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

WORD ORIGINherring

Origin:

Old English hæring

EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS

Herring, herring! until you were sick to death of them.
A few dozen herring here or there; nobody troubled: every child went home with a few dozen herring on a string.
Girls, caught by the arm, have snow rubbed into their hair like salt into a herring.
I., resident, as he sifted through a group of dead herring and scat on East Matunuck Beach.
One issue between these parties was whether the herring meal supplied corresponded with the description.
The herring was never quite considered a member of the fish family.
Those herring fishing days are gone.
When a herring meets its end, it is usually in the mouth of a bigger fish or a in a net.

WORD SETS► Fish

anchovy, nounbarracuda, nounbass, nouncarp, nouncod, nounconger eel, noundab, noundogfish, noundorsal, adjectivedory, nouneel, nounfin, nounfish, nounfish farm, nounflatfish, nounflounder, nounflying fish, noungill, noungoldfish, nounguppy, nounhaddock, nounhake, nounhalibut, nounherring, nounmarlin, nounminnow, nounmullet, nounpelagic, adjectiveperch, nounpike, nounpilchard, nounpiranha, nounplaice, nounray, nounroach, nounsalmon, nounsardine, nounschool, nounshark, nounskate, nounsnapper, nounsole, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsprat, nounsturgeon, nounsunfish, nountiddler, nountrout, nountuna, nountunny, nounturbot, nounwhitebait, nounwhiting, noun

COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► red

· Female speaker I think it's a red herring.· According to Mattel, antitrust issues were a red herring.· His racial theory was almost certainly a red herring, 5 but the notion of selective mate choice was not.· The holocaust is an immense and vile red herring.· Meg's determination not to see her; her red herring about the mysterious proposal of marriage.

NOUN► gull

· There was a seal there in some water, a great herring gull with a damaged foot, and other creatures.· The herring gulls are local resident birds, and great opportunists, able to change their feeding habits to whatever is available.· Up in the hills are the gull colonies, herring gull and lesser black-backed, on the shores of inland windswept lochs.· Marauding birds such as herring gulls will grab and swallow a chick if they get a chance.· A very tame herring gull perched on the rail throughout most of the crossing.

单词	herring
释义	herringher‧ring /ˈherɪŋ/ noun (plural herrings or herring) [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINherring Origin: Old English hæring Examples EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS Herring, herring! until you were sick to death of them. A few dozen herring here or there; nobody troubled: every child went home with a few dozen herring on a string. Girls, caught by the arm, have snow rubbed into their hair like salt into a herring. I., resident, as he sifted through a group of dead herring and scat on East Matunuck Beach. One issue between these parties was whether the herring meal supplied corresponded with the description. The herring was never quite considered a member of the fish family. Those herring fishing days are gone. When a herring meets its end, it is usually in the mouth of a bigger fish or a in a net. word sets WORD SETS► Fish anchovy, nounbarracuda, nounbass, nouncarp, nouncod, nounconger eel, noundab, noundogfish, noundorsal, adjectivedory, nouneel, nounfin, nounfish, nounfish farm, nounflatfish, nounflounder, nounflying fish, noungill, noungoldfish, nounguppy, nounhaddock, nounhake, nounhalibut, nounherring, nounmarlin, nounminnow, nounmullet, nounpelagic, adjectiveperch, nounpike, nounpilchard, nounpiranha, nounplaice, nounray, nounroach, nounsalmon, nounsardine, nounschool, nounshark, nounskate, nounsnapper, nounsole, nounspawn, verbspawn, nounsprat, nounsturgeon, nounsunfish, nountiddler, nountrout, nountuna, nountunny, nounturbot, nounwhitebait, nounwhiting, noun Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► red · Female speaker I think it's a red herring.· According to Mattel, antitrust issues were a red herring.· His racial theory was almost certainly a red herring, 5 but the notion of selective mate choice was not.· The holocaust is an immense and vile red herring.· Meg's determination not to see her; her red herring about the mysterious proposal of marriage. NOUN► gull · There was a seal there in some water, a great herring gull with a damaged foot, and other creatures.· The herring gulls are local resident birds, and great opportunists, able to change their feeding habits to whatever is available.· Up in the hills are the gull colonies, herring gull and lesser black-backed, on the shores of inland windswept lochs.· Marauding birds such as herring gulls will grab and swallow a chick if they get a chance.· A very tame herring gull perched on the rail throughout most of the crossing. a long thin silver sea fish that can be eaten → red herring
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