minnow

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n. 鲤科淡水小鱼

发音

UK /ˈmɪnəʊ/
其它
US /ˈmɪnoʊ/

词形变化

minnows 复数 minnows minnowed minnowing minnows 三单 minnowing 现在分词 minnowed 过去式 minnowed 过去分词

别名

minnie minny minow menow menoe

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any of certain small fish.

  2. 2.

    Any of certain small fish.

    The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.

  3. 3.

    Any of certain small fish.

    Chiefly with a qualifying word: That fish or any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae.

  4. 4.

    Any of certain small fish.

    Any of those fish or other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families.

    美国
  5. 5.

    Any of certain small fish.

    Synonym of galaxiid (“any member of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere”); specifically, the common galaxias, inanga, or jollytail (Galaxias maculatus).

    澳大利亚 新西兰
  6. 6.

    Any of certain small fish.

    Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae).

  7. 7.

    A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

    比喻
  8. 8.

    A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.

    a team that is considered less skilled and not expected to win many, if any, of its matches.

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  9. 9.

    An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses).

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait.

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Very small; tiny.

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词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

cyprinid

相关短语

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词源

The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”). The adjective and verb are derived from the noun. Cognates * Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun) * Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”)) * Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”)

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