trout

英 [traʊt] 美[traʊt]

TEM4低频词扩展词汇鱼类

复数: trouts; trout;

1. 谐音“戳它”。
2. 因该鱼有锋利的牙齿而得名。
3. tr-(谐音“齿”) + out => trout.

trout 鲑，鳟鱼

来自古英语 truht,鲑，鳟鱼，来自拉丁语 tructa,鲑，鳟鱼，可能来自希腊语 troktes,一种海鱼，来自 trogein,啃，咬，挖洞，来自 PIE*ter,转，刮，磨，词源同 turn,troglodyte.因这种鱼生活于水底泥砂层而得名。

trout (n.): Old English truht "trout," in part from Old French truite, both from Late Latin tructa, perhaps from Greek troktes "a kind of sea fish," literally "nibbler," from trogein "to gnaw," from PIE *tro-, from root *tere- (1) (see throw (v.)). In late 17c. slang, trusty trout was used in a sense of "confidential friend."

2. Thousands of young salmon and trout have been killed by the pollution.: 成千上万的鲑鱼和鳟鱼的鱼苗因污染而死亡.

3. It is no use fishing for trout in this river, there are none left.: 这条河里捕不到鲑鱼了, 连一条也没有了.