Word
fishbowl
/ˈfɪʃˌboʊl/
noun
玻璃鱼缸；小鱼缸
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
本文指养小鱼用的透明缸。
- 1.
a state of affairs in which you have no privacy
没有隐私的状态
- 2.
a transparent bowl in which small fish are kept
用于养小鱼的透明鱼缸
毫无隐私的处境；众目睽睽的状态；没有隐私的状态；用于养小鱼的透明鱼缸；玻璃鱼缸
In use
The small fishbowl on the windowsill sparkled in the morning light.
My mother bought a larger fishbowl so the goldfish would have more room to swim.
A curious cat sat beside the fishbowl and watched the fish for a long time.
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。
live in a fishbowl
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。
Common mistakes
I bought two fishbowl.
Connections
Collocations
- live in a fishbowl
- 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。
- fishbowl existence
- 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。
- glass fishbowl
- 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。
- put someone in a fishbowl
- 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。
Idioms & figurative uses
- in a fishbowl
- 在众目睽睽之下；毫无隐私地After the scandal, the politician found himself in a fishbowl.
Learner notes
Memory Tip
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。
Context & Register
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
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。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.