n. an Atlantic sea-fish used as food 鲭鱼。
△1H.IV.2.4. 399 (359): “You may buy land now ascheap as stinking mackerel.” (Land may be cheap be-cause people fear that a civil strife will arise and areeager to turn their estates into money.) 现在你可以买地,就像买臭鱼一样便宜。
mackerel鲭
重要的食用鱼和游钓鱼。鲈形目鲭科,世界性分布。食鱼及无脊椎动物。体呈流线形,具两扇背鳍。叉形尾前具一系列小鳍,可同时游动。普通鲭(Scomber scombrus)为大西洋主要盛产种类,体长约30厘米,上侧蓝绿色、下侧银白色。
mackerel[ˈmækrəl]
n.鲭
◇a sprat to catch a mackerel用小鱼钓大鱼,吃小亏占大便宜