Herring
['herɪŋ] or ['hɛrɪŋ]
解释:
(noun.) commercially important food fish of northern waters of both Atlantic and Pacific.
(noun.) valuable flesh of fatty fish from shallow waters of northern Atlantic or Pacific; usually salted or pickled.
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解释:
(n.) One of various species of fishes of the genus Clupea, and allied genera, esp. the common round or English herring (C. harengus) of the North Atlantic. Herrings move in vast schools, coming in spring to the shores of Europe and America, where they are salted and smoked in great quantities.
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解释:
n. a common small sea-fish of great commercial value found moving in great shoals or multitudes.—adj. Herr′ing-bone like the spine of a herring applied to a kind of masonry in which the stones slope in different directions in alternate rows.—ns. Herr′inger one whose employment is to catch herring; Herr′ing-fish′ery; Herr′ing-pond the ocean esp. the Atlantic or the English Channel.—Herring-bone stitch a kind of cross-stitch used in embroidery in mending sails &c.—Kippered herring herring smoked and preserved; Red herring herring cured and dried and having as the result a red appearance.
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娱乐性解释:
To dream of seeing herring, indicates a tight squeeze to escape financial embarrassment, but you will have success later.
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例句:
- From the point of view of the political hack, Judge Lindsey made a most distressing use of the red herring. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Like his views on immigration and Chinese labor it was a red herring across his path. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Some devilled kidneys and a herring--let's say. 威廉·梅克比斯·萨克雷. 名利场.
- It is an old story--the red herring dragged across the path in order to destroy the scent. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- You can think of them as arrangements by which the red herring is turned from a pest into a benefit. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- You thought you were as dead as a herring two hours since, and you are all alive and talking now. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- Smoked herring and salted mackerel are chemically preserved foods, but they are none the less safe and digestible. 伯莎M.克拉克. 科学通论.
- The tonnage bounties given to the white herring and whale fisheries may, perhaps, be considered as somewhat of this nature. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- During these eleven years, the whole number of barrels caught by the herring-buss fishery of Scotland amounted to 378,347. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I recognize that the red herring is more often frivolous and personal--a matter of misrepresentation and spite--than an honest attempt to enlarge the scope of politics. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Herring, built a multiple-wing machine and tried it successfully on the banks of Lake Michigan. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰. 历史性发明.
- But the herring-bus bounty contributes to no such good purpose. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- Woodrow Wilson's diagnosis of the red herring in politics is obviously correct. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Upon every barrel of herrings exported, there is, besides, a bounty of 2s:8d. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- A barrel of herrings is supposed to require about one bushel and one-fourth of a bushel foreign salt. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The herrings caught and cured at sea are called sea-sticks. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- The herrings had been kept in an open vessel exposed to the air ever since the day they were put into the liquid, and therefore it was not surprising that they had lost their flavor. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- Mamma, said Rosamond, when Fred comes down I wish you would not let him have red herrings. 乔治·艾略特. 米德尔马契.
- Fourthly, In many parts of Scotland, during certain seasons of the year, herrings make no inconsiderable part of the food of the common people. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- This high price, however, may have been owing to the real scarcity of the herrings upon the coast of Scotland. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
- I have also herrings and a piece of skate which have been preserved for the same time. 威廉K.戴维. 智者、化学家和伟大医生的秘密.
- The number of barrels of merchantable herrings, therefore, caught during these eleven years, will amount only, according to this account, to 252,231?. 亚当·斯密. 国富论.
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