单词 | herring |
释义 | herring From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Fishherringher‧ring /ˈherɪŋ/ noun (plural herrings or herring) [countable]HBFa long thin silver sea fish that can be eaten → red herringExamples from the Corpusherring• Herring, herring! until you were sick to death of them.• Girls, caught by the arm, have snow rubbed into their hair like salt into a herring.• When a herring meets its end, it is usually in the mouth of a bigger fish or a in a net.• I., resident, as he sifted through a group of dead herring and scat on East Matunuck Beach.• A few dozen herring here or there; nobody troubled: every child went home with a few dozen herring on a string.• 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.Origin herring Old English hæring |
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