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单词 croaker
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Definition of croaker in English:

croaker

noun ˈkrəʊkəˈkroʊkər
  • 1A person or animal that croaks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Asians were most likely to do so, and were at particular risk because of their cultural preferences for white croaker (a toxic sponge of a fish) and for eating the fish skin and cooking juices, in which contaminants often concentrate.
    • Two days after most fronts, coastal fishermen can count on better catches of speckled trout and reds, even croaker and sand trout.
    • It's a cousin to the black drum, spotted seatrout and Atlantic croaker.
    • They might take smaller prey on an opportunistic whim, but they also can swallow whole mullet, croakers, sand trout - or juvenile specks - more than a foot long.
    • In addition to the striped bass, the Atlantic croaker, or hardhead, is also a major predator of juvenile blue crabs.
    • When it's good, it's really good, say trout anglers who use croakers as bait, but the wild ride is only temporary.
    • He is eating croaker and plantains and minding his own business.
    • Surimi is a medley of cheap fish (eel, croaker, lizard fish), minced and formed into thousands of items.
    • The best of the hot dishes is their fried yellow croaker.
    • Never mind ongoing controversy over croaker use by bay fishermen.
    • Adult halibut prefer a diet of small fish such as anchovies, sardines, and white croaker.
    • Smoked yellow croaker and pork with bamboo fragrance are two delicacies in the restaurant.
    • In April 1990, the Department of Fish and Game outlawed harvesting of white croaker, a bottom-feeding fish, off Palos Verdes Peninsula.
    • Similar importations spread the croakers to Asia, Europe, and South America.
    • The meagre is not called croaker, but it can and does make the noise which gives their name to croakers.
    • In bays, rivers and lakes, predators like pike, walleye, white croaker, and largemouth bass accumulate the most mercury.
    • With its staccato, drumlike call, the Atlantic croaker sounds more like a frog than a fish.
    • It includes whiting, sand trout, croaker, sheepshead, flounder, redfish and black drum.
    • The inshore division recognizes eight species: croaker, black drum, flounder, gafftop catfish, gar, redfish, sheepshead, and speckled trout.
    • Beachfront croakers and whiting are the saltwater equivalents of freshwater's redears and bluegills.
    1. 1.1
      another term for drum
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It belongs to the family Sciaenidae and is thus a close relation of the croakers and drums.

Rhymes

Asoka, broker, carioca, choker, coca, evoker, invoker, joker, mediocre, ochre (US ocher), poker, provoker, revoker, Rioja, smoker, soaker, soca, Stoker, tapioca
 
 

Definition of croaker in US English:

croaker

nounˈkroʊkərˈkrōkər
  • 1A person or animal that croaks.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The inshore division recognizes eight species: croaker, black drum, flounder, gafftop catfish, gar, redfish, sheepshead, and speckled trout.
    • Adult halibut prefer a diet of small fish such as anchovies, sardines, and white croaker.
    • When it's good, it's really good, say trout anglers who use croakers as bait, but the wild ride is only temporary.
    • With its staccato, drumlike call, the Atlantic croaker sounds more like a frog than a fish.
    • He is eating croaker and plantains and minding his own business.
    • It's a cousin to the black drum, spotted seatrout and Atlantic croaker.
    • It includes whiting, sand trout, croaker, sheepshead, flounder, redfish and black drum.
    • In addition to the striped bass, the Atlantic croaker, or hardhead, is also a major predator of juvenile blue crabs.
    • Two days after most fronts, coastal fishermen can count on better catches of speckled trout and reds, even croaker and sand trout.
    • Similar importations spread the croakers to Asia, Europe, and South America.
    • Asians were most likely to do so, and were at particular risk because of their cultural preferences for white croaker (a toxic sponge of a fish) and for eating the fish skin and cooking juices, in which contaminants often concentrate.
    • Surimi is a medley of cheap fish (eel, croaker, lizard fish), minced and formed into thousands of items.
    • Smoked yellow croaker and pork with bamboo fragrance are two delicacies in the restaurant.
    • They might take smaller prey on an opportunistic whim, but they also can swallow whole mullet, croakers, sand trout - or juvenile specks - more than a foot long.
    • Never mind ongoing controversy over croaker use by bay fishermen.
    • In April 1990, the Department of Fish and Game outlawed harvesting of white croaker, a bottom-feeding fish, off Palos Verdes Peninsula.
    • In bays, rivers and lakes, predators like pike, walleye, white croaker, and largemouth bass accumulate the most mercury.
    • The best of the hot dishes is their fried yellow croaker.
    • Beachfront croakers and whiting are the saltwater equivalents of freshwater's redears and bluegills.
    • The meagre is not called croaker, but it can and does make the noise which gives their name to croakers.
    1. 1.1
      another term for drum
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It belongs to the family Sciaenidae and is thus a close relation of the croakers and drums.
 
 
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