单词 | inconnu |
释义 | inconnun. 1. A game fish, Stenodus leucichthys, belonging to the family Salmonidæ and found in Alaska and north-west Canada. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > order Salmoniformes (salmon or trout) > family Salmonidae (salmon) > [noun] > stenodus leucichthys (inconnu) inconnu1836 1806 S. Fraser Lett. & Jrnls. (1960) 231 The Indians also state that there are plenty white fish unconu some trout carp Jub, &c. in the fall of the year.] 1836 G. Back Narr. Arctic Land Exped. iii. 101 La Prise set a net, which..produced a few white fish, a trout, and, what surprised the Indians, an inconnu. 1844 J. H. Lefroy In Search Magnetic North (1955) 99 I tried the Inconnu there, but it is far inferior to the Trout. 1905 D. S. Jordan Guide Study of Fishes II. iv. 67 The Inconnu, or Mackenzie River salmon, known on the Yukon as ‘charr’..belongs to this genus [sc. Stenodus]. 1943 Beaver Mar. 28 Inconnu (Stenodus Mackenzii), generally called ‘conny’, is a fish peculiar to the Mackenzie River. 1965 A. J. McClane Standard Fishing Encycl. 424/1 Inconnu have fair food value and are utilized to a large extent by the Eskimos. 2. /ɛ̃kɔny/ An unknown person; a stranger. Also feminine -e. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > want of knowledge, ignorance > that which is unknown > [noun] > instance of > person unknowna1400 ignote1636 inconnu1807 dark horse1841 incognita1882 mystery man1922 no-name1984 society > society and the community > social relations > lack of social communication or relations > separation or isolation > [noun] > one who is separated or isolated > stranger or outsider fremdc950 guestc950 althedyOE allophyleOE uncoutha1250 strangea1325 alienc1384 barbarc1384 barbarync1384 strangerc1385 barbaric1388 foreigna1399 outland?a1400 farandman14.. out-comelingc1400 foreigner1422 alienar1473 alienate1497 estrangec1503 new face?a1513 barbarianc1550 fremman1568 frenne1579 estranger1586 inmatea1600 outlier1606 outcomer1607 externc1610 exoteric1697 outner1721 outsider1800 unco1800 inconnu1807 outrigger1850 offcome1859 ringer1896 offcomer1898 shenzi1910 out-grouper1938 outworlder1948 1807 Salmagundi 4 Apr. 142 When we toast a frenchman, we merely mean one of those inconnus, who swarmed to this country, from the kitchens and barber's shops of Nantz, Bourdeaux, and Marseilles. 1829 G. Griffin Collegians (ed. 2) I. xiii. 266 The lovely inconnue..felt her heart beat somewhat quickly. 1865 ‘Ouida’ Strathmore I. v. 76 The jewels that sparkled on the hands of the fair inconnue. 1920 F. S. Fitzgerald in Smart Set July 15/2 Edith murmured a conventional ‘Thanks loads—cut in later,’ to the inconnu. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1807 |
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