单词 | red salmon |
释义 | > as lemmasred salmon red salmon n. (a) the sockeye salmon, Oncorhynchus nerka; (in early use also) †the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar (obsolete); (b) the reddish flesh of a salmon, esp. the sockeye, used as food. ΚΠ 1591 G. Fletcher Of Russe Common Wealth f. 11v They haue besides these that breed in the volgha a fish called the Riba bela, or white salmon which they account more delicate then they do the redde salmon wherof also they haue exceeding great plentie in the riuers northward. 1666 R. Fage St. Leonard's Hill 15 There's the red Salmon too, both good and great, And Carps, fit only for great Kings to eat. 1764 tr. G. F. Mueller Voy. Asia to Amer. (ed. 2) 85 He met with a cellar, and in it a store of red salmon. 1825 J. D. Cochrane Narr. Pedestrian Journey Russia (ed. 3) I. Pref. p. xx Red salmon constitute the next quantity, and are universally used by all classes, by being boiled, or dried up into youkola. 1848 Chambers's Edinb. Jrnl. 7 Oct. 238/1 The fish was very good..except the red salmon, which was spoiled to my taste by the quantity of olive oil poured over it. 1908 Amer. Naturalist 42 198 A majority of the young red salmon spend their first winter in the lakes, while the other species leave early for the sea. 1994 R. Gunesekera Reef (1998) 49 A nice red salmon dish could be on the table in twelve minutes flat, and they would both love it. < as lemmas |
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