1914
and 1918 1914 M; 1918 #|b], ±
firth /f3:0; A//\/r?F f3ir0/ noun
(especially in Scottish place names) a narrow strip of the sea that runs a long
way into the land, or a part of a river where it flows into the sea ( 'MiifLAi§P: the
fiscal /‘fiskl/ adj. connected with government or public money,
especially taxes MlEfcftfj;
fiscal policies/reforms / flcW ► fis cal
ly adv.
—
see also procurator fiscal
.fiscal
‘year noun {NAmF) = financial year fish *w /fij/ noun, verb
•
noun {pi. fish or fishes) iiiiaiy
Fish
is the usual plural form. The older form, fishes, can be used to refer to
different kinds of fish. * fish i
fishes 1 [C] a creature
that lives in water,
breathes through gills, and uses fins and a tail for swimming A: They
caught several fish. miUMT /Ukffu 0 tropical/marine/freshwater
fish / M / o shoals
(= groups) offish o
a fish tank/pond & fel / o There are
about 30 000 species offish in the world. 13 0 The
list of endangered species
includes nearly 600 fishes. $|l|§
A600 0 Fish stocks in
the Baltic are in
decline.
—
picture o page R28
— see also coarse fish, flat
fish, SEA FISH, SHELLFISH, WET FISH 2 [U] the flesh of fish eaten as food M
M: frozen/smoked/fresh fish /
H
/ofish pie fT*T77l a .fish out of 'water a
person who feels
uncomfortable or awkward because he or she is in surroundings that are not
familiar $ 7jc ZM; have
bigger/other fish
to 'fry to have more important
or more interesting things to do %ffilkM neither
.fish nor 'fowl neither one thing nor another A % an odd/a queer ‘fish (old-fashioned, BrF) a
person who is slightly
strange or crazy A; W#
jrtJifl^A there are plenty more fish in the sea there are many other
people or things that are as good as the one sb has failed to get
10- (ft (
A M ^ $ ) —more at big adj., cold adj.,
DIFFERENT, DRINK V.,
SHOOT V.
*
verb 1 [V] ~ (for sth) to
try to catch fish with a hook, nets, etc. ftj M ; If i! : You can
fish for trout in this stream. ft oJ fcU |E &
& /Jv M Hj M & o 0 The trawler was fishing off the coast
of
Mo 2 [V] go fishing to spend time fishing
for pleasure M#.: Let's go fishing this weekend. n|
f] fk AM A A A BE o
3 [VN] to try to catch fish in the area of water mentioned ft---jiH. ( ) : They fished
the
loch for salmon, ftk-fll it $ AM
if M M fk 0
4 [V +adv./ prep.] to search for sth, using your hands M : She fished
around in her bag for her keys. P ^
®%c0 iJilsVi 'fish for sth to try to get sth, or
to find out sth, although you are pretending not to # itft fjJ A life fT n/r;
ft A h % : to
fish for compliments/
information ft ^ A M it IX
S ^ / ft n/f 'If U ,fish sth/ sb<-'out (of sth) to take or pull sth/sb
out of a place ( M.--- A ) ft ft > , She fished a piece of
paper out of the pile on
her desk. ib T “ <> 0 They fished a dead body out
of the river.
.fish
and 'chips noun [u] a dish of fish
that has been fried in batter served with chips/fries, and usually bought in
the place where it has been cooked and eaten at home, etc., especially in
Britain ft Ik #0 ± a. A; ft & H A: Three portions
of fish and chips, please.
O
a fish and chip shop ft&MktE fish-bowl /'fijbaul; NAmE
-boul/ noun = goldfish bowl fish cake /'fijkeik/ noun {especially
BrE) pieces of fish mixed with mashed potato made into a
flat round shape, covered with breadcrumbs and fried ( &
fish er man /'fijaman; NAmE
'fijarman/ noun {pi. -men /-man/) a person who
catches fish, either as a job or as a sport jit—
compare angler
fisher-woman /'fijawuman;
NAmE 'fijar-/ noun {pi. -women /-wimin/) a woman who
catches fish, either as a job or as a sport ic M —
compare angler
fish-ery /'fijari/ noun {pi. -ies) 1 a part of the sea or a
river where fish are caught in large quantities a
herring fishery o coastal/freshwater fisheries
2 = fish
farm : a trout fishery
if ri.#
mm
fish-eye lens /.fijai 'lenz/ noun a camera lens with a wide angle that gives the
view a curved shape H Bfl ft
i m
'fish farm (also fish-ery) noun a place where fish are bred as a business ff& m
.fish 'finger (BrE) {NAmE .fish ’stick) noun a long narrow piece of fish covered with breadcrumbs or batter, usually frozen and sold in packs HA (
'fish hook noun a sharp metal hook for
catching fish, that has a point which curves backwards to make it difficult to
pull out — picture o hook
fish-ing 0-w /TiJhd/ noun [U] the sport or business of
catching fish jftiiik (
}%%J ) : They often go
fishing, it HI t AAJ A 0 O deep-sea fishing ^ }§ If M.
0 a fishing boat /Jn
j|& o fishing grounds '{& m o We enjoyed a day’s fishing by the
river.
'fishing line noun [C, U] a long thread
with a sharp hook attached, that is used for catching fish ( ^
m) ft**
'fishing rod (also rod) {NAmE also 'fishing pole) noun a long wooden or plastic stick with a fishing line
and hook attached, that is used for catching fish 'fishing tackle noun [U] equipment used for catching fish
'fish knife noun a knife with a broad
blade and without a sharp edge, used for eating fish ( ) U7J
fish monger /'fiJmAi)ga(r)/ noun {especially BrE) 1 a person whose job is to
sell fish in a shop MjfH; H. ]§i
—
fish-mon ger’s {pi. fish mon gers) a shop that sells fish
fish-net /'fijnet/ noun
[U] a type of cloth made of threads that produce a pattern of small holes like
a net : fishnet stockings
'fish slice (BrE) {NAmE spat-ula) noun a kitchen utensil that has a broad flat blade
with narrow holes in it, attached to a long handle, used for turning and
lifting food when cooking ) —picture
O
KITCHEN
.fish 'stick noun {NAmE) =
fish finger fish-tail /'fijteil/ verb [V] if a vehicle fishtails,
the back end slides from side to side ( fish-wife /'fijwaif/
noun {pi. -wives /-waivz/) {disapproving) a woman with a loud voice and bad manners
wmmb; to^jaa
fishy /'
going on here. o 2 smelling
or tasting
like a fish ( ft ) What’s that fishy
smeii?
fis-siie /'fisail; NAmE 'fisl/ adj. {physics tyf) capable of nuclear fission of^$05: fissile material fis-sion /'fijn/ noun fllj 1 (also .nuclear 'fission) {physics m) the act or process of splitting the nucleus (= central part) of an atom,
when a large amount of energy is released (M ) frM — compare fusion (2) 2 {biology A) the division of cells into new cells as a
method of reproducing cells 81 jf M.; ^#41
—
{chemistry it) the breaking of a
chemical bond between two atoms (
fis-sure /'fij'a(r)/ noun {technical Ain) a long deep crack in
sth, especially in rock or in the earth (
A
U AW ) W&-, Wt ► fis sured adj.