Herring

['herɪŋ] or ['hɛrɪŋ]

解釋/意思:

(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.

凯思琳校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(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.

校對:卡特里娜

解釋/意思:

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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