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alewife

英 ['eɪlwaɪf] 美['el,waɪf]

n. 开酒馆的女人，啤酒店的女主人；拟西鲱，大肚鲱 [鱼]

英英释义

1. flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams

2. shad-like food fish that runs rivers to spawn; often salted or smoked; sometimes placed in genus Pomolobus

英文词源

alewife (n.): herring-like fish of North America, 1630s, named from the word for female tavern keepers (late 14c.), from ale + wife; the fish so called in reference to its large abdomen.

词态变化

复数: alewives;