单词 | sand-eel |
释义 | sand-eeln. 1. A fish of the genus Ammodytes, having a slender, cylindrical, silvery body resembling that of an eel. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > [noun] > suborder Ammodytoidei ( sand-lances) > member of genus Ammodytes (sand-eel) sand-eel1307 sandlingc1440 smould1605 lant1620 launce1623 ammodyte1698 sand-launce1776 gibbin1798 wriggle1816 1307 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 3 In c de makerell,..cccc di. merling. et sandelis. 1338 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1898) I. 35 In Sandhells empt. pro familia die Veneris, 14d. 1425–6 in J. T. Fowler Extracts Acct. Rolls Abbey of Durham (1901) III. 620 Et de 3s. 4d. rec. pro tractatu de Sandeelez. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 441/1 Sandel, or sandelynge, fische, auguilla arenalis. c1460 Promptorium Parvulorum (Winch.) Sawndel, or sawndelynge. 1558 G. Rondelet Gesner's Historia Animalium iv. 1260 De Ammodyte pisce, vt nos vocauimus, pro Anglico Sandilz.] 1671 J. Ray in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2276 Those little long fishes, which our Fishermen dig out of the Sands at low water, and therefore call in some places Sand-Eeles. 1711 J. Petiver Gazophylacii VI. Table LIX Brasil Sand Eel... About 9 Inches long; very good Meat. 1880 A. Günther Introd. Study of Fishes 550 The ‘Sand-eels’ or ‘Launces’ (Ammodytes) are extremely common on sandy shores of Europe and North America. 2. New Zealand. The fish Gonorhynchus greyi. ΚΠ 1891 in Cent. Dict. Derivatives ˈsand-eeling n. fishing for sand-eels. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fishing for type of fish > [noun] > for eels in specific manner bobbing1620 sniggling1661 pitching1674 eeling1780 sand-eeling1862 sun spearing1865 stichering1872 blobbing1877 eel-picking1883 eel-spearing1883 1862 D. T. Ansted & R. G. Latham Channel Islands ii. ix. 212 Sand-eeling at midnight..is one of the amusements of all classes. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1909; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1307 |
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