goldfish

名词 n.
中文释义
发音 gōld'fĭsh

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A type of small fish, Carassius auratus, typically orange-colored.
    — For the children's fair we'll have a few games they can play, so that each child "wins" a goldfish as a prize.
  2. A person with an unreliable memory. figuratively,informal
  3. Nonstandard form of Goldfish (“a small orange saltine-like cracker shaped in the form of a fish”). alt-of,nonstandard
    — Tomato soup is not complete without a toasted cheese sandwich and goldfishes. Not the new kind with the smiley faces though.

词形变化

goldfish plural goldfishes plural

词汇关系

衍生词
fantail goldfish Goldfish goldfish bowl Goldfish Club goldfishery goldfishlike goldfish plant goldfishy memory of a goldfish

词源

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰelh₃-
Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰĺ̥h₃-to-mder.
Proto-Germanic *gulþą
Proto-West Germanic *golþ
Old English gold
Middle English gold
English gold
Proto-Indo-European *péysks
Proto-Germanic *fiskaz
Proto-West Germanic *fisk
Old English fisċ
Middle English fisch
English fish
English goldfish
From gold + fish.
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