molly

molly — 名詞

1. a small fish from warm or slightly salty water that people commonly keep in glas

1.名詞
釋義

茉莉魚

一種小型淡水觀賞魚

a small fish from warm or slightly salty water that people commonly keep in glass tanks at home

例句

Anjali bought three black mollies for her new aquarium last weekend.

Anjali 上週買了三條黑色茉莉魚，放在她的新水族箱裡。

quantifier + colour + mollies

The mollies swam to the surface when Liang sprinkled food into the tank.

Liang 把飼料撒進魚缸時，茉莉魚們游到水面。

同義詞
  • guppy

    a smaller live-bearing aquarium fish that is easier to breed and more common in pet stores

  • platy

    a similarly sized live-bearer with a rounder body, popular with beginner fish keepers

  • swordtail

    a larger relative with a long pointed tail fin, also from the Poecilia family

文法句型

countable noun

often used with a colour adjective

用法筆記

Plural form is mollies. People often describe the fish by its colour, as in black molly, silver molly, or orange molly.

常見錯誤

❌I bought a molly fish for my tank.
✅I bought a molly for my tank.
💡molly already means a type of fish, so adding fish is repetitive.