alewife

/eyl-wahyf/US // ˈeɪlˌwaɪf //UK // (ˈeɪlˌwaɪf) //

阿利维夫,鲱鱼,阿利夫,阿利弗

Definitions

n.名词 noun

1
plural ale·wives.
- : a North American fish, Alosa pseudoharengus, resembling a small shad.

Bunch (Mother), an alewife, mentioned by Dekker in his drama called Satiromastix .
Among those with a familiar appearance were the sturgeon, perch, and pike, and a small fish resembling our alewife.
The Menhaden make their appearance in the spring with the arrival of the shad, alewife, blue-fish, and weak-fish.
The tinker in like vein confesses that he has run up a score with Marian Hacket, the fat alewife of Wincot.
Alewife in old English was applied to the women, usually very stout dames, who kept alehouses.