turbot

名词 n.
中文释义
英 /ˈtɜːbət/    美 /ˈtɝbət/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of species Scophthalmus maximus (syn. Psetta maxima) of flatfish native to Europe.
    — “With vegetables in it, you know. Then turbot with thick sauce, then ... roast beef; and mind it’s good. Yes, and capons, perhaps, and then sweets.”
  2. Any of various other flatfishes of family Scophthalmidae that are found in marine or brackish waters.
    — Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car. Mulligatawny soup, poached turbot, roast leg of lamb—the usual railway dinner.
  3. A triggerfish (Canthidermis sufflamen).

词形变化

turbot plural turbots plural

词汇关系

衍生词
diamond turbot spotted turbot turbotlike

词源

From Middle English turbot, turbut, from Anglo-Norman turbut, Old French turbot, torbot, from Old Swedish tornbut, from törn (“thorn”) + but (“butt, flatfish”).
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