英语词汇“sharkskins”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词

sharkskins

释义

shark /shärk/

noun

A general name for elasmobranchs other than skates, rays, and chimeras, voracious fishes with a fusiform body, lateral gill slits, and a mouth on the under side
Sometimes confined to the larger kinds, excluding the dogfishes
An extortionist
A financial swindler
An underhand or predatory dealer
A sharper

intransitive verb and transitive verb (archaic)

To obtain by swindling

ORIGIN: Origin doubtful; Ger Schurke scoundrel, Austrian Ger Schirk sturgeon, Fr dialect cherquier to seek, L carcharus dogfish, from Gr karcharos jagged, have been suggested

sharkˈer noun

sharkˈing noun

shark oil noun

Oil from shark's liver, used like cod-liver oil

shark patrol noun (esp Aust and US)

A regular patrol of the waters close to bathing beaches by boats, aircraft, etc, to look for sharks

shark repellent noun (finance)

Any strategy adopted by a business organization to avoid an unwanted takeover

sharkˈskin noun

A woollen or worsted suiting in twill weave
A heavy rayon material with dull finish
Shagreen

sharkˈsucker noun

A remora

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