英语词汇“herring gulls”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

herring gulls

释义

herring /herˈing/

noun

A small silvery sea fish (Clupea harengus) of great commercial value, found moving in great shoals in northern waters

ORIGIN: OE hǣring, hēring; cf Ger Hering

herrˈinger /-ing-ər/ noun

A person or boat employed in herring fishing

herrˈingbone adjective

Like the spine of a herring, applied to a kind of masonry in which the stones slope in different directions in alternate rows, to a zigzag stitch crossed at the corners, and to a crossed strutting, etc
(in skiing) of a method of climbing a slope, the skis being placed at an angle and leaving a herringbone-like pattern in the snow

transitive verb

transitive verb and intransitive verb

To climb (a slope) on skis by herringbone steps

herrˈing-buss noun (historical)

See under buss²

herrˈing-fishery noun

herring gull noun

A large white gull with silver-grey black-tipped wings

herring pond noun (facetious)

The ocean, esp the Atlantic

dead as a herring

Quite certainly dead (because a herring out of water soon dies)

neither fish nor flesh nor good red herring see under fish¹

packed like herring (in a barrel)

Very closely packed

red herring see under red¹

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