fished
past simple and past participle offish
| 单词 | fished |
| 释义 | fished past simple and past participle offish fish verb uk/fɪʃ/us/fɪʃ/fishverb(SEARCH)[Iusually+ adv/prep] totrytofindsomething, usingyourfingerstolookfor it: She fishedinhertoolboxfortherightscrewdriver. [Iusually+ adv/prep] totryto get something, withoutaskingdirectly: Thedirectorwas fishingforinformationaboutourstrategy. He's always fishingforcompliments(=tryingto makepeoplesay good things about him). Searching
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Urging & persuading fishverb(ANIMAL)B1[IorT] tocatchfish from ariver,sea,lake, etc., or totryto do this: They're fishingfortuna. Theseahere has been fishedintenselyover the last tenyears. fished out If anareaofwaterhas been fished out, all or most of the fish in it have beencaught. Hunting & fishing
You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Commercial fishing Idiomsa fishing expedition fish in troubled waters fish or cut bait Phrasal verbfishsomethingout Examplesoffishedfished In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use. These waters arefishedby both artisanal and large-scale vessels, which leads to conflicts. From theCambridge English Corpus Fewer recruits would remain from one year to the next to repopulatefished-out areas. From theCambridge English Corpus Little boys tended the settlement's herd of cattle, mostly oxen, and the menfishedand hunted in and about the forests and on the plains. From theCambridge English Corpus Then we - my husbandfishedbesides that, and he was some fisherman! From theCambridge English Corpus Conch are beingfishedbeyond capacity for sustainable yield, resulting in a drastic decrease in catch. From theCambridge English Corpus In the top flat, an ageing fisherman thrown on the economic scrapheap wondered who was suffering the more painful slide towards extinction - himself, or the cod he oncefished. From theCambridge English Corpus Gordon (1954) solved for the open-access equilibrium in which all positive rents would befishedaway by the continuing entry of fishers into the fishery until that point is reached. From theCambridge English Corpus This demand forms part of a concerted effort to break the link between fisheries resources and the fleets which have historicallyfishedthem. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English For example, small boat fishermen might well see advantage in excluding from grounds they have traditionallyfishedbigger and more powerful boats based elsewhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 I have walked,fished, boated, fallen off my first bicycle and motor bicycle there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 For generations foreign trawlers here come in to our so-called territorial waters andfishedthem with impunity, while our own trawlers have been excluded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 They, too, prevent fishermen from fishing the waters that they and their fathers, grandfathers and great-grandfathersfished. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 My grandfather did not even use waders; hefishedwith his kilt flowing round him in the cold water. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The logbook records when the vessel left port, when itfished, what it caught, when and where it returned to port and various other details. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It isfishedoffshore up to half a mile from low-water mark and requires to be made inoperative, as the law demands. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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