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单词 dorado
释义

dorado1

/dəˈrɑːdəʊ /
noun (plural dorados)
1An edible marine fish of warm seas, with silver and bright blue or green coloration when alive. Also called dolphin.
  • Family Coryphaenidae and genus Coryphaena: two species, in particular the large C. hippurus.
At night we feasted on flesh fish caught off the coast like Wahoo, mahi-mahi, dorado, blue fin and swordfish mixed with rice and black beans....
  • They also go after sunfish, marlin, and dorado, as well as manta rays (the largest of all the rays, these can weigh up to one and a half tons).
  • We've seen a few dorado (aka mahimahi) skipping over the waves.
2A South American freshwater fish with a golden body and red fins, popular as a game fish.
  • Salminus maxillosus, family Characidae.

Origin

Early 17th century: from Spanish, literally 'gilded', from late Latin deauratus, from deaurare 'to gild over' (see also dory1).

Dorado2

/dəˈrɑːdəʊ /
Astronomy
A southern constellation (the Goldfish), containing most of the Large Magellanic Cloud.

Origin

Spanish (see dorado).

Rhymes

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