 也是一種食物, and that is how most students meet it大部分學生也是這樣認識這個字的: fried squid rings, grilled squid, squid on a stick at a night market像炸魷魚圈、烤魷魚、夜市裡一支一支的魷魚。When you talk about the food it is uncountable講食物的時候它是不可數名詞 — we ate squid, not we ate a squid你會說 we ate squid，不會說 we ate a squid。As an animal it is countable當動物講的時候它是可數名詞, and here English is strange這裡英文有點奇怪: the plural is usually squid, the same as the singular複數通常還是 squid，跟單數一樣 (three squid in the tank)（像 three squid in the tank）, though squids exists and is not wrong不過 squids 這個形式也存在，不算錯, especially for different kinds尤其是在講不同種類的時候。

Do not mix it up with its relatives — an octopus has eight arms and a round soft head, and a cuttlefish is shorter and wider with a hard flat bone inside. Taiwanese food names split these up more finely than English does; English mostly makes do with squid.

Do not mix it up with its relatives不要跟牠的親戚搞混 — an octopus has eight arms and a round soft headOctopus（章魚）有八隻腕足和圓圓軟軟的頭, and a cuttlefish is shorter and wider with a hard flat bone inside而 cuttlefish（烏賊）比較短、比較寬，體內有一塊硬硬扁扁的骨頭。Taiwanese food names split these up more finely than English does台灣的食物名稱把這些分得比英文細, English mostly makes do with squid英文大多就用 squid 一個字打發。