mackerel

• n. 鯖（產於北大西洋）；馬鮫魚

來自古法語maquerel,皮條客，中介，中間人，進一步詞源不詳。可能來自古日耳曼語，詞源同make，-erel,小詞後綴。取make做愛詞義，因這種魚在夏季會成群遊到海岸附近產卵，場麵壯觀，給古人留人一種這種魚情愛習慣特別熱烈的印象，因而得名。

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.

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

他們已經出海去捕鯖魚。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Bay leaf is an excellent herb for mackerel.

幹月桂葉是烹製鯖魚肉極佳的調味料。

來自柯林斯例句

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

魚鱗天,馬尾雲,大船降帆莫航行.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

4. There is a large take of mackerel.

捕到很多鯖魚.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

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

那些船上有許多鯖魚，還有幾條鰩魚。

來自辭典例句