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keep fish in a fishbowl
My daughter keeps her goldfish in a fishbowl.
我女儿把她的金鱼养在鱼缸里。
玻璃鱼缸；小鱼缸
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
玻璃鱼缸；小鱼缸
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
My daughter keeps her goldfish in a fishbowl.
我女儿把她的金鱼养在鱼缸里。
本文指养小鱼用的透明缸。
没有隐私的状态
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy
用于养小鱼的透明鱼缸
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
The small fishbowl on the windowsill sparkled in the morning light.
窗台上那个小鱼缸在晨光中闪闪发亮。
My mother bought a larger fishbowl so the goldfish would have more room to swim.
我妈妈买了一个更大的鱼缸，好让金鱼有更多游动的空间。
A curious cat sat beside the fishbowl and watched the fish for a long time.
一只好奇的猫坐在鱼缸旁边，盯着鱼看了很久。
My daughter keeps her goldfish in a fishbowl.
我女儿把她的金鱼养在鱼缸里。
这里的 fishbowl 是比喻用法，指毫无隐私、一举一动都被公众注视的状态。
Famous people often say they live in a fishbowl.
名人常说他们生活在众目睽睽之下。
Not this
I bought two fishbowl.
Use this
I bought two fishbowls.
fishbowl 是可数名词，复数形式为 fishbowls；数字 two 后面必须使用复数形式，不能省略词尾 -s。
Not this
My fishbowl is 100 liters.
Use this
My fish tank is 100 liters.
fishbowl 特指养小鱼的小型玻璃鱼缸；容量较大的水族箱应用 fish tank 或 aquarium。用 fishbowl 描述 100 升的容器属于用词不当。
Not this
The celebrity lives a fishbowl.
Use this
The celebrity lives in a fishbowl.
在‘没有隐私、众目睽睽’的比喻义中，fishbowl 是地点名词，必须与介词 in 连用；live 是不及物动词，接地点时要用 live in。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
在众目睽睽之下生活；毫无隐私地生活
Public officials soon learn to live in a fishbowl.
公职人员很快就会学会在众目睽睽之下生活。
毫无隐私的生活；众目睽睽下的生活
The royal family is used to a fishbowl existence.
王室成员已经习惯了毫无隐私的生活。
玻璃鱼缸
She put the goldfish in a glass fishbowl on the windowsill.
她把金鱼放在窗台上的玻璃鱼缸里。
使某人处于众目睽睽之下；让某人毫无隐私
The reality show put the contestants in a fishbowl, filming them around the clock.
这档真人秀把选手们放在众目睽睽之下，全天候拍摄他们。
在众目睽睽之下；毫无隐私地
After the scandal, the politician found himself in a fishbowl.
丑闻曝光后，这位政客发现自己活在众目睽睽之下。
生活在没有隐私的环境中；活在众目睽睽之下
Celebrities often say they hate living in a fishbowl.
名人常说他们讨厌生活在毫无隐私的环境中。
没有隐私的生活；被围观的生活
The documentary showed the reality of life in a fishbowl for young idols.
这部纪录片展现了年轻偶像被围观的生活现实。
Use fishbowl naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
想象一条鱼在透明鱼缸里，毫无遮掩；fishbowl 既指鱼缸，也比喻没有隐私的状态。
语域：mixed 常见场景：宠物店或家里聊养鱼、政治或娱乐新闻谈公众人物 该词通常在中性场合使用：字面义指养鱼用的透明玻璃缸；比喻义“毫无隐私、被众人注视”多用于政界、演艺圈或职场等公开环境，语气偏形象化，不算正式或俚语。
真正与 fishbowl 结尾 /boʊl/ 押韵的有 bowl、coal、soul、roll，它们都读 /oʊl/。注意 owl（/aʊl/）和 foul（/faʊl/）拼写相近但元音不同，不押韵。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.