minnow

• n. [魚] 鰷魚（一種小淡水魚）

來自古英語myne,可能來自PIE*men,小的，詞源同minute,minimum.用於指一種小的淡水魚，後引申詞義不起眼的小公司。

來自古英語myne,可能來自PIE*men,小的，詞源同minute,minimum.用於指一種小的淡水魚，後引申詞義不起眼的小公司。

minnow (n.)

small freshwater fish, early 15c., probably related to Old English myne, earlier *mynwe, a name for some kind of fish, from Proto-Germanic *muniwon (cognates: Middle Low German möne, Dutch meun, Old High German muniwa, German Münne), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *men- "small." Perhaps influenced in Middle English by French menu "small."

1. Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.

棄小引大.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

2. Their total catch was one minnow.

他們的全部所獲是一條小魚。

來自辭典例句

3. To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.

拋磚引玉(拋小魚想捉鯨魚).

來自互聯網

4. One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.

失去小鯉魚,抓住大馬哈魚.

來自互聯網

5. Operationally, too, PetroChina a minnow beside its peers.

在運營方麵, 中石油與其同行相比也隻是小字輩.

來自互聯網