| 释义 |
shirmer local.|ˈʃɜːmə(r)|
(See quots.)
1823T. Bond E. & W. Looe 77 The pilchards are seen..playing on the surface of the water, and thereby rendering the spot of a darker colour... Such fish, so appearing, are called Shirmers. 1847Zoologist V. 1645 As the summer advances, the stragglers [sc. pilchards] associate into small companies; these again unite into larger ones called ‘shirmers’. |