| 释义 |
minnowmin‧now /ˈmɪnəʊ $ -noʊ/ noun [countable]   minnowOrigin: 1400-1500 Probably from an unrecorded Old English mynwe - Darkness is stronger and swallows them like minnows.
- Picture a shallow pool with a glassy surface, and in the pool picture minnows fluttering their tail fins but otherwise stationary.
- The brass thought they could calm things down by throwing a few minnows to the sharks.
- The bridge on State Road 46 is another good spot to catch the fish, using minnows.
- The Diadora League minnows could have been three up in the first 20 minutes.
- These jawless proto-fish were mostly quite small, the size of large minnows, and they were heavily armoured.
- They appeared to have one law for the big boys and another for the minnows.
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