seafood

seafood — noun

1. any type of ocean animal that people catch or prepare for eating, including fish

1.名詞A2
釋義

any type of ocean animal that people catch or prepare for eating, including fish, shellfish, squid, and crabs

例句

The seafood platter at Andrés's restaurant came with grilled fish and fresh oysters.

collocation: seafood platter

Imani always orders seafood when she visits the night market near her home.

collocation: order seafood

同義詞
  • fish

    a narrower term that refers only to finned sea animals, not shellfish or squid

  • shellfish

    refers only to sea creatures with shells, such as clams, oysters, and crabs

  • marine produce

    a more formal and less common term for edible ocean products

文法句型

uncountable noun — cannot be used with 'a' or in plural

用法筆記

Seafood is an uncountable noun. You cannot say 'a seafood' or 'seafoods' — instead say 'some seafood' or 'a type of seafood'.

常見錯誤

❌I ate a seafood for dinner.
✅I ate seafood for dinner.
💡seafood is uncountable and does not take the article 'a'.
❌The restaurant serves many fresh seafoods.
✅The restaurant serves many fresh seafood dishes.
💡seafood cannot be used in the plural form.