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a/an + swordfish
swordfish 表示整条鱼时是可数名词，单数前需用 a/an。
I saw a swordfish.
我看到一条箭鱼。
箭鱼肉
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
箭鱼肉
the flesh of a swordfish, usually served as steaks
I saw a swordfish.
我看到一条箭鱼。
指作为食物的鱼肉，而非鱼本身。
大型海鱼,具长而尖的剑状吻,即剑鱼。
A large marine fish with a long, pointed bill, Xiphias gladius.
通常切成牛排的剑鱼肉
flesh of swordfish usually served as steaks
一种数独技巧,某数字、数对或数组仅在特定三行三列中出现,从而可以排除其他候选数。
A sudoku technique involving possible cell locations for a digit, or pair, or triple, in uniquely three rows and three columns only. This allows for the elimination of candidates around the grid.
大型无齿海洋食用鱼,具有剑状上颌；不完全是冷血动物,能加热大脑和眼睛:分布于温暖水域,夜间到海面觅食
large toothless marine food fish with a long swordlike upper jaw; not completely cold-blooded i.e. they are able to warm their brains and eyes: worldwide in warm waters but feed on cold ocean floor coming to surface at night
The restaurant's special tonight is swordfish with lemon butter.
这家餐厅今晚的特色菜是柠檬黄油剑鱼肉。
She sliced the swordfish into thick steaks before grilling it.
她先把剑鱼肉切成厚片，然后再烤。
We bought two pounds of swordfish at the market.
我们在市场买了两磅剑鱼肉。
swordfish 表示整条鱼时是可数名词，单数前需用 a/an。
I saw a swordfish.
我看到一条箭鱼。
swordfishes 是规范复数形式，在 there be 句型中谓语用 are。
There are swordfishes in the sea.
海里有箭鱼。
swordfish 指鱼肉时是不可数名词，不加 a/an，可用 some 表示数量。
Would you like some swordfish?
你想要一些箭鱼肉吗？
Not this
I ate a swordfish last night.
Use this
I ate swordfish last night.
指剑鱼肉时，swordfish 是不可数名词，不能用不定冠词 a；a swordfish 指一整条鱼，不是一份鱼肉。
Not this
We saw two swordfishs in the water.
Use this
We saw two swordfishes in the water.
swordfish 以 sh 结尾，复数应加 -es，即 swordfishes；直接加 -s 的 swordfishs 是错误形式。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
箭鱼排
I ordered a swordfish steak for the main course.
我主菜点了箭鱼排。
烤箭鱼
We ordered grilled swordfish with lemon butter.
我们点了配柠檬黄油的烤箭鱼。
新鲜箭鱼
You should buy fresh swordfish from the fish market.
你应该去鱼市买新鲜箭鱼。
烟熏箭鱼
Smoked swordfish makes a delicious appetizer.
烟熏箭鱼是一道美味的开胃菜。
香煎箭鱼
The seared swordfish was seasoned with black pepper.
香煎箭鱼用黑胡椒调味。
看，一条剑鱼游过去了，一条剑鱼游过去了。
From the B-52s' 1979 new-wave hit "Rock Lobster," which playfully lists sea creatures at a beach party; the singer calls out a passing swordfish.
出自 B-52 乐队 1979 年的新浪潮名曲《Rock Lobster》。这首歌在海滩派对上俏皮地列举各种海洋生物，歌者在这里喊出有一条剑鱼游过。
Use swordfish naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
剑鱼（swordfish）的吻部又尖又长，像一把剑（sword），所以名字里藏着sword。想象它用剑形长嘴在海里冲刺。
语域：neutral 常见场景：menu、recipe、seafood restaurant 在餐饮和烹饪语境中，swordfish 通常指箭鱼肉，多用于菜单、食谱等场合，语气自然、中性。
Genuine rhymes (same final /ɪʃ/ as the fish part of swordfish): fish, dish, wish, squish. Beware lookalikes: sword and word share the spelling 'word' but are pronounced differently — sword is /sɔrd/ with a silent w, and word is /wɝd/; neither rhymes with /ɪʃ/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.