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

单词	alewife
释义	Trends of alewife View usage for: alewife in British English (ˈeɪlˌwaɪf) nounWord forms: plural -wives a North American fish, Pomolobus pseudoharengus, similar to the herring Clupea harengus: family Clupeidae (herrings) Word origin C19: perhaps an alteration (through influence of alewife, that is, a large rotund woman, alluding to the fish's shape) of French alose shad alewife in American English (ˈeɪlˌwaɪf) nounWord forms: plural ˈaleˌwives (ˈeɪlˌwaɪvz) 1. a woman who keeps an alehouse 2. US a NW Atlantic clupeid fish (Alosa pseudoharengus) that swims up rivers to spawn in the spring: used for food and in fertilizers Word lists with alewife Types of fish
随便看	reassure reassured reassurer reassure the public reassuring reassuringly reast reastiness reasty reata reate reattach reattachment reattack reattain re-attempt reattribute reattribution reauthorisation reauthorise reauthorization reauthorize re-avail reave reaver

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Trends ofalewife