鱼 — meaning in English

English meaning

• fish noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
• fishy adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
• ray noun A narrow beam of light or other radiation.

Senses

鱼 is used for these senses in English:

• Go Fish (card games) A children's card game in which players ask each other for cards of a particular rank, requiring them to "fish" in a pool of additional cards if they do not have the requested card.
• fish Now used in combination: (e.g., starfish, cuttlefish, jellyfish, etc).
• fish (archaic, or, loosely) Any animal (or any vertebrate) that lives exclusively in water.
• fishy Of, from, or similar to fish.
• ray Any of the superorder Batoidea of marine fish with flat bodies, large wing-like fins, and whip-like tails.

fish — full definition

1. noun A cold-blooded animal that lives in water, breathes through gills, and swims using fins.
2. noun The flesh of such an animal, eaten as food.
3. verb To try to catch fish.
4. verb To search for or try to obtain something indirectly, often through hints or probing questions.

fishy — full definition

1. adj Tasting, smelling, or resembling fish.
2. adj Suspicious; seeming dishonest or not quite right.

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