| 释义 |
sockeye|ˈsɒkaɪ|
Also sock-eye, suck-eye, sawkeye, etc.
[ad. Amer. Indian sukai ‘fish of fishes’, the native name on the Fraser River.]
The blueback salmon or nerka.
1887Goode Amer. Fishes 481 On Frazer River, where this species is the most important Salmon, it is known as the ‘Suk-kegh’, ‘Saw-quai’ or ‘Suck-eye’. 1891E. Roper By Track & Trail xxi. 304 It was the ‘Sock-eye’ salmon which was running then. 1903Eng. Illustr. Mag. XXVIII. 128 The sockeyes which only weigh from five to eight pounds apiece. |