单词 | suck-jack |
释义 | > as lemmassuck-jack suck-jack n. Brit. /ˈsʌkdʒak/ , U.S. /ˈsəkˌdʒæk/ [partial translation of Portuguese papa-jaca, < papar to swallow + jaca (locally) little crab] a fish (see quot. 18432).Π 1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira 177 Sebastes Maderensis..Little Rock-fish, or Suck-jack. 1843 R. T. Lowe Fishes Madeira 178 Its second Portuguese name of ‘Papa-Jaca’, or Suck-jack, it has earned by its troublesome addiction to hooks baited with the little crab ‘Jaca’. < as lemmas |
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