Word · Frequency #8929
fries
鱼苗；小鱼
fries is the plural of fry.
Young fish; fishlings.
- 1.
Young fish; fishlings.
鱼苗；幼鱼
- 2.
A kind of sieve.
一种筛子
- 3.
English painter and art critic (1866-1934)
英国画家和艺术评论家(1866-1934)
- 4.
A drain, usually made of brushwood.
一种排水沟,通常用树枝制成
- 5.
English dramatist noted for his comic verse dramas (born 1907)
英国剧作家,以其喜剧诗剧闻名(生于1907年)
- 6.
a young person of either sex
年轻人(不分性别)
小孩；年轻人；罗杰·弗莱；克里斯托弗·弗莱；筛子；排水沟
In use
The fry played happily in the park.
My neighbor's fry is learning to ride a bike.
The teacher watched over the fries during recess.
Connections
Collocations
- small fry
- 小人物；年轻人
- He's just a small fry in the company.他在公司里只是个小人物。
- young fry
- 年轻人
- The young fry were playing in the park.年轻人在公园里玩耍。
Idioms & figurative uses
- small fry
- 小人物；无足轻重的人或事He's just a small fry compared to the big bosses.和大老板相比，他只是个小人物。
- other fish to fry
- 有别的事要做I can't stay, I have other fish to fry.我不能留下来，我有别的事情要处理。
Pop culture & quotes
- My name is Fry, I'm the delivery boy.
- 我叫Fry，我是送货员。From the TV show Futurama, the main character Philip J. Fry often introduces himself this way.来自电视节目《飞出个未来》，主角菲利普·J·弗雷经常这样自我介绍。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
Small fry指小鱼，也指年轻人，记住fry有年轻人的意思。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：art criticism、theatre、colloquial for young person 该名词含义包括专有名词（指特定人物）和泛指年轻人（非正式）。选择中性语域，因为实际使用中既有正式场合（如讨论艺术评论或戏剧）也有人际交流中的非正式用法。指代年轻人时多用于口语或非正式语体。
Grammar Note
可数名词，表示年轻人
Pronunciation & Spelling
All words share the stressed vowel /aɪ/ and following sound, rhyming exactly with 'fry'.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 3，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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。
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