A plaice is a flat sea fish that people eat — brown on top with orange spots, white underneath, with both eyes on the same side of its head, so it lies on the sea floor. In Britain it is one of the standard fish-and-chip-shop fish, along with cod and haddock, and that is where a learner is most likely to meet the word: on a menu or a chip shop board.

A plaice is a flat sea fish that people eatplaice是一種人吃的扁身海魚 brown on top with orange spots背部是棕色的，帶橘色斑點 white underneath肚子是白色的 with both eyes on the same side of its head兩隻眼睛長在頭的同一側 so it lies on the sea floor所以牠是趴在海底的 In Britain it is one of the standard fish-and-chip-shop fish在英國，牠是炸魚薯條店常見的魚之一 along with cod and haddock跟cod、haddock一樣常見 and that is where a learner is most likely to meet the word學英文的人最可能就是在這種地方遇到這個字 on a menu or a chip shop board在菜單上，或炸魚薯條店的看板上

Outside Britain and northern Europe it is not a common word at all, and it is not a fish most people in Taiwan eat or name.

Outside Britain and northern Europe在英國和北歐以外 it is not a common word at all這個字一點都不常見 and it is not a fish most people in Taiwan eat or name也不是大多數台灣人會吃或叫得出名字的魚

The spelling and the plural both catch people out. It sounds exactly the same as 'place', and the plural is normally 'plaice' too — 'we caught three plaice' — which is how English usually treats fish it eats (two fish, ten salmon, three plaice).

The spelling and the plural both catch people out拼法和複數形都容易讓人踩到坑 It sounds exactly the same as 'place'它的發音跟『place』一模一樣 and the plural is normally 'plaice' too而複數通常也一樣是『plaice』 'we caught three plaice'像『we caught three plaice』這樣說 which is how English usually treats fish it eats這是英文對待食用魚類名稱的常見方式 two fish, ten salmon, three plaicetwo fish、ten salmon、three plaice

Like other fish names, it is uncountable when you mean the meat on your plate: 'I had plaice for dinner', with no 'a' and no 's'.

Like other fish names跟其他魚名一樣 it is uncountable when you mean the meat on your plate指盤子裡的魚肉的時候，它是不可數的 'I had plaice for dinner'像『I had plaice for dinner』 with no 'a' and no 's'前面不加『a』，後面也不加『s』