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

eel

/iːl

noun

1A snake-like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness.

Order Anguilliformes: many families, in particular Anguillidae, which comprises mainly freshwater eels that breed in the sea, including the common Anguilla anguilla of Europe and A. rostrata of America.

Towards the centre of the pier pipefish, mussels galore, conger and common eels, ballan wrasse and cuttlefish lurked....

There are also rudd, bream, eels, gudgeon, crucian carp, tench, minnows, perch, sticklebacks, the odd trout, pike and barbel present.
If you hook the eel further back, the body of the eel will fold up along the shank of the hook causing it to spin and you can do without that hassle.

1.1Used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true eels, e.g. electric eel, moray eel.Electric eels are not really eels, they are actually ostariophysians, but have a strong physical resemblance to true eels....

With its elongated snake-like body, the Leopard Moray eel moves very gently from one end to the other in the tank.
Moray eels, garfish and trumpetfish were roaming and snapping at a plethora of potential prey.

Phrases

(as) slippery as an eel

Derivatives

eel-like

adjective ...

The most primitive craniates we know are the living Myxinoidea (hagfishes): eel-like, rather asymmetric creatures with a strong propensity to flood their immediate neighborhood with slime at the slightest provocation.
They are represented now only by the lampreys, eel-like forms that are parasites on fish, and the hagfish, also eel-like but feeding on dead or dying animals.
As a result, we may suspect that some tended toward an eel-like style of swimming or an undulating, almost legless type of locomotion on land.

eely

adjective ...

She gripped the halberd's shaft, tested its weight, then slashed the blade across the beast's eely tongue.
In short, while the dish smelled good, the eely texture and visibility put me off like few foods have before.
They are also excellent thawed but that eely texture is lost.

Origin

Old English ǣl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aal and German Aal.

单词	eel
释义	eel /iːl / noun 1A snake-like fish with a slender elongated body and poorly developed fins, proverbial for its slipperiness. Order Anguilliformes: many families, in particular Anguillidae, which comprises mainly freshwater eels that breed in the sea, including the common Anguilla anguilla of Europe and A. rostrata of America. Towards the centre of the pier pipefish, mussels galore, conger and common eels, ballan wrasse and cuttlefish lurked.... There are also rudd, bream, eels, gudgeon, crucian carp, tench, minnows, perch, sticklebacks, the odd trout, pike and barbel present. If you hook the eel further back, the body of the eel will fold up along the shank of the hook causing it to spin and you can do without that hassle. 1.1Used in names of unrelated fishes that resemble the true eels, e.g. electric eel, moray eel.Electric eels are not really eels, they are actually ostariophysians, but have a strong physical resemblance to true eels.... With its elongated snake-like body, the Leopard Moray eel moves very gently from one end to the other in the tank. Moray eels, garfish and trumpetfish were roaming and snapping at a plethora of potential prey. Phrases (as) slippery as an eel Derivatives eel-like adjective ... The most primitive craniates we know are the living Myxinoidea (hagfishes): eel-like, rather asymmetric creatures with a strong propensity to flood their immediate neighborhood with slime at the slightest provocation. They are represented now only by the lampreys, eel-like forms that are parasites on fish, and the hagfish, also eel-like but feeding on dead or dying animals. As a result, we may suspect that some tended toward an eel-like style of swimming or an undulating, almost legless type of locomotion on land. eely adjective ... She gripped the halberd's shaft, tested its weight, then slashed the blade across the beast's eely tongue. In short, while the dish smelled good, the eely texture and visibility put me off like few foods have before. They are also excellent thawed but that eely texture is lost. Origin Old English ǣl, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch aal and German Aal. Rhymes allele, anele, anneal, appeal, Bastille, Beale, Castile, chenille, cochineal, cockatiel, conceal, congeal, creel, deal, Emile, feel, freewheel, genteel, Guayaquil, heal, heel, he'll, keel, Kiel, kneel, leal, Lille, Lucille, manchineel, meal, misdeal, Neil, O'Neill, ordeal, peal, peel, reel, schlemiel, seal, seel, she'll, spiel, squeal, steal, steel, Steele, teal, underseal, veal, weal, we'll, wheel, zeal
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eel

Phrases

Derivatives

eel-like

eely

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