minnow

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈmɪnəʊ/    美 /ˈmɪnoʊ/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of certain small fish.
    — I have obſerved, as I have ſat by a ſpout of vvater, vvhich decſends from a ſtone trough about tvvo feet into a ſtream belovv, at particular ſeaſons of the year, a great number of little fiſh called minums, or pinks, throvv themſelves about tvventy times their ovvn length out of the vvater, expecting to get into the trough above.
  2. Any of certain small fish.; The common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus), a small freshwater fish of the carp family Cyprinidae which has a green back with black elongated blotches, commonly swimming in large shoals.
    — Most minnows are small fish with cycloid scales, soft rays supporting their fins, and toothless jaws. Some possess barbels on their upper jaw, and many species develop nuptial tubercles during the breeding season. […] Minnows are arguably the most difficult group of freshwater fishes to identify, in part because they are often small and thus the characters distinguishing them are correspondingly small.
  3. Any of certain small fish.; Chiefly with a qualifying word: That fish or any of a number of other (small) fish from the family Cyprinidae.
  4. Any of certain small fish.; Any of those fish or other small (usually freshwater) fish from other families. US
  5. Any of certain small fish.; Synonym of galaxiid (“any member of the family Galaxiidae of mostly small freshwater fish of the Southern Hemisphere”); specifically, the common galaxias, inanga, or jollytail (Galaxias maculatus). Australia,New-Zealand
  6. Any of certain small fish.; Synonym of stickleback (family Gasterosteidae). UK,regional
    — In quiet, sheltered places, where the water is clear but does not run too swiftly, the ‘minnie,’ as the stickleback is locally called, makes its nest by the bank. […] On these fibres the ova are deposited, and they are then either purposely partly covered with sand by the minnie, or else the particles that are brought down by the current gather over the bundle of fibres and conceal it, excepting one small spot.
  7. A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value. figuratively
    — Let him denie that there was another shewe made of the little minnow his Brother, Dodrans Dicke, at Peter-houſe, called, Duns furens. Dick Harvey in a frenſie.
  8. A person or thing of relatively little consequence, importance, or value.; a team that is considered less skilled and not expected to win many, if any, of its matches. especially,figuratively
  9. An artificial bait in the form of a small fish.
    — […] I have (which I will show you) an artificial minnow, that will catch a trout as well as an artificial fly, and it was made by a handsome woman that had a fine hand, and a live minnow lying by her: […]
动词 v.
  1. To fish for minnows (noun sense 1 and subsenses). intransitive
  2. To fish, especially for trout, using minnows as bait. intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Very small; tiny. rare

词形变化

minnows plural minnie alternative minny alternative minow alternative menow alternative menoe alternative minnows present,singular,third-person minnowing participle,present minnowed participle,past minnowed past

词汇关系

下位词
Family Cyprinidae Antalya minnow Antalya spring minnow common minnow Eurasian minnow European minnow fathead minnow rosy-red minnow Hainan minnow stoneroller White Cloud Mountain minnow Other families mudminnow topminnow top minnow
衍生词
faster than a minnow can swim a dipper minnock minnow basher minnow bashing minnowed mud minnow pikeminnow quicker than a minnow can swim a dipper satinfin minnow spottail minnow minnower

词源

词源 1
The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”).
The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun)
* Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”))
* Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”)
词源 2
The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”).
The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun)
* Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”))
* Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”)
词源 3
The noun is derived from Late Middle English menew, menowe (“small fish; (specifically) common minnow (Phoxinus phoxinus); or stickleback (possibly the three-spined stickleback, Gasterosteus aculeatus)”), from Old English *mynwe, an oblique form of *mynu, a variant of myne (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-West Germanic *muniwu (“minnow; small fish”), from Proto-Indo-European *men- (“small”). Possibly influenced by Anglo-Norman menu (“small”) and Old French menu (“small”), and English minim (“anything very minute; applied to animalcula and the like”).
The adjective and verb are derived from the noun.
Cognates
* Middle Low German mone, möne (Dutch meun, West Frisian meun)
* Old High German muniwa, munuwa, munewa (modern German Münne (“minnow”))
* Latin mēna (“small sea-fish”)
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