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单词 kipper
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
kip•per1 /ˈkɪpɚ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Fooda fish, esp. a herring, that has been kippered.

v. [~ + object]
  1. Foodto prepare or cure fish by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
kip•per1  (kip′ər),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Fooda fish, esp. a herring, that has been cured by splitting, salting, drying, and smoking.
  2. Foodthis method of curing fish.
  3. Fisha male salmon during or after the spawning season.

v.t. 
  1. Foodto cure (herring, salmon, etc.) by splitting, salting, drying and smoking.
  • Middle English kypre, Old English cypera spawning salmon, apparently derivative of cyperen of copper, i.e., copper-colored bef. 1000

kip•per2  (kip′ər),USA pronunciation n. [Australian Informal.]
  1. British Termsa young male Aborigine, usually 14 to 16 years old, who has recently undergone his tribal initiation rite.
  • Wiradjuri gibirr man
  • 1835–45

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
kipper /ˈkɪpə/ n
  1. a fish, esp a herring, that has been cleaned, salted, and smoked
  2. a male salmon during the spawning season
 vb
  1. (transitive) to cure (a fish, esp a herring) by salting and smoking
Etymology: Old English cypera, perhaps from coper copper1; referring to its colour
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