halibut

英 ['hælɪbət] 美 ['hælɪbət]
  • n. [鱼] 大比目鱼(复数halibut)

中文词源


halibut 圣日比目鱼,大比目鱼

hal-,神圣的,butt,比目鱼,词源同beat,击,打,比喻用法打成扁平状的。因这种鱼常在宗教节日吃而得名。

英文词源


halibut
halibut: see turbot
halibut (n.)
large flatfish, early 15c., perhaps from hali "holy" (see holy) + butte "flatfish;" supposedly so called from its being eaten on holy days (compare cognate Dutch heilbot, Low German heilbutt, Swedish helgeflundra, Danish helleflynder). For second element see butt (n.4).

双语例句


1. "I'm for halibut."
“要吃什么?”保罗说。——“我要吃大比目鱼。”

来自柯林斯例句

2. This year the halibut season is 258 days long.
今年的大比目鱼季长达258天。

来自辞典例句

3. How do you find a good halibut around here?
你在这里是怎么找到一条很好的大比目鱼的?

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4. Today we have very good halibut steaks and prawns.
今天我们有很好的比目排和对虾.

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5. Ha! Missed again, you hammerhead halibut. Here boy, here, go get it.
哈! 又错过了, 你这只锤子头的大比目鱼. 这里,小子, 这里, 抓住它.

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