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albacore

/al-buh-kawr, -kohr/US // ˈæl bəˌkɔr, -ˌkoʊr //UK // (ˈælbəˌkɔː) //

长鳍鳕鱼,长鳍鱼,长鳍豚鱼,白鳍豚鱼

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural al·ba·core, al·ba·cores.

    • : a long-finned tuna, Thunnus alalunga, of warm or temperate seas, the flesh of which is valued for canning.
    • : any of various tunalike fishes.

Examples

  • This season is also the time of year when migrating stripers and false albacore—albies to fishing diehards—cruise through the area, chasing massive schools of sardines.

  • You probably don’t have a job that takes you out to sea, fishing for albacore and dealing with storms.

  • We received almost every day presents of fish, chiefly dolphin and albacore, and a few small rock fish.

  • One Jap, using a little net, dips up live bait and throws them overboard to the albacore.

  • Instantly they jerk hard, and two big white albacore, from fifteen to thirty pounds, come wiggling up on to the stern of the boat.

  • They roam the sea with sharp eyes ever alert for that thin white line on the horizon, the feeding albacore.

  • As far as swordfish are concerned, it is easy to see what will happen, now that the albacore have become scarce.