porgy

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɔːɡi/   

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.
  2. Any of several fish of the family Sparidae of seabreams.; In particular, the scup (paugie, Stenotomus chrysops).
    — Cooper’s was also a fishmonger, with rows of porgies, snapper, and flounder on ice that slowly melted and dribbled pink water into white buckets.

词形变化

porgies plural

词汇关系

衍生词
black porgy Borrigueta porgy Campeche porgy flathead porgy grass porgy Galapagos porgy goat's head porgy Japanese black porgy jolthead porgy knobbed porgy littlehead porgy littlemouth porgy northern porgy Pacific porgy pluma porgy red porgy salema porgy saucereye porgy shad porgy sheepshead porgy southern porgy spotfin porgy three-tailed porgy whitebone porgy

词源

From Portuguese or Spanish pargo, from Latin phagrum, accusative of phager, from Ancient Greek φάγρος (phágros, “sea bream”).
The similarity of porgy to paugie, especially in non-rhotic accents, may have reinforced both terms.
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