| 释义 |
greenling rare.|ˈgriːnlɪŋ|
[f. green a. + -ling.]
= green-fish 1 and 2 a.
In quot. 1440 grene lynge may be two words, green ling, but the fact that leenge is the spelling of ling n. in the Promp. Parv. militates against this supposition.
c1440Promp. Parv. 210/1 Grene lynge, fyshe (S. gren⁓lynge, P. grenelynge). 1847Halliwell, Greenling, same as Greenfish. 1880–4[see green-fish 2]. |