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单词 whitebait
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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
white•bait  (hwītbāt′, wīt-),USA pronunciation n., pl. -bait. 
  1. Fisha young sprat or herring.
  2. Food[Cookery.]any small, delicate fish cooked whole without being cleaned, esp. the sprat.
  • white + bait, so called from use as bait 1750–60

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
whitebait /ˈwaɪtˌbeɪt/ n
  1. the young of herrings, sprats, etc, cooked and eaten whole as a delicacy
  2. any of various small silvery fishes, such as Galaxias attenuatus of Australia and New Zealand and Allosmerus elongatus of North American coastal regions of the Pacific
Etymology: 18th Century: from its formerly having been used as bait
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