alewife
英式音标:alewife怎么读
美式音标:alewife怎么读
alewife词义
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n. 开酒馆的女人, 啤酒店的女主人;拟西鲱,大肚鲱 [鱼]
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复数: alewives;
alewife英文词源
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- alewife (n.)
- herring-like fish of North America, 1630s, named from the word for female tavern keepers (late 14c.), from ale + wife; the fish so called in reference to its large abdomen.