英语词汇“alewife”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典-新都网

ale·wife¹

(ālwīf′)

n. pl. ale·wives (-wīvz′)

A fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) of North American Atlantic waters and some inland lakes, which swims up rivers to spawn.

[Originally North American English, probably from alteration (influenced by ALEWIFE², because the fish's relatively big belly distinguishes it from the herring) of obsolete English aloes, allowes, a type of shad (Alosa alosa), from French alose, shad, from Old French, from Late Latin alausa, of Gaulish origin.]

单词	alewife
释义	ale·wife¹ (ālwīf′) n. pl. ale·wives (-wīvz′) A fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) of North American Atlantic waters and some inland lakes, which swims up rivers to spawn. [Originally North American English, probably from alteration (influenced by ALEWIFE², because the fish's relatively big belly distinguishes it from the herring) of obsolete English aloes, allowes, a type of shad (Alosa alosa), from French alose, shad, from Old French, from Late Latin alausa, of Gaulish origin.]
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