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catfish

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++cat·fish /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/ noun (plural catfish)  1. [countable, uncountable] a type of fish that has whiskers (=strong hairs) around its mouth and lives in rivers or lakes 鲶鱼,鲶n2. [countable] informal someone who lies about themselves on the Internet in order to impress people, especially so that someone will start a relationship with them
Examples from the Corpus
catfishYou meet a man who has a catfish named after him.Ideal for cichlids and catfish tanks.I would like to add another catfish.I have yet to try the whole charbroiled catfish.Check on salt tolerance of your fish especially some of the more delicate catfish before treating.I lifted out what appeared to be a very large catfish.A while back, I wrote about my experience of keeping some of the newer catfish on the market.
cat·fish nounLDOCE OnlineChineseSyllable
of a (=strong type whiskers that Corpus hairs) fish has


catfish
catfish /ˈkætˌfɪʃ/ noun (plural catfish) [uncountable and countable]
a type of fish that has whiskers (=strong hairs) around its mouth and lives in rivers or lakes


cat·fishBrE /ˈkætfɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃ/ 🔊 noun (
plural
cat·fish
)
a large fish with long stiff hairs, like a cat's whiskers, around its mouth. There are several types of catfish, most of which are freshwater fish. 鲇鱼(多为淡水鱼)(slang) a person who pretends to be sb else, usually sb who does not really exist, on a social networking website in order to deceive other people (在社交网站上)用虚拟身份行骗者
cat·fishBrE /ˈkætfɪʃ/ 🔊NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃ/ 🔊 verb [intransitive, transitive] present simple - I / you / we / they catfish BrE /ˈkætfɪʃ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃ/ 🔊present simple - he / she / it catfishes BrE /ˈkætfɪʃɪz/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃɪz/ 🔊past simple catfished BrE /ˈkætfɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃt/ 🔊past participle catfished BrE /ˈkætfɪʃt/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃt/ 🔊 -ing form catfishing BrE /ˈkætfɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊 NAmE /ˈkætfɪʃɪŋ/ 🔊to pretend to be sb else on a social networking website in order to deceive other people (在社交网站上)用虚拟身份行骗