sardine

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n. 沙丁鱼

发音

UK /sɑːˈdiːn/
其它
US /sɑɹˈdin/

词形变化

sardines 复数 sardined sardines 三单 sardines sardining sardining 现在分词 sardined 过去式 sardined 过去分词 more sardine 比较级 most sardine 最高级

教材释义与例句

动词

使拥挤不堪

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    Any one of several species of small herring which are commonly preserved in olive oil or in tins for food, especially the pilchard, or 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.

    沙丁

    沙丁鱼

    鳁

    鳁鱼

    沙甸鱼

    鳁仔鱼

    They feasted on premium sardines packed in olive oil, as did their hunting dogs, who insisted on joining the meal.

  2. 2.

    Someone packed or crammed into a small space.

    比喻

    They watched bemused as countless sardines disgorged from a railway car that was never designed to hold so many passengers.

  3. 1.

    Carnelian.

    废旧
  4. 2.

    Dark-brown sard.

v.
  1. 1.

    To fish for sardines.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    to pack or cram together tightly.

    比喻 及物 引申义
adj.
  1. 1.

    Characteristic of a sardius.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

pilchard sard sardius

上位词 4

clupeid calcedony chalcedony food fish

下位词 3

brisling sild sprat

词源

Borrowed from French sardine (cognate with Spanish sardina, Italian sardina), Latin sardīna; from Ancient Greek σαρδίνη (sardínē).

来源：wiktionary