gill
n. 鳃, 菌褶, 沟壑, 少女 vt. 用刺网捕, 去除内脏 vi. 被刺网捕住
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A breathing organ of fish and other aquatic animals.
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A gill slit or gill cover.
Gill nets are designed to catch a fish by the gills.
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One of the radial folds on the underside of the cap of a mushroom, the surface of which bears the spore-producing organs.
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The fleshy flap that hangs below the beak of a fowl; a wattle.
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The flesh under or about the chin; a wattle.
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One of the combs of closely ranged steel pins which divide the ribbons of flax fiber or wool into fewer parallel filaments.
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A drink measure for spirits and wine, approximately a quarter of a pint, but varying regionally.
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A measuring jug holding a quarter or half a pint.
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A unit of measure equal to 4 US fluid ounces (half a cup, a quarter of a US pint), approximately 118 milliliters.
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A rivulet, small stream.
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A ravine.
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A two-wheeled frame for transporting timber.
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Alternative form of jill (“a female ferret”).
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A promiscuous woman; harlot, wanton.
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A prostitute.
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To remove the gills from a fish as part of gutting and cleaning it.
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To catch (a fish) in a gillnet.
及物In cases of very heavy catches the nets may be hauled and stored with the fish still gilled. The fish would then be shaken out on return to the port.
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To be or become entangled in a gillnet.
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To act as a prostitute.
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From Middle English gille, gylle (“gill”), of North Germanic origin, akin to Danish gælle, Swedish gäl, Norwegian gjelle, and further to Old Norse gjǫlnar (“lips”), which also may have had the meaning of "gills" (based on Old Danish fiskegæln (“gills”)). The Old Norse word has been suggested as deriving from Proto-Germanic *gelunō (“jaw”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʰel-, which would make it root-cognate to Ancient Greek χελύνη (khelúnē, “lip, jaw”), χεῖλος (kheîlos, “lip”). Displaced native Old English ċīe.
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