| 单词 | blue runner |
| 释义 | > as lemmasblue runner blue runner n. (a) U.S. a black racer (snake) of the subspecies Coluber constrictor constrictor; (b) a common carangid food fish, Caranx crysos, found widely in the Atlantic, having a bluish or greenish back; also called hardtail. ΚΠ 1890 O. V. R. Albert House of Bondage xii. 88 I would come across all kinds of snakes—moccasin, blue runner, and rattlesnakes. 1934 Motor Boating Feb. 256/2 These include Spanish mackerel, amber jack, blue runner, king fish, red and white snappers, [etc.]. 1952 E. Hemingway Old Man & Sea in Life 1 Sept. 39/1 On the others [sc. fishing lines], he had a big blue runner and a yellow jack that had been used before. 1989 Field & Stream Aug. 65/1 Around dusk, a Jack crevalle, blue runner, or small roosterfish occasionally flashes through in a predatory rush. 2005 J. W. Gibbons & M. E. Dorcas Snakes of Southeast 122 Racers are often called black runners or blue runners in the rural South. < as lemmas |
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