Shad

[ʃæd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) herring-like food fishes that migrate from the sea to fresh water to spawn.

(noun.) bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast.

手打:旺达--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n. sing. & pl.) Any one of several species of food fishes of the Herring family. The American species (Clupea sapidissima), which is abundant on the Atlantic coast and ascends the larger rivers in spring to spawn, is an important market fish. The European allice shad, or alose (C. alosa), and the twaite shad. (C. finta), are less important species.

整理:玛米

解釋/意思:

n. a fish of the herring kind but having the upper jaw deeply notched and ascending rivers to spawn.—adj. Shad′-bell′ied flat-bellied—opp. to Pot-bellied: sloping away gradually in front cut away.—ns. Shad′-bird the common American snipe: the sandpiper; Shad′-bush the June-berry or service-berry; Shad′-fly a May-fly; Shad′-frog a large and very agile American frog; Shad′-wait′er the pilot-fish or round-fish.

錄入:厄普顿