| 释义 |
roed, a.|rəʊd|
[f. roe2.]
Having roe; full of spawn. Also in combs. full-roed, hard-roed, soft-roed.
1611Cotgr. s.v. Oeuf, Harenc aux œufs, a full-rowed, or hard-rowed Herring. Ibid., Ouvé, full rowed, as a fish. 1769Pennant Brit. Zool. III. 161 The fishermen take great numbers [of ling] without ever finding any of the female or roed fish among them. 1799Spirit Publ. Jrnls. II. 221 There are also hard-roed mackarel. 1819Chron. in Ann. Reg. 7 Scotch herrings.., being roed, and very luscious, do not keep so sound. |