mackerel

• n. 鲭（产于北大西洋）；马鲛鱼

助记提示

中文词源

来自古法语maquerel,皮条客，中介，中间人，进一步词源不详。可能来自古日耳曼语，词源同make，-erel,小词后缀。取make做爱词义，因这种鱼在夏季会成群游到海岸附近产卵，场面壮观，给古人留人一种这种鱼情爱习惯特别热烈的印象，因而得名。

英文词源

mackerel (n.)

edible fish, c. 1300, from Old French maquerel "mackerel" (Modern French maquereau), of unknown origin but apparently identical with Old French maquerel "pimp, procurer, broker, agent, intermediary," a word from a Germanic source (compare Middle Dutch makelaer "broker," from Old Frisian mek "marriage," from maken "to make"). The connection is obscure, but medieval people had imaginative notions about the erotic habits of beasts. The fish approach the shore in shoals in summertime to spawn. Exclamation holy mackerel is attested from 1876.

双语例句

1. They'd gone out to fish for mackerel.

他们已经出海去捕鲭鱼。

来自柯林斯例句

2. Bay leaf is an excellent herb for mackerel.

干月桂叶是烹制鲭鱼肉极佳的调味料。

来自柯林斯例句

3. A mackerel sky and mares'tails make lofty ships carry low sails.

鱼鳞天,马尾云,大船降帆莫航行.

来自《简明英汉词典》

4. There is a large take of mackerel.

捕到很多鲭鱼.

来自《简明英汉词典》

5. Boats had plenty of mackerel and a few skate.

那些船上有许多鲭鱼，还有几条鳐鱼。

来自辞典例句