| 单词 | gill |
| 释义 | gill 1. n. & v. --n (usu. in pl.) 1. the respiratory organ in fishes and other aquatic animals. 2. the vertical radial plates on the underside of mushrooms and other fungi. 3. the flesh below a person's jaws and ears (green about the gills). 4. the wattles or dewlap of fowls. --vtr. 1. gut (a fish). 2. cut off the gills of (a mushroom). 3. catch in a gill-net. Phrases and idioms gill-cover a bony case protecting a fish's gills; an operculum. gill-net a net for entangling fishes by the gills. Derivatives gilled adj. (also in comb.). Etymology: ME f. ON gil (unrecorded) f. Gmc 2. n. 1. a unit of liquid measure, equal to a quarter of a pint. 2. Brit. dial. half a pint. Etymology: ME f. OF gille, med.L gillo f. LL gello, gillo water-pot 3. n. (also ghyll) Brit. 1. a deep usu. wooded ravine. 2. a narrow mountain torrent. Etymology: ME f. ON gil glen 4. n. (also Gill, jill, Jill) 1. derog. a young woman. 2. colloq. or dial. a female ferret. Etymology: ME, abbr. of Gillian f. OF Juliane f. L Juliana (Julius) |
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