sardine

• n. 沙丁魚；庸碌無能的人
• vt. 使擁擠不堪

來自希臘語 sardine,沙丁魚，來自 Sardo,撒丁島，意大利島嶼，旅遊勝地。據說因這種魚從 該島附近捕捉而得名。

sardine (n.)

early 15c., from Latin sardina, from Greek sardine, sardinos, often said to be from Sardo "Sardinia" (see Sardinia), the Mediterranean island, near which the fish probably were caught and from which they were exported. But Klein writes, "It is hardly probable that the Greeks would have obtained fish from so far as Sardinia at a time relatively so early as that of Aristotle, from whom Athenaios quotes a passage in which the fish sardinos is mentioned." Colloquial phrase packed like sardines (in a tin) is recorded from 1911.

1. Every bus arrives and leaves packed as fully as a sardine tin.

每輛開來和開走的公共汽車都塞得像沙丁魚罐頭一樣擁擠.

來自辭典例句

2. Each sardine was hooked through both eyes.

每一條沙丁魚都是穿過眼睛掛在鉤子上的.

來自辭典例句

3. The old man unhooked the fish, rebaited the line with another sardine and tossed it over.

老人把釣鉤從魚嘴裏***, 重新安上一條沙丁魚作餌,把它甩進海裏.

來自英漢文學 - 老人與海

4. We are packed like sardine all the way home on the bus.

我們回家時公車一路上都擁擠不堪.

來自互聯網

5. Cosmetics Natural Herbs, Sardine, Oil, Leather, Jeans. Herbal and Botanical Products.

采購產品化妝品天然的藥草, 沙丁魚, 油, 皮革, 牛仔褲. 草藥而植物學的產品.

來自互聯網