| 单词 | fishy |
| 释义 | fishy (once / 6880 pages) 1adj 2adj Anything fishy smells, tastes, or resembles a fish in some way. Suspicious people and situations are also called fishy. Since this word has two meanings, context is key. If you say something is fishy, it probably means you think something is suspicious. If you’re sitting next to someone eating a tuna sandwich, though, you could just mean you smell a fishy odor. Fishy usually refers to situations that seem suspect or shady. A guy looking over your shoulder while you use an ATM is fishy. A student looking at her arm for answers during a test is fishy. Anything fishy is suspicious — somebody’s up to something. WORD FAMILYfishy: fishier, fishiest, fishily+/fish: fished, fisher, fishery, fishes, fishing, fishy/fisher: fishers/fishery: fisheries/fishing: fishings USAGE EXAMPLESEven though Huynh prides herself on recreating the fresh, fragrant, fishy flavors that she savored in central Vietnam, she’s no straitjacketed purist. Washington Post(Dec 21, 2016) So I tell every employee, if something’s fishy, question it. New York Times(Dec 16, 2016) Seabirds clustered above the same patch of water, interested in the fishy breakfast being stirred up there. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) 1 adj of or relating to or resembling fish 2the soup had a fishy smell adj not as expected there was something fishy about the accident Syn funny, shady, suspect, suspicious questionable subject to question |
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