单词 | roud |
释义 | roudn. English regional (Norfolk). Now rare. The act of spawning; to be on the roud: to spawn. Compare roud v. and rud n.3 1. ΚΠ 1893 M. C. H. Bird in H. T. Cozens-Hardy Broad Norfolk (Eastern Daily Press) 82 Although the rudd are here called roud, yet all Broadland fishes are said to be on the roud (not round) when spawning. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). roudv. English regional (Norfolk). Now rare. intransitive. Of a fish: to spawn. Cf. rood v. ΚΠ 1882 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 101/2 The great time for babbing [i.e. eel fishing] is when the roach and bream are ‘rouding’ or spawning in the spring. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Rode, to spawn. Usually Roud or Rowd. 1909 A. H. Patterson Man & Nature Tidal Waters iv. 150 I got that at South Walsham a few years ago, on the 21st and 22nd of May, when the bream and other fresh-water fishes were ‘rouding’ (spawning). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1893v.1882 |
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