minnow
英 ['m?n??]
美['m?no]
- n. [魚] 鰷魚（一種小淡水魚）
GRE
詞態(tài)變化
復數(shù):?minnows;
中文詞源
minnow 米諾魚，不起眼的小公司
來自古英語myne,可能來自PIE*men,小的，詞源同minute,minimum.用于指一種小的淡水魚，后引申詞義不起眼的小公司。
minnow 米諾魚，不起眼的小公司來自古英語myne,可能來自PIE*men,小的，詞源同minute,minimum.用于指一種小的淡水魚，后引申詞義不起眼的小公司。
英文詞源
- minnow (n.)
- small freshwater fish, early 15c., probably related to Old English myne, earlier *mynwe, a name for some kind of fish, from Proto-Germanic *muniwon (cognates: Middle Low German m?ne, Dutch meun, Old High German muniwa, German Münne), of unknown origin, perhaps from PIE *men- "small." Perhaps influenced in Middle English by French menu "small."
雙語例句
- 1. Throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
- 棄小引大.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. Their total catch was one minnow.
- 他們的全部所獲是一條小魚。
來自辭典例句
- 3. To throw out a minnow to catch a whale.
- 拋磚引玉(拋小魚想捉鯨魚).
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 4. One must lose a minnow to catch a salmon.
- 失去小鯉魚,抓住大馬哈魚.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)
- 5. Operationally, too, PetroChina a minnow beside its peers.
- 在運營方面, 中石油與其同行相比也只是小字輩.
來自互聯(lián)網(wǎng)