| 单词 | salmon |
| 释义 | salmon n. & adj. --n (pl. same or (esp. of types) salmons) 1. any anadromous fish of the family Salmonidae, esp. of the genus Salmo, much prized for its (often smoked) pink flesh. 2. Austral. & NZ the barramundi or a similar fish. --adj salmon-pink. Phrases and idioms salmon-ladder (or -leap) a series of steps or other arrangement incorporated in a dam to allow salmon to pass upstream. salmon-pink the colour of salmon flesh. salmon trout a large silver-coloured trout, Salmo trutta. Derivatives salmonoid adj. & n. (in sense 1). salmony adj. Etymology: ME f. AF sa(u)moun, OF saumon f. L salmo -onis |
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