sardine
/sɑːˈdiːn//sɑrˈdin/
- n.
- 沙丁鱼
中文释义来自 ECDICT
sardine1词源 1
词源链
- 英语English
sardine
词源说明
Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).
释义
名词noun
- 1Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the European sardine (Sardina pilchardus, syn. Clupea pilchardus). The American sardines of the Atlantic coast are mostly the young of the Atlantic herring and of the menhaden, and many canned sardines in America are sprats.
- 2figurativeSomeone packed or crammed into a small space.
动词verb
- 1literally, intransitiveTo fish for sardines.
- 2figuratively, transitive, by extension