| 单词 | pisci |
| 释义 | pisci- in British Englishcombining form fish pisciculture Word origin from Latin piscisfish in British English (fɪʃ) nounWord forms: plural fish or fishes 1. a. any of a large group of cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates having jaws, gills, and usually fins and a skin covered in scales: includes the sharks and rays (class Chondrichthyes: cartilaginous fishes) and the teleosts, lungfish, etc (class Osteichthyes: bony fishes) b. (in combination) fishpond ▶ Related adjectives: ichthyic, ichthyoid, piscine2. any of various similar but jawless vertebrates, such as the hagfish and lamprey 3. (not in technical use) any of various aquatic invertebrates, such as the cuttlefish, jellyfish, and crayfish 4. the flesh of fish used as food 5. informal a person of little emotion or intelligence a poor fish 6. short for fishplate 7. Also called: tin fish. an informal word for torpedo (sense 1) 8. a fine kettle of fish 9. drink like a fish 10. have other fish to fry 11. like a fish out of water 12. make fish of one and flesh of another 13. neither fish, flesh, nor fowl verb 14. (intransitive) to attempt to catch fish, as with a line and hook or with nets, traps, etc 15. (transitive) to fish in (a particular area of water) 16. to search (a body of water) for something or to search for something, esp in a body of water 17. (intransitive; foll by for) to seek something indirectly to fish for compliments pisci- in American English (ˈpɪsɪ; ˈpɪsə; ˈpaɪsɪ; paɪsə) fish piscivorous Word origin < L piscis, fishpisci- in American Englishprefix a combining form meaning “fish,” used in the formation of compound words piscivorous Word origin [comb. form repr. L piscis; c. fish]Definition of 'pisci-' |
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